‘The Chicken Sisters’ Hallmark+ Series Creator Talks Season Finale And ‘Planting Seeds’ For a Second Season
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for The Chicken Sisters finale. Adapted from KJ Dell’Antonia’s book, The Chicken Sisters, which was a Reese’s Book Club pick in December 2020, Hallmark’s eight-part series of the same name aired its finale on Hallmark+, becoming one of the first complete shows that helped launch the streaming app for the network.
Set in the fictional town of Merinac, the series follows two dueling dynasties behind warring fried chicken restaurants — Mimi’s and Frannie’s — which dived the town in terms of loyalty.
Complications within the Mimi’s family line add to tension between the businesses, especially when daughter of Mimi’s owner Amanda Moore Hiliard (Schuyler Fisk), who is married to a Frannie’s boy, reaches out to Kitchen Clash, a reality food competition show, to consider the feud for their new special.
This brings Mae Moore (Genevieve Angelson), the other daughter of Augusta ‘Gus’ Moore (Wendie Malick), back to her small-town roots to help her mother and confront her past.
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