Kathryn Morris Stars in Hallmark Channel's THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE Tonight

Kathryn Morris ("Cold Case") stars as a Manhattan housewife who gets an unexpected reality check in THE SWEETER SIDE OF LIFE, a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere tonight, January 19 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Morris stars with James Best ("The Dukes of Hazzard"), Alastair MacKenzie ("Monarch of the Glen"), Steve Varnom ("Broadside") and Sam Douglas ("Snatch") as a New York City socialite who loses everything after she's dumped by her wealthy husband and is forced to redefine herself at her father's struggling New Jersey bakery.

In "The Sweeter Side of Life," Morris plays Desiree Harper, whose perfect life as the wife of a high-powered Manhattan doctor comes to a sudden end when her husband says he wants a divorce and invokes their ironclad pre-nup to leave her penniless. Desiree soon finds herself abandoned by her rich friends and back in her New Jersey hometown helping her father in his struggling bakery. Though Desiree wants nothing more than to return to her high-class life, spending time with her father causes her to see things differently. She rediscovers her love of baking and puts her business degree to work to save her father's shop. Desiree's success at the bakery leads to an unexpected opportunity which forces her to choose between what she has lost and the new life she has found.

"The Sweeter Side of Life" is a Motion Picture Corporation of America production. Brad Krevoy, Francisco Gonzalez and Reuben Liber are executive producers. Michael Damian and Janeen Damian are producers. Michael Damian directed from the script he co-wrote with Janeen Damian.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of nearly 87 million subscribers. Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading destination for quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies and specials, as well as some of television's most beloved sitcoms and series, including The Golden Girls, Frasier, Little House on the Prairie, and The Waltons. The channel is also home to a diverse range of lifestyle programming, including the newly-launched Home & Family, a daily two-hour live show shot in a fully functional house located on the Universal Studios lot and Marie, a one-hour talk show hosted by iconic entertainer, Marie Osmond. Hallmark Channel's sibling network, Hallmark Movie Channel, also available in HD and SD, focuses on family-friendly movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, presentations from the acclaimed HallMark Hall of Fame library, original Hallmark Channel movies, and special events.

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