Hallmark Channel to produce 35 original movies with stars like Andrew McCarthy, Lori Loughlin, and Julie Benz. Pinch. Me.

Hallmark Channel has announced an ambitious slate of 35 original movies for the 2009-2010 TV season. That's five more than it gave me us this year. Here's a sampling of what's in store, courtesy of a press release. If you had to watch one film, which would you pick?

The National Tree: "Willful Oregon teenager Rock Burdock (Evan Williams, Save the Last Dance 2) wins a national Christmas tree contest and convinces Corey (Andrew McCarthy, Lipstick Jungle), his overprotective father, to move the 15-year-old tree that commemorates Rock's birth to Washington, D.C. Corey, in turn, persuades Rock to transport the tree on a road trip across the country so he and his son can enjoy some quality time together." Chance I'll Tune In (CITI): 80 percent. It sounds completely ridiculous, but I have such fond memories of McCarthy in Hallmark's 2003 original Straight From the Heart.

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