Breaking News: Chyler Leigh Joins Cast Of 'The Way Home', New Primetime Original Series Coming To Network In 2023

[08/09/22 – 12:00 PM]
Chyler Leigh joins the cast of ‘The Way Home,’ a new Primetime original series to debut on the network in 2023
Leigh plays Kat Landry, who moved away from her small Canadian farm in Port Haven many years ago after a family tragedy, and remains estranged from her mother Del (Andie MacDowell) to this day.
[via press release from Crown Media]

CHYLER LEIGH JOINS THE CAST OF ‘THE WAY HOME,’ A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES COMING TO THE NETWORK IN 2023

STUDIO CITY, CA – August 9, 2022 – Chyler Leigh (“Supergirl,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) has been cast in “The Way Home,” the network’s new prime-time original series to begin production later this month for a 2023 premiere. on the Hallmark Channel.

Leigh plays Kat Landry, who moved away from her small Canadian farm in Port Haven many years ago after a family tragedy, and remains estranged from her mother Del (Andie MacDowell) to this day. With her marriage coming to an end and having just been fired from her job, Kat decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to return. Although her 15-year-old daughter Alice is none too thrilled, Kat and her daughter arrive at her family’s farm, although the reunion is not what Kat had imagined. As the three generations of women slowly work to find their place as a family, they embark on an enlightening – and surprising – journey that none of them could have imagined.

“Chyler Leigh and Andie MacDowell are the perfect mother-daughter pair for our new series, ‘The Way Home,'” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, executive vice president of programming for Crown Media Family Networks. “We at Hallmark Channel can’t wait to have her on our screens as a member of this cast.”

“The Way Home” is produced by Marly Reed and Arnie Zipursky for Neshama Entertainment; Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista Entertainment; and Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh.

Leigh is repped by The Burstein Company, UTA and attorney Mitch Smelkinson.

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