Why ‘Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!’ Is Robert Buckley’s ‘Bucket List’ Hallmark Movie

The forecast looks full of romance and holiday fun in Hallmark’s new movie, Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!, premiering October 25 on Hallmark Channel. Robert Buckley stars as weatherman Ted Cooper, a lover of all things Christmas, but his luck with the holiday over the last three years would have you thinking otherwise.

When Ted falls off a ladder while hanging decorations, he hits his head and winds up in urgent care, which is where he sees his former high school crush, now Dr. Hope Newberry (Kimberley Sustad), again. Swooon spoke with Buckley and Sustad about their new holiday romance, which came straight from Buckley’s brain.