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It is sad and true - “Mystery 101” has gotten cancelled by Hallmark. As the heartbreaking cancellation news was absorbed by fans, the stars of “Mystery 101” – Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha – shared their heartfelt reactions via social media. In their missives, Wagner and Polaha proved why they are fan favorites among Hallmark movie fans. Here is what Jill Wagner had to say on Instagram:
What a bittersweet post. Jill Wagner was sure to thank everyone involved in and with “Mystery 101” through the years, including her co-stars. While Hallmark’s decision means the end of Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha sharing the screen as Amy and Travis, hopefully, we have not seen the last of them sharing the screen. Hallmark Christmas movie, anyone? For his part, Kristoffer Polaha also kept things classy, writing this message on Twitter:
Well kids, looks like the cat’s out of the bag. #Mystery101 has solved its last mystery.
— Kristoffer Polaha (@KrisPolaha) April 24, 2023
You are the most incredibly supportive fans ever! We LOVE you! @JillWagner @robinthomas101 I had the most amazing time entertaining you by bringing Travis, Amy, & Graham to life.
But…😉 pic.twitter.com/eCDI4GH0ty
The “Mystery 101” cast is filled with such class acts. Joining Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha in reacting to the news of “Mystery 101” getting cancelled was Robin Thomas, who played Amy’s novelist dad – Graham. (Man, it hurts to type that in the past tense.) Taking to Twitter like Polaha, Robin Thomas wrote:
The decision has been made …. @mystery101 is officially cancelled. Such a good run - much too short, Gee Willikers, did I have fun! With @jillwagner and @KrisPolaha by my side … it was smooth as silk. Sending lots of #love to ALL our fans
— RobinThomasGrossman (@robinthomas101) April 25, 2023
Clearly, everyone enjoyed making these movies, and the cast remains fond of each other. (Why Hallmark?! Why did you have to do this? 😭) The shock remains especially vivid as Hallmark Movies & Mysteries has appeared to be reinvesting in the “mysteries” portion of its cable title. There have been recent original movies in the investigative vein replete with the odd couple pairings that have worked so well.
That said, the cancellation news has been looming. The last “Mystery 101” episode aired back in August 2021. “Deadly History” ended with a huge cliffhanger that teased the end of Amy and Travis’ relationship despite their romance hitting new heights earlier in the same movie. “Mystery 101” fans are left to take Jill Wagner’s lead in imagining Amy and Travis happily married watching sunsets in Fiji.
I’m not crying. You’re crying. Thankfully, Jill Wagner braced fans for this cancellation outcome, so it did not come completely out of the blue. If you follow her on Instagram (I do!), then you know she has tried to keep “Mystery 101” fans in the loop. In April 2022, Jill Wagner posted a video explaining the status of “Mystery 101.”
In it, Wagner made it clear the ball was in Hallmark’s court as she wanted to continue the movie series. In June 2022, Eclectic Pop also reached out to a Crown Media rep, who shared that there was no update at that time. Like Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha also kept fans appraised of the movie series’s status.
In a since-deleted post celebrating 2022’s arrival, Polaha responded to a fan, saying that “they” were planning to make another “Mystery 101” in 2022. Sadly, those plans never came to fruition. Leading “Mystery 101” fans to wonder: what changed between January 2022 and mid-April 2022? Why has Hallmark decided to break ties with one of its fan-favorite movie series when it is investing in starting new ones?
Why can we not have “Curious Caterer” and more “Mystery 101,” particularly when it ends in a way that makes it tough to binge? After all, people like endings. At least, Hallmark’s announcement brings an (unhappy) end to the agonizing, nearly two-year wait for fans waiting to learn the fate of yet another beloved mystery series.
Tragically, it also brings an end to any hope Amy and Travis’ story will get a proper conclusion. What do you think about this news, “Mystery 101” fans? What do you think happened between Amy and Travis after “Mystery 101: Deadly History”? Did they get their happy ending? Do you want to see Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, and Robin Thomas in a Hallmark Christmas movie? Let me know in the comments section below!
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