How Jonathan Bennett ‘Hallmark-ified’ Reality Competition TV for ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’

“We found reality TV with heart,” The Hallmark leading man tells TheWrap about the network’s first unscripted series

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Jonathan Bennett hosts "Finding Mr. Christmas" (Hallmark)

As Hallmark expands its footprint into unscripted programming, the idea for the network’s first reality series came from none other than Hallmark leading man Jonathan Bennett.

Bennett, who was a contestant on “Celebrity Big Brother” and “Dancing With the Stars” and served as a judge on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” mixed his love for reality and being a Hallmark leading man with “Finding Mr. Christmas,” a competition series that invites Hallmark hopefuls to showcase their talents for the chance to be cast in a Hallmark holiday movie.

“All of my friends who are actors want to be in business with the Hallmark pop culture of it all — Every actor wants to be on the Hallmark Channel, or they’re lying,” Bennett, who also hosts “Finding Mr.

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