Robert Buckley and Kimberley Sustad bring the laughs, love and a touch of cynicism to their new Hallmark holiday movie — and fans will enjoy it all.

“I think excessive positivity matched with chronic misfortune is a really funny equation,” Buckley, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, October 23, of the inspiration behind Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! “That was sort of the through line that I wanted to see. A guy who is just Mr. Bright Side, having things never go his way, and what that looks like.”

Buckley plays chronically optimistic weatherman Ted Cooper in the new rom-com premiering on Saturday, October 25. Ted is known for his hilarious mishaps at Christmastime, which continue to plague him once he’s home with his sister and helping her promote a fundraiser at the local hospit

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