The Mr. Nice Guys Podcast Launches With Hallmark Stars Benjamin Ayres, Wes Brown and Paul Campbell
The Mr. Nice Guys, the new podcast from Hallmark Channel stars Benjamin Ayres, Wes Brown and Paul Campbell, premiered Thursday, November 12, with two episodes, and new 45-minute episodes drop on YouTube every Thursday at noon ET. The three friends pull back the curtain on how their friendship grew, how Hallmark movies get made and what it is really like at Hallmark events.
The guys first met on the first Hallmark Christmas Cruise in 2024, and they have been teasing this podcast for a while now. In the first two episodes, they explained where the name The Mr. Nice Guys came from and what they almost called it, showed off what each of them looked like in high school and had plenty more fun along the way. This is three friends hanging out with microphones and having a lot of laughs. There are some great “commercial” spots and a few new catchphrases, like Wes’s “long story short.”
It was not all laughs. In the second episode, a recap of this year’s Hallmark Christmas Cruise, Paul got serious and opened up about the extremely hard year he had after losing his sister last year. There was a tremendous amount of love and reverence in that part of the conversation, and the friendship these guys share feels heartfelt and real. Campbell told Parade the show mixes “the fun stuff” with deeper talks that “guys generally need to be having,” and that came through right away.
All three have a busy Hallmark holiday season,
All three have a busy Hallmark holiday season, too. Ayres stars in the Hallmark+ series Hope Valley: 1874, which he talked with us about back in March, and he co-stars with Torrey DeVitto in Noelle Nomads, premiering December 13, which he also executive produces. Brown co-stars with Autumn Reeser in Christmas Delivered on November 26 and appears in A Grand Biltmore Christmas on December 5. Campbell, a longtime Hallmark leading man who also writes his own movies, co-stars with Rachel Boston in Return to Santa on November 27. You can find all of those movies in our Countdown to Christmas 2026 hub.
The guys are taking fan questions for some segments, so follow @themr.niceguys on Instagram to send yours in. Fans can watch new episodes every Thursday on YouTube or listen on Spotify, and stay tuned to Fantasy Land News for more Hallmark news.
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