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The Hallmark Channel in the United States is owned by Crown Media Holdings, in turn majority-owned by Hallmark Cards. Crown Media (NASDAQ: CRWN) is a United States media production company controlled by Hallmark Cards. ...

The Hallmark Channel USA

Logo, as the Odyssey Network

In America, the network began as a merger between VISN (the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network), and the ACTS (Amercian Christian Television Station) Network. The combined network initially ran under both names, but was later named the Faith and Values Channel, and originally broadcast religious programming only. More secular programming was started in 1996 when the channel was renamed the Odyssey Channel, using the domain name Odysseyfamily.com for posting TV listings. Hallmark Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company bought stakes in Odyssey in November 1998.After Odyssey Network shut down Henson's half of the channel Hallmark took over.The channel was officially renamed on August 5, 2001. Image File history File links Odyssey-1. ... Image File history File links Odyssey-1. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Hallmark Cards, a privately owned company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. ... Jim Hensen Company in Los Angeles The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Today, Hallmark specializes in airing past segments from their parent company's Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series, which features made-for-television movies and miniseries, most of them from the series' CBS run. Older shows, such as The Waltons, 7th Heaven, Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H, Gilligan's Island, Matlock, The Brady Bunch, Diagnosis Murder, Murder, She Wrote, and Walker, Texas Ranger are rerun many times a day and replaced the religious programming that aired on the channel for over a decade. Other shows, such as JAG, Hogan's Heroes, Family Ties, Nanny and the Professor, Gunsmoke, Bewitched, Perry Mason, and Judging Amy, have rerun briefly on the network. Hallmark began airing its own weekday morning show entitled New Morning in 2002 and added a Sunday morning version hosted by Naomi Judd entitled Naomi's New Morning in 2005. Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long running anthology program on American television. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... For other uses, see The Waltons (disambiguation). ... This article is about the TV program. ... Little House On The Prairie was an American one-hour dramatic television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1974 to March 21, 1983. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the 1961 novel Catch... For the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) video game, see The Adventures of Gilligans Island. ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Diagnosis: Murder is a one-hour mystery series, starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a physician who occasionally works for the police department as a consultant. ... Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote was a popular, long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... Walker, Texas Ranger was an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. ... For other uses, see JAG (disambiguation). ... Hogan’s Heroes was a satirical American television situation comedy that ran from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network for 168 episodes. ... For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... Nanny And The Professor was a 1970s U.S. fantasy sitcom that was produced by 20th Century Fox Television. ... This article is about the radio and television series. ... This article is about an American television sitcom. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ... Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... New Morning was released in October 1970 by Bob Dylan, only four months after the controversial Self Portrait. ... Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd from the back cover of Why Not Me (1984). ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

In January 2007, Hallmark Channel dropped the Hallmark crown from its logo, but still uses it in certain places on-air, and in other countries.

In February 2008, the Hillary Clinton campaign purchased an hour of Hallmark Channel's primetime under a paid programming arrangement on February 4, 2008, the day before the multi-state "Super Tuesday (2008)" primaries. ^[2] REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ... Infomercials are television commercials that run as long as a typical television program (roughly 28 minutes, 30 seconds). ...

Current programming

Hallmark Channel Headquarters, Studio City, CA

• 7th Heaven
• The Brady Bunch
• Columbo
• Diagnosis Murder
• Gilligan's Island
• Little House on the Prairie
• M*A*S*H
• Matlock
• Murder, She Wrote
• New Morning
• Touched by an Angel
• Walker, Texas Ranger
• The Waltons
• Adoption Stories (on Hallmarkchannel.com only)

This article is about the TV program. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series, starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. ... Diagnosis: Murder is a one-hour mystery series, starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a physician who occasionally works for the police department as a consultant. ... For the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) video game, see The Adventures of Gilligans Island. ... Little House On The Prairie was an American one-hour dramatic television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1974 to March 21, 1983. ... M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (penname for H. Richard Hornberger) and its sequels, but primarily by the 1970 film MASH, and influenced by the 1961 novel Catch... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote was a popular, long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... New Morning was released in October 1970 by Bob Dylan, only four months after the controversial Self Portrait. ... This section contains a list of trivia items. ... Walker, Texas Ranger was an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. ... For other uses, see The Waltons (disambiguation). ...

Hallmark Channel Around the World

Hallmark Channel Australia

Main article: Hallmark Channel (Australia)

In Australia, the channel supplements its United States programming with drama from Australia's largest producer of TV drama, Southern Star The Hallmark Channel is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Televisions subscription platforms. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Southern Star may refer to Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc, a Natural Gas Pipeline headquartered in Owensboro, KY. Southern Star (radio), a New Zealand Christian radio network Southern Star Concrete, Inc. ...

Hallmark Channel UK

Main article: Hallmark Channel (UK)

The British version of Hallmark runs mostly United States imports, including TV movies and drama such as House, Judging Amy, The District and the Law & Order franchise. The channel also runs the BBC drama Spooks. Also, Australian drama series McLeod's Daughters has aired on the channel since its launch in 2001. The Hallmark Channel is a British TV channel owned by Sparrowhawk Media Group, with the Hallmark brand used under licence from Crown Media (which operates the US Hallmark Channel). ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... House, also known as House, M.D., is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American medical drama, which debuted on the FOX network on November 16, 2004. ... Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... The television crime drama The District aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. ... The term Law & Order franchise is commonly used to describe a number of related American television programs created by Dick Wolf and originally broadcast on NBC, all of which deal with some aspect of the New York City criminal justice system. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For the music band, see The Spooks. ... McLeods Daughters is a TV drama set in rural outback in South Australia about the McLeod Family running Drovers Run its been in the McLeod family for almost 100 years passing down to son and now Daughters Claire, Tess, Jodi, Regan & Grace McLeod. ... This article is about the year. ...

Hallmark Channel Italy

The Italian Hallmark Channel channel is a family-friendly one. It broadcasts United States imports, like Judging Amy and 7th Heaven as well as other family series (like McLeod's Daughters, etc.). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... This article is about the TV program. ... McLeods Daughters is a TV drama set in rural outback in South Australia about the McLeod Family running Drovers Run its been in the McLeod family for almost 100 years passing down to son and now Daughters Claire, Tess, Jodi, Regan & Grace McLeod. ...

Hallmark Channel Asia

COLOUR KEY : Drama, Variety, News / Current Affairs , Reality, Comedy, Talk Shows Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... ER is an Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... For other uses, see Without a Trace (disambiguation). ... The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ... The Starter Wife is a 2007 USA Network television miniseries. ... This article is about the original television series. ... 3 lbs is a drama on CBS that began on November 14, 2006, replacing the cancelled series Smith, but itself was cancelled three weeks later due to poor ratings. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... For other uses, see Without a Trace (disambiguation). ... The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ...

See also

• Hallmark Movie Channel
• List of programs broadcast by Hallmark Channel

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Notes

1. ^ Sparrowhawk Media
2. ^ Clinton Buys Block on Hallmark Mediaweek 2008-01-31

External links

• International site
• US site
• Sparrowhawk Broadcast Services - Hallmark Service provider in all countries