<p id=”par-1_12″>Attention, Hearties! <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/when-calls-the-heart/?swcfpc=1″><em>When Call the Heart</em></a><em> </em>is getting a temporary schedule shakeup. </p>
<p id=”par-2_30″>Keep reading to find out why the next episode of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/is-lee-kavan-smith-leaving-when-calls-the-heart.html/”>the Hallmark Channel show</a> won’t be airing in its usual Sunday night timeslot and when you can watch it instead. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-next-episode-of-when-calls-the-heart-season-12-will-air-feb-8″>The next episode of ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 12 will air Feb. 8 </h2>
<p id=”par-3_27″>New episodes of <em>When Calls the Heart </em>typically air on Sunday evenings and stream the next day on Hallmark+. But that’s changing for season 12’s sixth episode. </p>
<p id=”par-4_62″>Rather than airing on Sunday, Feb.9, “When Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall” will air on a special night and time: Saturday, Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. (Stream the next day on Hallmark+.) The new episode airs immediately after the premiere of <em>The Wish Swap, </em>which features a special cameo from <em>When Calls the Heart </em>cast member Pascale Hutton, aka Rosemary Coulter. </p>
<p id=”par-5_49″>What’s behind the <em>When Calls the Heart </em>schedule change? You can blame the big game. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/7-super-bowl-lix-questions-answered-kickoff-halftime-show-performers.html/”>Super Bowl LIX</a> will take place on Feb. 9, and Hallmark doesn’t want to go head-to-head against that event, which will see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans. </p>
<p id=”par-6_31″>This isn’t the first time Hallmark has made schedule adjustments for football. In 2024, the network decided not to air a new episode of <em>The Way Home </em>on Super Bowl Sunday. </p>
<p id=”par-7_90″>Instead of a new installment of <em>When Calls the Heart, </em>Hallmark will air a marathon of <em>The Way Home </em>Season 3 episodes on Sunday. Also on the schedule are repeats of two football-themed romances. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/donna-kelce-made-acting-debut-hallmark-christmas-movie.html/”><em>Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story</em></a><em> </em>airs at 12 p.m. ET/PT. It stars Hunter King as a Chiefs superfan and Tyler Hynes as the team’s director of marketing. At 10 p.m. ET/PT, tune it to <em>Fourth Down and Love, </em>which stars Hutton as a single mom who connects with a former pro football player (Ryan Paevey). </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-melissa-gilbert-guest-stars-on-the-hallmark-channel-series”>Melissa Gilbert guest stars on the Hallmark Channel series </h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Melissa-Gilbert-When-Calls-the-Heart.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Melissa Gilbert with gray hair and her arms crossed in a promo shot for ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 12″ class=”wp-image-3770529″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Melissa GIlbert as Georgie McGill in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 12 | ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Sven Boeker</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-8_65″>While the <em>When Calls the Heart </em>schedule switch might throw some fans off, they’ll definitely want to make an effort to catch the next episode, which will feature a special guest appearance from <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-star-melissa-gilbert-sticks-to-a-budget-i-was-reckless-in-my-spending-habits.html/”><em>Little House on the Prairie </em>alum Melissa Gilbert</a>. She’ll play a character named Georgie McGill who shares “a surprising past with one special Hope Valley resident.” Gilbert will have a two-episode arc. </p>
<p id=”par-9_10″>Here’s Hallmark’s synopsis for “When Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall”: </p>
<p id=”par-10_30″>“When Allie and Oliver discover a threat, Rosemary invites the kids to debate Lucas on the radio. Bill interrogates a suspect with an old friend’s help. Elizabeth fights a cold.”</p>
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