Hallmark is ready to make history with The Holiday Sitter, the network’s first-ever holiday romcom with a gay couple in the lead roles. After championing inclusion as part of The Christmas House 1 and 2’s family ensemble, Jonathan Bennett gets the starring role as a bachelor who learns that he just may be up for settling down. Is The Holiday Sitter the start of a bold new trend for Hallmark? Or is it… nah, there’s no other option here. It’s the start of a bold new trend, no matter what.

The Gist: Jonathan Bennett plays Sam Dalton, a proud bachelor working as, like, a wealth consultant for top-tier clients? Basically rich people hire him to keep track of their expenses and talk them out of buying things like yachts and tigers. Sam’s ready to spend Christmas flying solo in Hawaii — and then he gets an offer he can’t turn down, even if he would really like to. Sam’s sister Kathleen (Chelsea Hobbs) and her husband Nate (Matthew James Dowden) have to hit the road because the baby they’re adopting is arriving earlier than expected. Who can take care of Kathleen and Nate’s two kids, Miles (Everett Andes) and Dania (Mila Morgan)? Who couldn’t possibly have any plans this close to Christmas? Sam, that’s who!

Sam postpones his holiday in Hawaii and hightails it to the suburbs where he meets Jason DeVito (George Krissa), Kathleen’s handsome, single, and gay neighbor. Kathleen neglected to mention Jason because she knows how commitment-averse…