Billy Ray Cyrus' New Music Video To Premiere on Hallmark Channel and more

[Press Release - Released by Hallmark]
A MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST GOES MULTI-PLATFORM!
GRAMMY® NOMINATED COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR BILLY RAY CYRUS' NEW MUSIC VIDEO TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE ON HALLMARK CHANNEL AND ON FACEBOOKHALLMARKCHANNELUSA AND TWITTER/HALLMARKCHANNEL
Original Song Written for and Inspired by Cyrus' New Hallmark Channel Original Movie, "Christmas In Canaan,'Premiering December 12
Billy Ray Cyrus, the world-renowned country music superstar, Grammy® nominee and television and film actor, will STAGE the world premiere of his newest music video exclusively on Hallmark Channel, Saturday, November 28, during the premiere of the Hallmark Channel Original Movie "The National Tree" (Saturday, November 28, 8-10p.m. ET/PT). In addition, the song and video will get an unprecedented, multiplatform rollout across a variety of Hallmark Channel websites and social networking accounts.
The new song, "We'll Get By Somehow (We Always Do)," the audio and video which were recently filmed at Cyrus' farm in Nashville, was penned by Cyrus as an [...]

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Gabrielle Anwar and Craig Sheffer To Star in Hallmark's MURDER AMONG FRIENDS

[Press Release - Released by Hallmark]
GABRIELLE ANWAR AND CRAIG SHEFFER TO STAR IN 'MURDER AMONG FRIENDS' (TENTATIVE TITLE), A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WHICH HAS BEGUN PRODUCTION IN VANCOUVER
Will Premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010
Gabrielle Anwar("Burn Notice") and Craig Sheffer ("One Tree Hill") have been cast to star in "Murder Among Friends" (tentative title), a Hallmark Channel Original Movie about a group of college friends who reunite for a bridal shower that turns into a crime scene investigation when one of the friends is found dead and is presumed to have been murdered. One of the friends is devastated and becomes fixated on solving the crime.
"Murder Among Friends" has begun production in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and will premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010.
Joss Jenner (Anwar), an art authenticator, joins her college girlfriends, including her beautiful former roommate, Cait Randell (Thea Gill, "Queer As Folk"), with whom she has [...]

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Jennifer Beals To Star in Hallmark's THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

[Press Release - Released by Hallmark]
JENNIFER BEALS TO STAR IN 'THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,' A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WHICH HAS BEGUN PRODUCTION
Holiday Movie Will Premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010
Jennifer Beals ("The L Word," "Lie To Me") has been cast to star in "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas," a Hallmark Channel Original Movie about a family that's too busy to get ready for the holidays until Santa Claus mistakenly leaves the North Pole a day early and crash lands on their roof, and it's suddenly up to the family to help save Christmas.
"The Night Before the Night Before Christmas" has begun production in Toronto, Canada, and is set to premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010.
Angela Fox (Beals) and her husband, Wayne (Rick Roberts, "The Note"), are so busy juggling their busy careers – she's a professional photographer and he's an aviation [...]

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Hallmark Channel Holiday Countdown

'HALLMARK CHANNEL HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN' INITIATIVE UNVEILED
New Year-Round Programming and Marketing Campaign
Celebrates Excitement and Sentiment of Major Annual Holidays
Hallmark Channel, the premiere television destination for family entertainment, will debut its new year-round, holiday countdown programming and marketing campaign, "Hallmark Channel Holiday Countdown," a cross-platform initiative that will launch with "Countdown to Halloween" and continue with "Countdown to Thanksgiving," before culminating in a major five-week long programming and marketing blitz celebrating "Countdown to Christmas."
With the new initiative, the channel will devote ongoing special event status leading to major holidays throughout the year.
The ambitious campaigns for each featured holiday will be implemented through a variety of formats and platforms including on-air, online, ad sponsor packages and a retail promotion with more than 3,200 participating Hallmark Gold Crown® stores nationwide.
"As part of our ambitious plans for re-shaping Hallmark Channel while staying true to and capitalizing on the incredible value of [...]

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Drew Seeley, Annie Potts, & Kim Zimmer To Star in Hallmark's FRESHMAN FATHER

DREW SEELEY, EMMY AWARD® NOMINEE ANNIE POTTS AND MULTIPLE EMMY AWARD® WINNER KIM ZIMMER STAR IN "FRESHMAN FATHER," A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WHICH HAS BEGUN PRODUCTION FOR AIR ON HALLMARK CHANNEL IN 2010
Drew Seeley ("Another Cinderella Story"), Emmy Award nominee Annie Potts ("Love and War," "Designing Women") and multiple Emmy Award-winner Kim Zimmer ("Guiding Light") are set to star in "Freshman Father," a poignant Hallmark Channel Original Movie based on a true story about a young man whose high school sweetheart becomes pregnant and accompanies him to Harvard. When she gives up and goes home, he has to juggle school and all the challenges of being the single parent of a newborn.
"Freshman Father" has begun production in Victoria, B.C., Canada, and will premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010.
John Patton (Seeley), the small town high school prom king, star quarterback and class valedictorian is all set [...]

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David James Elliott stars in Hallmark Channel Original Movie "Man of the House"

[Press Release - Released by Hallmark]
David James Elliott (“JAG”) stars in "Man of the House" a Hallmark Channel Original Movie about a workaholic ad agency executive who has lost his wife and is then fired from his job. He soon becomes a full-time Mr. Mom and begins to realize what he has been missing by not balancing his career and family life.
“Man of the House” has begun production and will premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010.
Ben Landis (Elliott) is shocked when his boss gives him the news that his job as an advertising executive is over because he makes too much money and can be easily replaced by three younger guys for the same amount. He shares the news with his two children, Lindsay (Madison Davenport), age 12, and Dylan (Will Shadley), age 8, who have many questions. Then he fires his live-in housekeeper who [...]

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Brian Austin Green & Graham Greene to Star in Hallmark Channel's THE WILD GIRL

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BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN AND ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE GRAHAM GREENE STAR IN "THE WILD GIRL," A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WHICH HAS BEGUN PRODUCTION FOR PREMIERE IN 2010
Brian Austin Green ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Beverly Hills 90210") and Academy Award® nominee Graham Greene ("Dances With Wolves") star in "The Wild Girl," a Hallmark Channel Original Movie set in the 1930s about a group of Americans who embark on a perilous expedition to exchange a young Apache girl for the son of a wealthy Mexican land owner who has been kidnapped by her tribe.
"The Wild Girl" has begun production in Toronto, Canada, and is set to premiere on Hallmark Channel in 2010.
Ned Giles (Green), an aspiring photographer, is desperate for a job at a local newspaper. When he notices a flyer advertising the chance for privileged men to sign up for an [...]

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Dean Cain, Mimi Kennedy, & more Star in Hallmark's THE THREE GIFTS

[Press Release - Released by Hallmark Channel]
DEAN CAIN, JEAN LOUISA KELLY, MIMI KENNEDY, REGINALD VELJOHNSON STAR IN "THE THREE GIFTS," A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WHICH HAS COMPLETED PRODUCTION
Dean Cain ("The Gambler, The Girl and the Gunslinger"), Jean Louisa Kelly ("Yes, Dear"), Mimi Kennedy ("Dharma and Greg") and Reginald VelJohnson ("Family Matters") star in "The Three Gifts," a holiday Hallmark Channel Original Movie about a childless couple who invite three orphans to spend Christmas with them and end up falling in love with the boys.
The movie has completed production and will premiere on Hallmark Channel December 19 (9-11 PM, ET/PT).
Because their orphanage is being renovated, three orphan boys who are known for being troublemakers temporarily move in with Jack (Cain) and Cheri (Kelly) Green over the Christmas holiday. Rita Green (Kennedy), Jack's aunt who runs the orphanage, asks the couple to take the unruly children during [...]

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