They did the math: About 20% of male love interests can be categorized as locals that the women meet on a visit to a small town. They are more likely to be someone from the woman’s past, like an old friend or ex-boyfriend. (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/23/upshot/hallmark-lifetime-christmas.html

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At this point, I think we are ready for hall.mark to go meta and make one of their formulaic movies, but the setting is a Hallmark movie set where they make formulaic movies.
All the lines in the movie come from other Hallmark movies