Highest Rated Hallmark Channel Shows In the 90s, the Hallmark Channel was a network that aired religious

programming, suitably named, "The Faith and Values Channel," and then renamed, Odyssey, in 199 8. The Hallmark Channel first appeared on Cable TV networks in August of 2001, and its new owners at Crown Media decided to drop the religious programming and to focus on family shows and TV dramas. Today, The Hallmark Channel airs a combinat ion of original made-for-TV movies and miniseries, along with family reality sho ws. The channel also plays many syndicated programs that were once popular on pr ime-time television. This trendy cable TV channel attracts mostly families who want to entertain thei r households with shows and films that dont have excessive profanity, nudity, or violence. Crown Media owns the Hallmark Greeting Card Company, and it advertises that the Hallmark network provides clean and wholesome entertainment that reflec ts traditional American values. Men, aged thirty to sixty, and woman from twentyfive to fifty-five years old, are the median demographic for this channel, accor ding to the Neilson Company. The highest rated shows on the network include: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Frasier Cheers The Waltons The Golden Girls I Love Lucy

These sitcoms once soared in the ratings when they were on prime-time television during the 70s, 80s and 90s. Families, today, continue to enjoy watching these shows because of their timeless plots and family themes that each episode brings to viewers. The Hallmark Channel is also well-known for producing original family movies. Th ese made-for-TV dramas were among some of the highest rated shows on television and have gone on to win a number of Emmy Awards. The Hallmark Movie Hour tradition began in the year 2000, after the network presented the Sherlock Holmes mystery , The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Anthony Hopkins. Hallmark Channels origin al dramas became more popular as the years passed, and today, the network produc es more than twenty made-for-TV films, each year. The three highest rated shows that have appeared on the Hallmark Movie Hour are: 1) Puppy Love (2012) This family film was Hallmarks highest rated original-movie since the network sta rted airing them in 2000. The comedy-drama starred Candace Cameron Bure (from th e sitcom: Full House) and Victor Webster, and it told the story of how a single mother changes the life of her daughter and a professional baseball player after moving to a new town. 2) A Holiday Engagement (2011) Cheers actress, Shelly Long, plays a demanding mother who wants to see her daugh ter (Bonnie Somerville) marry the right man. The unpredictable answer to their d ilemma takes place after a strange man answers their online ad. 3) Love Begins (2011) This romance is a prequel to another popular Hallmark miniseries named, Love Come s Softly. The original movie tells the story of an ambitious farmer who does all he can to leave home, so that he can see the rest of the world. Nancy McKeon (fr om the sitcom: The Facts of Life) and Wes Brown play the lead roles in this dram a.

Other original movies that are scheduled to hit the network in the future includ e: Desperado (2014) - starring Bill Pullman and Gene Hackman Let It Snow (2012) - starring Whoopi Goldberg Hannah s Law (2013) - starring Michael Keaton