Lifetime Rounds Out Spring Film Slate

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Lifetime Rounds Out Spring Film Slate
by Rosy Cordero
April 7, 2026


Lifetime has set its full slate of spring movies under its Love of a Lifetime banner, with two new additions: Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story and Where the Heart Lands.

The titles join the previously announced Love, Again, premiering May 9, and When I Said I Do, on May 23.




Lifetime touts that titles under the banner “follow the tradition of delivering elevated romance grounded in emotional, authentic love stories, anchored by powerhouse talent and compelling storytelling.”

Prior spring films have proven popular with the network’s audience. Titles from Q4 2025 and Q1 26 were seen by more than 7.1 million total viewers, according to Nielsen.





Love, Again
Starring Valerie Bertinelli, Henry Czerny and Eric McCormack
Premieres May 9 at 8/7c


Caroline (Bertinelli) and Henry (Czerny) have shared a nearly perfect life and marriage for almost three decades. Their world shifts dramatically when Henry is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

As her soulmate gradually slips away, Caroline finds unexpected solace in a friendship with Leo (McCormack). As Henry’s memory fades, Caroline must navigate the unimaginable journey of losing her lifelong partner while finding strength in a new friendship.

David Strasser directs from a script by Nancey Silvers.






Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story
Starring Haley Ramm, Luke Benward and Mary Hollis Inboden
Premieres May 16 at 8/7c


Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story is based on a powerful true story about a love tested, broken, and ultimately rebuilt. Starring Ramm and Benward, the movie follows two people finding their way back to each other, discovering that real love isn’t perfect… It’s a choice made every single day.

Lisa and Al Robertson, known from Duck Dynasty, fell hard and fast, believing they had found a once-in-a-lifetime love. But over time, the life they imagined together is strained by betrayal and the weight of unspoken pain. What began as a deep connection slowly fractures, leaving them both lost and searching for something more.

When the truth finally comes to light, Lisa is forced to confront everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty, and herself. With their marriage and faith hanging by a thread, both must decide if love is worth fighting for, and what it truly means to forgive.


Emily Moss Wilson directs from a script written by Andrea Nasfell.






When I Said I Do
Starring Sarah Drew and Eric Johnson
Executive Produced by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black
Premieres May 23 at 8/7c

When I Said I Do follows Ali Corley (Drew), a widowed search-and-rescue K-9 handler who has rebuilt her life after losing her husband in the line of duty. Devoted to her family and her high-risk career, she’s reluctant to open her heart again — until she meets Shawn Willis (Johnson), a quiet, steadfast rescue specialist with a past of his own.

Astheir connection deepens into something real and healing, they are forced to confront grief and fear — and discover whether they have the courage to choose love again.



The movie is executive produced by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black and is inspired by their duet of the same name. Written by Black, the ACM Award-winning hit spent multiple weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart and reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In addition to serving as executive producers, Black and Hartman Black also appear as themselves, hosting a relationship podcast that plays a meaningful role in shaping the characters’ emotional journey.






Where the Heart Lands
Starring Jana Kramer, Tyler Johnson, John Schnider and Charlene Tilton
Haylie Duff directs, produces, and serves as co-writer
Premieres May 30at 8/7c


Kramer (Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story) and Johnson (The Young and the Restless) star alongside John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard) and Charlene Tilton (Dallas) in the heartfelt romantic drama directed and co-written by Duff (7th Heaven).

The film follows a driven Los Angeles real estate agent whose life takes an unexpected turn to Kentucky and leads him to a love he never saw coming.




When Nick (Johnson) unexpectedly inherits a dozen racehorses in rural Kentucky, his carefully mapped-out future is suddenly uncertain. Far from the fast pace of Los Angeles, he meets Charlie (Kramer), a dedicated horse trainer whose deep connection to the animals and the life she’s built around them challenges everything he thought mattered.

As Charlie introduces Nick to a slower, more meaningful way of life, an undeniable bond begins to grow. But with his old life waiting back home, Nick must decide if he’s willing to risk everything for a second chance at happiness and a love that just might change him for good. The movie also stars Alex Barone and Jessica Szohr.

Duff directs from a screenplay she co-wrote with David Stever, Scotty Mullen and Henry Zahn.

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