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Hallmark Channel Adds Second Original Series ‘When Calls The Heart’, Renews ‘Home & Family’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 12:53pm PDTTags: Hallmark Channel, Home & Family, When Calls The Heart

Hallmark Channel said today it is boosting its original programming efforts, adding another scripted series to its schedule and two pilots to its development slate. The network unveiled during parent Crown Media’s upfront presentation in NY that it has greenlighted 10 episodes of When Calls The Heart, based on the book series by Janette Oke. The movie pilot is set to premiere October 5 and the series will debut in January 2014. It joins Hallmark’s first original scripted series, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove, the Andie MacDowell-starrer that premieres July 20 as a two-hour movie, followed by new one-hour episodes on Saturdays beginning July 27. Set in the Western frontier, Heart centers on young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher (Poppy Drayton) who trades high society life for a classroom post in the prairie, determined to prove she is brave enough to live on her own. She learns through her aunt’s secret diary that she had been a pioneer woman herself, and uses it as a guide to embark on her own adventures.

Hallmark also announced today that it has given an early Season 2 order to the daily daytime lifestyle show Home & Family, which in November saw the departure of original host Paige Davis. Mark Steines and Davis’ replacement Christina Ferrare will return to co-host. The network also said it has acquired off-network rights to Home Improvement from Disney-ABC Domestic Television and will air the hit ’90s sitcom beginning in September. It joins recently acquired series The Good Wife, which will air in January 2014, and The Middle, which is set for March 2014.

Here are the network’s descriptions of the pilots in development: READ MORE »

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‘The Good Wife’ Off-Network Rights Sell To Amazon, Hulu, Hallmark Channel, Broadcast Syndication For Nearly $2M An Episode

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 13, 2013 @ 8:33am PDTTags: Amazon, Big Deals TV, Hallmark Channel, Hulu, The Good Wife
Nellie Andreeva

In an arrangement that reflects the changing off-network options for serialized dramas, CBS’ The Good Wife has been sold in a complex multi-window deal that involves two streaming partners, Amazon and Hulu; a basic cable network, Hallmark Channel; and broadcast syndication, for what I hear is a combined license fee of nearly $2 million per episode. “This is an off-network model for a unique serialized show in today’s television ecosystem,” said Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corp.

Under the deal, the first three seasons of The Good Wife will become available on Amazon Prime tomorrow, with the current Season 4 coming later this year. Hulu Plus will roll out previous seasons of the show in September 2013, while Hallmark Channel will begin airing The Good Wife in January 2014. A weekend broadcast syndication run is scheduled to begin in September 2014, with the series sold in 85% of the country, including the CBS O&Os, in a barter deal. Read More »

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Hollywood Christmas Parade To Air On Hallmark Channel Dec. 10th

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 10:37pm PSTTags: Hallmark Channel

The 2012 Hollywood Christmas Parade will air on the Hallmark Channel on December 10 at 6 PM ET. This year’s Grand Marshal is Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds, The Rat Pack). He’ll be joined by Lou Ferrigno, … Read More »

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Paige Davis Exits As Co-Host Of Hallmark’s ‘Home & Family’, Christina Ferrare To Fill In

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 15, 2012 @ 2:55pm PSTTags: Hallmark Channel
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Paige Davis is leaving Hallmark Channel‘s new daily daytime lifestyle program Home & Family. She is taping her last episode today to air tomorrow. Co-host Mark Steines is staying on, joined by Christina Ferrare until a permanent co-host is found. “After much thought and careful consideration, and after close to three months away from her own home and family, Paige has decided to temporarily return to New York,” Hallmark Channel said in a statement to Deadline. “We deeply appreciate the contribution Paige made to Home & Family and for the warmth and talent she brought to the set each day. Talk show veteran Christina Ferrare will step into the co-host role through the holiday season and will begin appearing on air on Monday, November 19th.” Read More »

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Hallmark Channel Reaffirms Series Order To ‘Cedar Cove’ Starring Andie MacDowell

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 2:44pm PDTTags: Andie MacDowell, Hallmark Channel
Nellie Andreeva

Hallmark Channel today announced that it has given green light to its first primetime series Cedar Cove starring Andie MacDowell. Stargate veteran Carl Binder will serve as showrunner on the series, which will film in Vancouver. Cedar Cove is based … Read More »

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Crown Media Q2 Revenues Up As Hallmark Channel Ad Sales Improve

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday July 27, 2012 @ 6:51am PDTTags: Crown Media, Hallmark Channel, Marie Osmond

The owner of the Hallmark Channel says that its original movies are still working — and advertisers like the network’s daytime programming plans which include a two-hour daily show Home And Family and Marie Osmond’s Marie. Crown … Read More »

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EMMYS: Made For TV/Miniseries Economics

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday June 27, 2012 @ 2:01pm PDTTags: Awardsline, Emmys, Hallmark Channel, Hatfields & McCoys, Lifetime

Ray Richmond is a contributor to AwardsLine

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Just when everyone assumed that the original television miniseries was either dead or restricted to being the loss-leader indulgence of HBO, up pops History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys in May to show the world that if you make a three-night event on a compelling subject with big stars (Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton) and a quality pedigree, the masses will still flock. Hatfields averaged nearly 14 million total viewers nightly, building to 14.3 million on Night 3 to become the most-watched entertainment telecast of all time on ad-supported cable.

Despite that success, so few miniseries are being done that the TV Academy last year was obliged to merge TV movies and miniseries into a single category. There simply is no longer close to the number of ambitious, big-budget minis as were commissioned in the days of Roots (1977), Jesus Of Nazareth (1977), The Winds Of War (1983) and War And Remembrance (1988-89). When it happens now, it’s generally on HBO via the likes of Angels In America (2003), John Adams (2008), The Pacific (2010) and Mildred Pierce (2011). Yet even HBO’s once-abundant longform output has slowed in recent years just to a few projects annually. Blame the shifting economics of the TV business. Read More »

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Paige Davis To Host New Hallmark Channel Daytime Show ‘Home & Family’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 25, 2012 @ 5:59am PDTTags: Hallmark Channel
Nellie Andreeva

Hallmark Channel Paige DavisFormer Trading Spaces host Paige Davis is set to co-host alongside Mark Steines the new Hallmark Channel weekday lifestyle series Home & Family, which premieres October 1. Home & Family, which has an order for 220 original two-hour … Read More »

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Andie MacDowell To Star In Hallmark Channel’s First Drama Series ‘Cedar Cove’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday May 30, 2012 @ 7:08am PDTTags: Andie MacDowell, Hallmark Channel
Nellie Andreeva

Andie MacDowell Cedar CoveAndie MacDowell is set to star in Hallmark Channel‘s two-hour pilot Cedar Cove. Hallmark Channel in March announced its foray into primetime series with two two-hour pilots, Cedar Cove and When Calls The Heart, which both … Read More »

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Hallmark Channel’s SVP Original Programming Barbara Fisher To Exit

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 26, 2012 @ 12:29pm PDTTags: Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel
Nellie Andreeva

Barbara Fisher Hallmark ChannelEXCLUSIVE: Crown Media Family Networks’ SVP Barbara Fisher, who has overseen original programming for the company’s Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel since June 2007, will leave her post in a couple of weeks. For the … Read More »

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Hallmark Channel Confirms Marie Osmond Show, Sets First Primetime Series Projects, Picks Up Off-Net Rights To ‘The Middle’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 14, 2012 @ 11:53am PDTTags: Hallmark Channel, Marie Osmond
Nellie Andreeva

Hallmark Channel made a slew of announcements today in conjunction with its upfront:

– Marie Osmond Hallmark ChannelThe network officially announced a new daily daytime talk show hosted by Marie Osmond, which is slated to replace the departing Martha Stewart Show. Titled Marie!, the one-hour afternoon talker will start production shortly for a Q4 premiere. Associated Television International is producing. Additionally, Hallmark announced another new daytime series, Home & Family, which also will launch in Q4. Created by Woody Fraser, it has received an order for 220 two-hour shows over 44 weeks. Read More »

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Hallmark Channel In Talks With Marie Osmond For Daytime Show

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 3:49pm PSTTags: Hallmark Channel, Marie Osmond
Nellie Andreeva

With The Martha Stewart Show coming to an end after Hallmark Channel opted not to renew it, the channel is in negotiations for a new daily daytime talk show, this time hosted by Marie Osmond. A rep for Hallmark … Read More »

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Martha Stewart’s Daytime Show To End Run

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 4, 2012 @ 2:53pm PSTTags: Hallmark Channel, Martha Stewart
Nellie Andreeva

After five seasons in broadcast syndication and two on cable, Martha Stewart’s daytime show is ending its run, at least for now. Hallmark Channel, where The Martha Stewart Show has been airing since fall 2010, has opted not to renew … Read More »

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Crown Media Says Hallmark Movie Channel Contributes To Strong 3Q

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday November 3, 2011 @ 6:01am PDTTags: Crown Media, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel

The owner of The Hallmark Channel had a happy story of its own to tell in 3Q as ad sales improved, marketing expenses dropped — and it recorded a big gain from a deferred tax asset. With that … Read More »

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Crown Media Names New Programming Directors For Hallmark Channel And Hallmark Movie Channel

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday September 6, 2011 @ 6:20am PDTTags: Crown Media, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel

Crown Media Family Networks (CMFN), a division of parent company Crown Media Holdings Inc. and home of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, has named Alexandra Smith and Ayn Prince as directors of programming for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, respectively. Smith and Prince are both located in Studio City, CA and will report into Darren Melameth, vice president of programming, planning and scheduling.

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Hallmark Hall Of Fame Finds Home At ABC

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 7, 2011 @ 11:51am PDTTags: ABC, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame, the longtime TV movie franchise that ran on CBS for 16 years before it was dropped by the network in May, has landed a deal ABC beginning with the upcoming season. Under terms of … Read More »

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CABLE CASTINGS: Cinemax’s ‘Chemistry’ Gets Lead, Hallmark Casts Prince William, Showtime’s ‘The Big C’ Nabs Recurring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 19, 2011 @ 5:57pm PDTTags: Chemistry, Cinemax, Hallmark Channel, Showtime, William And Kate: A Royal Love Story
Nellie Andreeva

Jonathan Chase is in final negotiations for the male lead in Cinemax’s 13-episode late-night half-hour dramedy Chemistry, executive produced by Bill Haber. Written by Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg, the series focuses on the complexity of the relationship between … Read More »

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AT&T U-Verse Drops Hallmark Channels

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 31, 2010 @ 10:14pm PDTTags: AT&T U-Verse, Carriage Negotiations, Crown Media, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel
Nellie Andreeva

The impasse in the negotiations between AT&T U-Verse and Crown Media, the parent company of the Hallmark Channel and the Hallmark Movie Channel, over a new carriage agreement resulted in the two channels gong dark for 2.3 million … Read More »

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