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Death Star
First appearance
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (novel, 1976)
Affiliation
Galactic Empire
The original and second Death Stars.
Death Star is the name of a number of fictional mobile space stations and galactic superweapons featured in the Star Wars space opera franchise. The first Death Star was stated to be more than 100 km to 160 km in diameter, depending on source. It was crewed by an estimated 1.7 million military personnel and 400,000 droids.[1][2] Its superweapon delivered enough energies on a scale equivalent to all the energy released by the Sun in an entire week.[citation needed] The second Death Star was significantly larger, between 200 km to 400 km in diameter depending on source, and technologically more advanced than its predecessor. Both versions of these dwarf planet-sized fortresses were designed for massive power projection capabilities, capable of destroying multiple naval fleets or entire planets with one blast from their superlasers.[3]
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1 Origin and design
1.1 Special effects
2 Depiction
2.1 Death Star-class
2.1.1 DS-1 Platform - (Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope)
2.1.2 DS-2 Platform - (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)
2.2 Similar super weapons of mass destruction
2.2.1 Malachor Sith Temple - (Star Wars Rebels)
2.2.2 Starkiller Base - (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
2.3 Death Stars in Star Wars Legends
2.3.1 DS-X Prototype Battle Station
2.3.2 Death Star III - (Star Tours: The Adventures Continue)
3 Cultural influence
3.1 Science
3.2 Merchandise
3.3 Petitions
3.3.1 White House petition
3.3.2 Petition in other countries
4 References
5 External links
Origin and design[edit]
Although details, such as the superlaser's location, shifted between different concept models during production of Star Wars, the notion of the Death Star being a large, spherical space station over 100 kilometers in diameter was consistent in all of them.[4] George Lucas gave the original task of designing a "Death Star" to concept artist and spaceship modeler Colin Cantwell,[5] who had collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.[6] In a 2016 interview, Cantwell related that "I didn't originally plan for the Death Star to have a trench, but when I was working with the mold, I noticed the two halves had shrunk at the point where they met across the middle." As it "would have taken a week of work just to fill and sand and refill this depression," Cantwell suggested a trench to Lucas to save the labor. Lucas liked the idea,[5][6] and the Death Star model was created by John Stears.[7][8] The buzzing sound counting down to the Death Star firing its superlaser comes from the Flash Gordon serials.[9] Portraying an incomplete yet powerful space station posed a problem for Industrial Light & Magic's modelmakers for Return of the Jedi.[10] Only the front side of the 137-centimeter model was completed, and the image was flipped horizontally for the final film.[10] Both Death Stars were depicted by a combination of complete and sectional models and matte paintings.[4][10]
Special effects[edit]
The explosion special effect.
The Death Star explosions featured in the special edition of A New Hope and in Return of the Jedi are rendered with a Praxis effect, wherein a flat ring of matter erupts from the explosion.
The grid plan animations shown during the Rebel briefing for the attack on the Death Star late in A New Hope were an actual computer graphics simulation from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory made by Larry Cuba and Gary Imhoff as part of a CalArts project, and had been included during filming.[11]
Depiction[edit]
Emperor Palpatine (left) and Darth Vader (right) watch the original Death Star's construction in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
These are depictions of the Death Star and other similar weapons of mass destruction within the Star Wars canon.
Death Star-class[edit]
DS-1 Platform - (Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope)[edit]
The original Death Star's completed form appears in Star Wars, known officially as the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station, or Project Stardust in Rogue One. Commanded by Governor Tarkin, it is the Galactic Empire's "ultimate weapon",[12] a huge spherical space station over 100 kilometers in diameter capable of destroying a planet with one shot of its superlaser. The film opens with Princess Leia transporting the station's schematics to the Rebel Alliance to aid them in destroying the Death Star. Tarkin orders the Death Star to destroy Leia's home world of Alderaan in an attempt to press her into giving him the location of the secret Rebel base; she gives them the false location of Dantooine, but Tarkin has Alderaan destroyed anyway, as a demonstration of the Death Star's firepower and the Empire's resolve. Later, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, and R2-D2 are pulled aboard the station by a tractor beam, where they discover and manage to rescue Princess Leia. As they make their escape, Obi-Wan dies fighting Darth Vader, enabling the others to flee the station. Later, Luke returns as part of a fighter force to attack its only weak point: a ray-shielded particle exhaust vent leading straight from the surface directly into its reactor core. Luke was able to successfully launch his fighter's torpedoes into the vent, impacting the core and triggering a catastrophic explosion, which destroyed the station before it could use its superlaser weapon to annihilate its intended target, the rebel base on Yavin IV.[citation needed]
The Clone Wars Legacy story reel from the unfinished Crystal Crisis on Utapau episodes revealed that the reason General Grievous was on Utapau in Revenge of the Sith was to acquire enormous kyber crystals, which were required to power the Death Star's superlaser.[13]
The first Death Star's schematics are visible in the scenes on Geonosis in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones showcasing the early development of the Death Star prototype, the Death Star plans were designed by Geonosians led by Archduke Poggle the Lesser, a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and is shown early in construction at the end of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The Death Star plans are a central plot-point in the 2016 film Rogue One and the original 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.[citation needed]
A hologram from the original Death Star is briefly visible in a scene at the Resistance base in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens and used as a means of comparison with one from the First Order's own superweapon, Starkiller Base.[citation needed]
In the animated series Star Wars Rebels, the two-part episode "Ghost of Geonosis" hinted that the Geonosians were nearly wiped out to extinction out of the Empire's need for secrecy. Saw Gerrera, having been sent to Geonosis to investigate, deduced the Empire possesses a superweapon and resolved to discover the Death Star as depicted in the final season two-parter "In the Name of the Rebellion." Though it was a dead end, finding only scientists being abducted by the Empire, Saw learned the weapon is powered by kyber crystals taken from the Jedha system.
The anthology film Rogue One focuses on a band of Rebels stealing the plans for the first Death Star prior to the events of A New Hope. The Death Star project was overseen by Orson Krennic, the Director of Advanced Weapons Research for the Imperial Military. Under Krennic's supervision, the project was beset by constant delays, and he forcibly recruited weapons designer Galen Erso (the father of Jyn Erso, the movie's main protagonist) to complete the design; nevertheless, it was another fifteen years before the Death Star was operational. The Death Star's primary laser was powered by kyber crystals mined from the desert moon of Jedha, and is first used to destroy Jedha City both as a response to a violent insurgency on the planet, and as a display of the Death Star's operational status to restore the Empire's confidence in the project. Grand Moff Tarkin assumes control over the Death Star while Krennic investigates security breaches in the design project. It is subsequently revealed that Galen discreetly sabotaged the design by building a vulnerability into the reactor. This is the same vulnerability that Luke Skywalker takes advantage of during the events of A New Hope. After the Death Star plans are stolen from the Scarif vault, Tarkin fires the Death Star laser on the base killing Krennic, as well as Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor.[citation needed]
The canonical population of the first Death Star was 1.7 million military personnel, 400,000 maintenance droids, and 250,000 civilians/ associated contractors.[1][2]
The 2014 book Star Wars: Tarkin detailed the life of Grand Moff Tarkin, and prominently featured the first Death Star. The theme of the construction of the Death Star is continued in the 2016 book, Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel, which tells the story of the development of the Death Star's superweapon by the scientist, Galen Erso and Krennic's deception of him. It also reveals how Poggle worked with Krennic on the Project but then turned on him.[14]
In the film Rogue One, it is revealed that the Death Star's superlaser is powered by multiple reactors, allowing it to vary its destructive power depending on the target. Skeptical of the station's power, Tarkin ordered that it first be tested on Jedha City using a single reactor. Subsequently, a second single-reactor test would destroy their installation on Scarif, along with the Rebel strike force who had successfully stolen the station's plans. The destruction of the planet Alderaan would be the first time the Death Star was tested with all reactors employed.[citation needed]
DS-2 Platform - (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)[edit]
Return of the Jedi features a second Death Star still under construction in orbit around the second moon of Endor. Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader send the Rebels false information that the station's weapons systems are not operational in order to lure them into a trap. When the station's protective shield is disabled by a ground assault team on the forest moon of the planet Endor (led by Han Solo) with the help of the native Ewoks, rebel fighters flew into the unfinished station targeting its reactor core chamber and damaged the reactor core itself, which eventually explodes and destroys the station. It was destroyed by Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian (with Nien Nunb as his Millennium Falcon co-pilot), the former destroying a power regulator and the latter destroying the main reactor.[citation needed]
The Death Star II is featured in the cover of the book Star Wars: Aftermath (2015), which also features many flashbacks to the destruction of the Death Star II, as well as the events directly after its destruction. One of the main characters in the story personally escaped the explosion of the Death Star. The destruction of the second Death Star was also shown in holograms in the book. The 2015 comic book Star Wars: Shattered Empire also explores the days following the destruction of the Death Star II from the perspective of Poe Dameron's parents, who were pilots during the event. The video game Star Wars: Uprising also takes place during the aftermath of the second Death Star's destruction, and features a hologram of its description on multiple occasions in and out of cutscenes.[citation needed]
Similar super weapons of mass destruction[edit]
Malachor Sith Temple - (Star Wars Rebels)[edit]
Main article: Star Wars Rebels
The Star Wars Rebels episode Twilight of the Apprentice features a forbidden planet called Malachor,[15] home of an ancient Sith Temple.[16] This temple contained a Battle Station capable of destroying planets, and could only be activated by placing a special Sith Holocron[17] in an obelisk at the summit of the pyramid inside the temple. Thousands of years prior, a battle was waged on Malachor that resulted in the deaths of its inhabitants. Somewhere between the events of his last appearance in The Clone Wars and this episode, Darth Maul had become stranded on Malachor. When Ahsoka Tano, Kanan and Ezra arrived, Ezra was separated from them. He was discovered by a character who later revealed himself to be Maul. Together, they solved a series of test chambers that required cooperation between two Force wielders, and retrieved a Sith Holocron. With the help of Kanan and Ahsoka, they fought three Inquisitors, all of whom were killed by Maul. Maul then betrayed his allies, blinding Kanan, and proceeded to activate the Battle Station. Once Maul was defeated by a sightless Kanan, Darth Vader arrived with the intention of retrieving the holocron, but was challenged by Ahsoka Tano, his former Padawan. While the station was preparing to fire, Kanan and Ezra retrieved the holocron themselves and escaped, preventing this weapon of mass destruction from being used. Even though the temple was destabilized, Ahsoka and Vader kept fighting to the death within the rapidly-crumbling building, until it eventually exploded, wounding Darth Vader and almost killing Ahsoka.[18]
Starkiller Base - (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)[edit]
Main article: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens features Starkiller Base, a planet turned into a battle station built by the First Order. Significantly larger than either the first or second Death Star, and unlike either of those cost-prohibitive space stations, this battle station cut-costs by terraforming an existing planet and draws its fire power directly from a sun, but it requires time to draw enough energy. Once fired, it has the power to destroy up to five planets within the same star system simultaneously, making it a far deadlier superweapon than the Death Star. General Hux gave an intense speech while the Starkiller Base demonstrated its lethality by obliterating the five planets of the Hosnian Prime system (the location of the Republic government, which rotates every few years), the cataclysm witnessed by Han Solo, Chewbacca, Rey and Finn from Maz Kanata's castle. After Rey was captured by Kylo Ren, he interrogated her within the base. Han, Chewbacca and Finn approached the base at light-speed because the base's shield kept out anything going under the speed of light. They found Rey and successfully lowered the protective shields, enabling an X-wing assault led by Poe Dameron and Nien Numb to destroy the planet-turned-base, with Poe firing the crucial, destructive shots.[citation needed] The name Starkiller Base paid homage to the early drafts of the original Star Wars film, referring to Luke Skywalker's original name as Luke Starkiller.[19][20]
Death Stars in Star Wars Legends[edit]
Main article: Star Wars Legends
Both Death Stars appear throughout the non-canonical Star Wars Legends (formerly known as the Expanded Universe).[citation needed]
The first Death Star's construction is the subject of Michael Reaves and Steve Perry's novel Death Star. In LucasArts's Star Wars: Battlefront II, the player participates in a mission to secure crystals used in the Death Star's superlaser. The first Death Star under construction acts as the final stage in the video game, The Force Unleashed. Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy introduces the Maw Cluster of black holes that protect a laboratory where the Death Star prototype was built (consisting of the super structure, power core, and superlaser).[citation needed]
National Public Radio's A New Hope adaptation portrays Leia (Ann Sachs) and Bail Organa's (Stephen Elliott) discovery of the Death Star's existence and Leia's mission to steal the space station's schematics. The first level of LucasArts' Dark Forces gives the player a supporting role in Leia's mission, while a mission in Battlefront II tasks the player with acting as a stormtrooper or Darth Vader in an attempt to recover the plans and capture Leia. Steve Perry's novel Shadows of the Empire describes a mission that leads to the Rebels learning of the second Death Star's existence, and that mission is playable in LucasArts' X-Wing Alliance combat flight simulator. Numerous LucasArts titles recreate the movies' attacks on the Death Stars, and the Death Star itself is a controllable weapon for the Empire in the Rebellion and Empire at War strategy game. A Death Star variation appears in Kevin J. Anderson's novel Darksaber (1995), and a prototype version of the Death Star can be found in his novel Jedi Search (1994).[citation needed]
The first Death Star is depicted in various sources of having a crew of 265,675, as well as 52,276 gunners, 607,360 troops, 30,984 stormtroopers, 42,782 ship support staff, and 180,216 pilots and support crew.[21] Its hangars contain assault shuttles, blastboats, Strike cruisers, land vehicles, support ships, and 7,293 TIE fighters.[22] It is also protected by 10,000 turbolaser batteries, 2,600 ion cannons, and at least 768 tractor beam projectors.[22] Various sources state the first Death Star has a diameter of between 140 and 160 kilometers.[21][23][24] There is a broader range of figures for the second Death Star's diameter, ranging from 160 to 900 kilometers.[25][26]
DS-X Prototype Battle Station[edit]
In the Legends novels Death Star, Dark Empire II, Jedi Search and Champions of the Force, an experimental Death Star prototype, DS-X (a durasteel frame surrounding a reactor core, superlaser, engines and a control room) was conceived by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin as a test bed for the first Death Star. It was constructed by Bevel Lemelisk and his engineers at the Empire's secret Maw Installation. The prototype measured 120 kilometers in diameter. Its superlaser was only powerful enough to destroy a planet's core, rendering it an uninhabitable "dead planet". The targeting system on the prototype was never calibrated and the superlaser was inefficient, leaving the weapon's batteries drained. The prototype had no interior except a slave-linked control room, hyperdrive engines and other components; the station operated with skeleton-crew of 75 personnel.[citation needed]
George Lucas himself confirmed that the plans featured in Attack of the Clones and the under-construction facility in Revenge of the Sith was indeed the original Death Star. The Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology retconned the DS-X prototype into being built alongside the main Death Star.[citation needed]
Death Star III - (Star Tours: The Adventures Continue)[edit]
In the Disney attraction Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, guests can travel inside an incomplete Death Star during one of the randomized ride sequences. In the original Star Tours, a Death Star III is seen and destroyed during the ride sequence by the New Republic. Leland Chee originally created the third Death Star to explain why a Death Star is present on the Star Tours ride when both of the stations in the movies were destroyed.[27] The station being built near the Forest Moon of Endor like the second Death Star before it is similar to an original concept for Return of the Jedi, where two Death Stars would have been built near Had Abbadon (then the Imperial capital world). The Habitation spheres, based on the Imperials' suspicious claims that they were designed strictly for peaceful purposes, were suggested by some fans to have been the origin for the Death Star III. This was later revealed to be the case in Part 2 of the StarWars.com Blog series The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire. In the Star Wars Legends game Tiny Death Star, a random HoloNet entry states that one of the residents of the Death Star is simply staying there until he can afford to stay at the third Death Star.[citation needed]
Cultural influence[edit]
The Death Star placed ninth in a 2008 20th Century Fox poll of the most popular movie weapons.[28] It is also referred to outside of the Star Wars context.[citation needed]
KTCK (SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket) in Dallas were the first to use the term "Death Star" to describe the new mammoth Cowboys Stadium, now AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. The term has since spread to local media and is generally accepted as a proper nickname for the stadium.[29]
The Death Star strategy was the name Enron gave to one of their fraudulent business practices for manipulating California's energy market.[30]
AT&T Corporation's logo introduced in 1982 is informally referred to as the "Death Star".[31] Ars Technica referred to "the AT&T Death Star" in an article criticizing a company data policy.[32] Competitor T-Mobile mocked AT&T's "Death Star" logo and "Empire-like reputation" in a press release.[33]
Science[edit]
See also: Physics and Star Wars
The Saturnian moon Mimas, photographed by the Cassini probe in 2005. The large crater in the upper right (Herschel) gives it a resemblance to the Death Star.
In 1981, following the Voyager spacecraft's flight past Saturn, scientists noticed a resemblance between one of the planet's moons, Mimas, and the Death Star.[34] Additionally, a few astronomers[who?] sometimes use the term "Death Star" to describe Nemesis, a hypothetical star postulated in 1984 to be responsible for gravitationally forcing comets and asteroids from the Oort cloud toward Earth.[35]
Merchandise[edit]
Kenner and AMT created a playset and a model, respectively, of the first Death Star.[36][37] In 2005 and 2008, Lego released models of Death Star II and Death Star I, respectively.[38][39] In 1979, Palitoy created a heavy card version of the Death Star as a playset for the vintage range of action figures in the UK, Australia and Canada. Both Death Stars are part of different Micro Machines three-packs.[40][41] The Death Stars and locations in them are cards in Decipher, Inc.'s and Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Customizable Card Game and Star Wars Trading Card Game, respectively.[42] Hasbro released a Death Star model that transforms into a Darth Vader mech.[43] Estes Industries released a flying model rocket version.[44]
A Death Star trinket box was also released by Royal Selangor in 2015, in conjunction with the upcoming December screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[45] In 2016, Plox released the official levitating Death Star Speaker[46] in anticipation of the upcoming screening of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Petitions[edit]
White House petition[edit]
In 2012–13, a proposal on the White House's website urging the United States government to build a real Death Star as an economic stimulus and job creation measure gained more than 30,000 signatures, enough to qualify for an official response. The official (tongue-in-cheek) response was released in January 2013:[47] the cost of building a real Death Star has been estimated at $850 quadrillion by the Lehigh University, or about 13,000 times the amount of mineable resources on Earth, while the International Business Times cited a Centives economics blog calculation that, at current rates of steel production, the Death Star would not be ready for more than 833,000 years.[48] The White House response also stated "the Administration does not support blowing up planets," and questioned funding a weapon "with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship" as reasons for denying the petition.[47][49][50]
Petition in other countries[edit]
The Luxemburgish magician Christian Lavey (born as Christian Kies) submitted a petition for the construction of a Death Star to the Luxemburgish parliament. [51] However, on an interview with a local radio station Lavey admitted that this petition was just a joke and some kind of protest against the space plans of the government.
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Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
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Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
Genre
Fantasy
Comedy-drama
Created by
Michele Fazekas
Tara Butters
Starring
Jason Ritter
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
Kimberly Hebert Gregory
India de Beaufort
J. August Richards
Chloe East
Dustin Ybarra
Composer(s)
Blake Neely
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Michele Fazekas
Tara Butters
Chris Dingess
Craig DiGregorio
Running time
43 minutes
Production company(s)
Fazekas & Butters
ABC Studios
Distributor
Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network
ABC
Original release
October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) – present
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (stylized as Kevin ^Probably Saves the World) is an American high-concept angelic-themed fantasy comedy-drama television series that was created and executive produced by Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters for ABC Studios. The series airs on ABC as a Tuesday night entry during the 2017–18 television season, and was greenlit on May 11, 2017.[1] The series premiered on October 3, 2017.[2] The show is set in Taylor, Texas.
Contents
[hide]
1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring/Guest
3 Episodes
4 Production
4.1 Casting
5 Reception
5.1 Ratings
5.2 Critical response
6 References
7 External links
Premise[edit]
Kevin, a down-on-his-luck man who survived a suicide attempt, moves in with his twin sister Amy, an engineer and professor at the local college, and Amy's teenage daughter Reese. Shortly after, he discovers a celestial being named Yvette; Yvette claims that God has tasked Kevin with saving the world, and sent Yvette to guide and protect him. Only Kevin can see and hear Yvette, so his conversations appear to be hallucinations to those around him. The series also explores a mystery, as there are supposed to be 36 righteous souls in each generation, but for unknown reasons, Kevin is the only one left.[3]
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
Jason Ritter as Kevin Finn
JoAnna Garcia as Amy Cabrera (née Finn)
Kimberly Hebert Gregory as Yvette
India de Beaufort as Kristin Allen
J. August Richards as Sheriff Deputy Nathan Purcell
Chloe East as Reese Cabrera
Dustin Ybarra as Tyler Medina
Recurring/Guest[edit]
Barbara Eve Harris as Colonel O'Donnell
Michael Harney as Karl Gilmore
Sam Huntington as Jake Gilmore
Lesley Boone as Lucille
Emma Bell as Deb
Christian Ochoa as Ben
Lauren Blumenfeld as Ava
Richard Masur as Dr. Sloane
Kate Flannery as Anne
Will Sasso as Dave
Brandon Quinn as Ignacio "Iggy" DePerro
Anjali Bhimani as Susan Allen
Episodes[edit]
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1
"Pilot" Paul McGuigan Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) 4.17[4]
After getting fired from his Wall Street job and surviving a suicide attempt, Kevin Finn returns to his hometown to live with his twin sister Amy, a widowed mom, and her teenage daughter Reese. While Amy is away at a work assignment, a meteor crashes to earth near her home. Kevin and Reese investigate, and when Kevin touches the meteorite, he is hurtled backward. He begins having strange visions, including a mysterious woman named Yvette that only Kevin can see. Yvette calls herself one of God's messengers, tasked with locating the 36 righteous souls of this generation, of which Kevin is the only one known to be left.
2
"Listen Up" Kevin Dowling Craig DiGregorio & Jack Kenny October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10) 3.61[5]
Yvette tells Kevin that not even she knows what happened to the other 35 righteous ones, and that they'll have to let the universe guide them. She explains that Kevin needs to strengthen his soul by performing good deeds. While helping the son of a brewery pub owner find his true path, Kevin reconnects with his ex-girlfriend Kristin and the two sleep together. They ponder getting back together, but both remember how badly Kevin treated Kristin in the past and decide it's not a good idea. Kevin has a vision of an island surrounded by ocean.
3
"Sweet Little Lies" Peter Leto Chris Dingess & Davah Avena October 17, 2017 (2017-10-17) 3.26[6]
Kevin tries to intervene as a wedding planner for Deb, whose former childhood friend proposed to her when she got cancer. But now that Deb is healthy, she reveals to Kevin that she does not want to get married. Kevin has a vision of a mariachi band. Yvette meets with Ava, a celestial messenger like herself. Ava says she will gather all the other messengers to meet about finding the rest of the righteous, but come meeting time, they are the only two to show up. Ava then says that she too is giving up.
4
"How to be Good" J. Miller Tobin Teleplay by: Brant Englestein
Story by: Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24) 2.87[7]
Kevin helps Lucille, Tyler's rude boss at the diner, and gets dragged into a feud between Lucille and her estranged sister, Anne. Kevin later has a vision of being in an Asian marketplace. Reese confronts Kevin about the strange things she's observed, and asks if the meteorite gave him superpowers.
5
"Brutal Acts of Kindness" Rob Hardy Craig DiGregorio October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31) 2.71[8]
After Yvette convinces him to withdraw his entire $30,000 severance pay and give it away, Kevin helps a woman who cannot afford her son's diabetes medication. He later has a vision of being chased by a tiger through a jungle. Amy finds Reese's journal and sees that Kevin caused Reese to be thrown in jail. She angrily tells Kevin to pack up and move out.
6
"Rocky Road" Wendey Stanzler Jack Kenny November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07) 2.91[9]
Kevin begins looking for places to stay, hitting up Tyler, Kristin and Nathan. He also helps a man who lost his job 18 months ago look for work, learning that the man never told his wife and has now exhausted their life savings. Angry at her mom, Reese skips school and runs away to an abandoned factory. Kevin and Amy arrive to talk her down, but Reese slips from her perch and falls. Yvette suspends Reese in mid air for a couple of seconds, allowing Kevin to get underneath and catch her. A dumbfounded Amy observes, and starts seeing Kevin the way Reese has seen him. Kevin gets a printout of all his previous visions, plus a new one of mountaintops in the clouds.
7
"Dave" Ron Underwood Chris Dingess November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) 2.62[10]
Kevin and Yvette are joined by Dave (Will Sasso), another celestial messenger, who helps them on Kevin's next assignment. The assignment turns out to be helping Kristin's cancer-stricken mother Susan (Anjali Bhimani) find some joy while living out her last days. Kevin later sees a vision of a flaming gazebo. Meanwhile, Amy wants to use science to figure out what she witnessed when Reese fell, and soon meets Iggy (Brandon Quinn), a theology professor who tries to convince her that it's okay for some things to remain unexplained. Also, Nathan tells Reese he wants to ask Amy out on a date, but Reese will not give him permission.
8
"Chrysalis" Metin Hüseyin Kevin Deiboldt December 5, 2017 (2017-12-05) 2.62[11]
Kevin sees a vision of blue butterflies, and follows one to an art class held by Ethan (Enoch King). Kevin offers to help Ethan get over his fear of rejection by taking him to an art show, later realizing this will conflict with Reese's school play. Dave appears and reveals himself to Ethan, offering to take him to the art showing so Kevin can be with his family. At the same time, Yvette meets with Ava, who tells her that Dave has turned all the celestial messengers against her. Kevin angrily confronts Yvette about being able to reveal herself to other people, and asks what else she's hidden from him. Yvette admits she does not know if the other 35 righteous really exist, and is operating on faith alone. Kevin chooses to work with Dave, which backfires when Ethan gets scared and backs out of the show. Kevin returns to Yvette while making things right with Ethan by setting up a surprise showing of Ethan's paintings. Ethan offers a painting of a blue butterfly to Kevin as a thank you, also telling Kevin about a trip he took that inspired it. Kevin now knows where the next righteous soul will be found. Elsewhere, Kristin helps Amy prepare for her first date with Iggy, but later notices that Amy will not tell Nathan about the date.
9
"Probably" Tamra Davis Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters December 12, 2017 (2017-12-12) 2.49[12]
Kevin travels to Laos, taking Tyler along. The two are befriended by Vong (David Huynh), whom Kevin and Yvette briefly think is the next righteous but he's not. Kevin sees another of his visions and wants to press on, but Yvette now has doubts and thinks Dave may have been right. Yvette appears as human and is approached by Tyler, who finds her fascinating. The two dance to a mariachi band (another of Kevin's earlier visions), which renews Yvette's faith. Kevin and Tyler, with help from Lucille on video chat, then help Vong's wife deliver their first child, and it turns out the baby is the next righteous soul. Back at home, Reese tells Amy that Nathan wanted to ask her out. Amy meets Nathan the next day and tells him about Iggy, but says she now knows she wasn't yet ready to date and is glad she realized this with someone she doesn't truly care about. Nathan later does something special for Amy.
10
"The Ugly Sleep" J. Miller Tobin Davah Avena January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02) 2.62[13]
Kevin helps Charlie (Trent Garrett), who is despondent over a recent breakup, meet someone new, but when the someone new turns out to be Kristin, it leads to awkwardness. The situation causes Charlie to realize the girl he left is his one true love, and he returns to her. Inspired by Kevin's good deeds, Reese befriends a new girl at school who is struggling to fit in. Meanwhile, Yvette sees that Tyler is still smitten over her and tries to figure out a way to help him move on. Kevin has a vision of a snow-covered area in the woods. As the episode closes, Kristin tells Kevin that she submitted his name for an open substitute teacher position.
11
"Solo" Lee Rose Kevin Deiboldt January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09) 2.39[14]
On his first day as a substitute teacher, Kevin encounters an introverted kid named Adam and extracts information about who will be the target of the annual "Freshman Prank". After Adam reveals the target is Kristin, he becomes even more disliked for squealing. Kevin tries to help Adam become noticed for something else -- namely, pulling off the most legendary Freshman Prank since the one Kevin engineered 20 years ago. Meanwhile, Amy and Nathan have an awkward first date, but later enjoy helping Kevin, Adam and Tyler as they plan the prank. Adam has a vision of being on the deck of a crabbing boat.
12
"Caught White-Handed" Jennifer Lynch Brant Englestein January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16) 2.46[15]
Reese is with Kevin when he tracks his next subject, and she realizes her uncle has stumbled upon the mysterious "acorn fairy" -- a person who has been doing good deeds around Taylor for the last ten years. In trying to help the woman (Kathleen Wilhoite), Kevin unintentionally causes her real identity to be revealed, along with her criminal past. Meanwhile, Yvette learns that the person responding to Tyler's ads searching for her is Kevin, who says he was just trying to figure out a way to let his friend down easy. This backfires when Tyler decides to travel to Canada to locate his true love. Kevin has a vision of the boat from the previous episode, but this time Tyler is with him.
13
"Fishtail"[16] J. Miller Tobin Craig DiGregorio & Chris Dingess February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06) TBD
Production[edit]
The series was originally called The Gospel of Kevin, but the name was changed since the show was not "overtly religious".[17]
The series was picked up for a 16-episode full season on November 10, 2017.[18]
Casting[edit]
Cristela Alonzo, who played a lead role as the heaven-sent entity in the original pilot, was replaced by Kimberly Hebert Gregory after the series was picked up.[19]
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Pilot" October 3, 2017 1.0/4 4.17[4] N/A 2.17 N/A 6.33[20]
2 "Listen Up" October 10, 2017 0.8/3 3.61[5] TBD TBD TBD TBD
3 "Sweet Little Lies" October 17, 2017 0.8/3 3.26[6] TBD 1.75 TBD 5.01[21]
4 "How to be Good" October 24, 2017 0.7/3 2.87[7] TBD TBD TBD TBD
5 "Brutal Acts of Kindness" October 31, 2017 0.6/2 2.71[8] TBD TBD TBD TBD
6 "Rocky Road" November 7, 2017 0.7/3 2.91[9] TBD TBD TBD TBD
7 "Dave" November 14, 2017 0.7/3 2.62[10] TBD TBD TBD TBD
8 "Chrysalis" December 5, 2017 0.6/2 2.62[11] TBD TBD TBD TBD
9 "Probably" December 12, 2017 0.6/2 2.49[12] TBD TBD TBD TBD
10 "The Ugly Sleep" January 2, 2018 0.7/3 2.62[13] TBD TBD TBD TBD
11 "Solo" January 9, 2018 0.6/3 2.39[14] TBD TBD TBD TBD
12 "Caught White-Handed" January 16, 2018 0.6/2 2.46[15] TBD TBD TBD TBD
13 "Fishtail" February 6, 2018 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Critical response[edit]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 68% approval rating with an average rating of 6.73/10 based on 22 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Breezily entertaining, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World relies on its likable lead to carry its still-sketchy premise, hinting at deeper potential that's yet to develop."[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 59 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[23]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 11, 2017). "ABC Orders 'The Mayor', Zach Braff Comedy, 'Gospel of Kevin', 'Crossing', 'Good Doctor', Shondaland Drama to Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
Jump up ^ Otterson, Joe (July 24, 2017). "ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for Marvel's 'Inhumans,' Daveed Diggs' 'The Mayor'". Variety. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ "'Kevin (Probably) Saves the World' series premiere react: Meet the last of the Righteous". EW.com. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (October 4, 2017). "'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Voice' adjust up, 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' 'L&O True Crime' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (October 11, 2017). "'Voice,' 'Flash,' 'Lethal Weapon' & 'The Mick' adjust up, 'NCIS: New Orleans' down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (October 18, 2017). "'NCIS,' 'Voice' and 'This Is Us' adjust up, 'Black-ish' and 'L&O True Crime' down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (October 25, 2017). "'This Is Us,' 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Kevin' & World Series adjust up, 'L&O True Crime' down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (November 1, 2017). "'The Middle' and World Series adjust up, 'Law & Order True Crime' down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (November 8, 2017). "'The Middle' adjusts up, 'The Mayor' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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This article is about the American TV channel. For the channel outside of the U.S., see Hallmark Channel (international).
Hallmark Channel
Launched
1984; 33 years ago (1984)
Owned by
Crown Media Holdings
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed
Slogan
The Heart of TV
Country
United States
Language
English
Broadcast area
Nationwide
Headquarters
Studio City, California
Formerly called
American Christian Television System (1984–1992)
Vision Interfaith Satellite Network (1988–1992)
VISN/ACTS (1992–1993)
Faith & Values Channel (1993–1996)
Odyssey Network (1996–2001)
Sister channel(s)
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Hallmark Drama
Website
www.hallmarkchannel.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV
1312 (HD)
312 (SD)
Dish Network
185 (HD/SD)
Cable
Spectrum Cable
123
IPTV
Verizon FiOS
740 (HD)
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1365 (HD)
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The Hallmark Channel is an American cable and satellite television network that is owned by Crown Media Holdings, which is owned by Hallmark Cards. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies and miniseries, original and acquired television series, and lifestyle programs.
As of February 2015, Hallmark Channel is available to approximately 85,439,000 pay television households (73.4% of households with television) in the United States.[1]
On July 28, 2017, it was reported that Crown Media would add a brand new cable network titled Hallmark Drama (which launched on October 1, 2017) and a subscription video-on-demand streaming service titled Hallmark Movies Now on October 3.[2][3]
Contents
[hide]
1 History
1.1 History as Hallmark Channel
2 Programming
2.1 Original movies
2.2 Holiday programming
3 Website
3.1 On Location
3.2 Online movie shop
4 Advertising
5 Controversies
5.1 Carriage disputes
6 Hallmark Channel around the world
7 Network slogans
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
History[edit]
Main articles: Vision Interfaith Satellite Network and American Christian Television System
The Hallmark Channel traces its history to the launch of two separate religious cable channels, the American Christian Television System (ACTS) and the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network (VISN). The two networks began alternating time on a shared transponder slot on the Galaxy III satellite in 1992.[4] Under the original timeshare agreement, the network was branded as VISN/ACTS. Each network was provided time for its programming blocks, and would use their own logos.
Logo as Odyssey Network from 1996 to 2001.
VISN launched on July 1, 1988, and was founded by the National Interfaith Cable Coalition, in cooperation with several cable providers.[5] It aired for about 16 hours a day and ran religious programs from mainline Protestant denominations such as the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ. Roman Catholic, LDS Church, Jewish, and Islamic faiths also provided programming.[6] VISN aired during the morning and evening hours. ACTS commenced operations in 1984, and was owned by the Southern Baptist Convention. It aired programming from evangelical and fundamentalist non-charismatic Christian groups such as the SBC, the Christian Reformed Church, and the Association of Regular Baptist Churches, as well as well-known evangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Charles Stanley and D. James Kennedy. Both channels aired several hours a week of religious children's programs, some of which overlapped, including Sunshine Factory, Joy Junction, Davey and Goliath, and Jot.
In 1993, the network was renamed as the Faith and Values Channel. It began adding a few secular programs during this time, such as exercise shows, health and cooking shows, and family-oriented drama series and movies. In 1995, cable conglomerate Tele-Communications Inc. acquired a 49% ownership stake in the Faith and Values Channel, and took over operational control of the network. It added more secular programming to the network and reduced religious programming to about 10 hours a day. In 1996, the network was rebranded as the Odyssey Network (although on-air promotions often referred to the network simply as "Odyssey"), and launched a website, Odysseyfamily.com, which was used to provide program listings for the network.
Crown Media Holdings and The Jim Henson Company bought majority stakes in Odyssey in November 1998; under the new venture, Odyssey underwent a major programming revamp on April 4, 1999, decreasing the amount of religious programs on the network down to four hours a day. The channel began to focus more on family-targeted entertainment programming including some classic sitcoms, children's programs and additional family-oriented movies. Henson sold its interest in the channel to Crown Media Holdings in 2000. Odyssey then dropped much of its children's programs and relegated religious programming to a few hours on Sundays.
History as Hallmark Channel[edit]
On August 5, 2001, the channel underwent yet another rebranding, relaunching as the Hallmark Channel.[7] The restructured network completely dropped religious programming, but continued to focus on family-oriented sitcoms and drama series, dramatic films and other general entertainment programs. The National Interfaith Cable Coalition continued to own about 5% of the channel, and continues to produce some program content for Hallmark Channel.[8] The change resulted in The Kermit Channel in Asia, which Crown Media acquired around the same time, being relaunched under the Hallmark Channel brand, reducing Kermit Channel to a three-hour program block on that network.[9]
Hallmark Channel's headquarters in Studio City, California.
David Evans was appointed as CEO of the newly-developing network, until he resigned in May 2006.[10] The network remained without a formal CEO until October 2006, when former Court TV (now truTV) chairman and CEO Henry Schleiff was appointed in the position, overseeing all of the networks’ divisions.[11][12] In 2002, the Hallmark Channel premiered a weekday morning talk show, New Morning; a Sunday morning version, hosted by Naomi Judd, titled Naomi's New Morning, debuted in 2005 and lasted two years before being pulled from the schedule in early 2007.
In January 2007, Hallmark Channel dropped the Hallmark crown from its logo, although it is still used sporadically on-air, in promos, and on its services in other countries. On May 27, 2007, Hallmark Channel launched "Watch With Me", a new national public affairs initiative aimed to promote programming for families to watch together, and "to spend more time together."[7]
In 2008, Hallmark Channel unveiled a new branding campaign with predominantly gold coloring, a stylized logo, and a new slogan, "Make Yourself At Home". In February 2008, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign purchased an hour of Hallmark Channel's primetime slots under a paid programming arrangement to run a special promoting Clinton's campaign for President of the United States on February 4, the day before the multi-state "Super Tuesday" primaries.[13]
Henry Schlieff stepped down as the channel's CEO on May 6, 2009, with William J. Abbott being promoted to the role from his position as executive vice president of advertising sales. Both parties said Schleiff's departure was amicable.[14] Later that month, Crown Media Holdings announced that it had put the channel up for sale, as the company was burdened with over $1 billion in debt in running the network. After over a month with no prospective buyer, Crown Media took the network off the selling block, with the board blaming the large debt for the lack of interest. Abbott decided that Crown Media Holdings would take the network in a younger, "lighter" direction, while continuing to cater to baby boomers.[15]
In January 2010, the network's on-air appearance was revamped in preparation for the launch of its high-definition simulcast feed, featuring a predominantly lavender color scheme, 3D renderings of the Hallmark script logo and relatively simple elements for its graphics package, and the introduction of a new slogan, "Celebrate Life's Moments." The channel also celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Hallmark brand that month.
Programming[edit]
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel's programming consists of classic and some recent television series, and original made-for-TV movies. It also airs television movies and miniseries from the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. Many of the Hallmark Hall of Fame films broadcast by the network were originally broadcast during its CBS run; the network currently airs Hall of Fame films on a two-week delay from their original broadcast on ABC (which began airing the anthology series in April 2011).
Original programs broadcast on the network include the daytime talk show Home and Family (which originated on ABC Family [now Freeform] when it was known as The Family Channel, in April 1996) and When Calls the Heart (which is based on the novels by Janette Oke). The network's original programming originally consisted mainly of lifestyle programs and made-for-TV movies; Hallmark Channel debuted its first original scripted series in July 2013, with the premiere of Cedar Cove (which is based on the novels by Debbie Macomber).
On February 2, 2014, the Hallmark Channel partnered with New York's North Shore Animal League and Last Hope Animal Rescue to debut the Kitten Bowl during Super Bowl XLVIII. The event – hosted by Beth Stern and announcers John Sterling and Mary Carillo – is designed as counterprogramming to the Super Bowl and airs during the game's halftime show, and is similar to another animal-themed event that debuted nine years earlier on Animal Planet, the Puppy Bowl. Kitten Bowl II returned on February 1, 2015, and was watched by 1.3 million viewers.[16] A new Kitten Bowl has aired every year since, running repeatedly on Super Bowl Sunday in a 3-hour program that includes "playoff games".
They also play the sitcoms The Middle, The Golden Girls, Home Improvement, Last Man Standing, I Love Lucy, Cheers, and Frasier.
Original movies[edit]
Main article: List of Hallmark Channel Original Movies
The network's made-for-TV movies are characterized as family-friendly and inspirational, ranging from holiday-themed films to westerns. In the early stages of the channel's development, Hallmark Channel had a steady one-movie-a-month, or 12-a-year, production schedule with the films mainly being produced by RHI Entertainment. However, in 2008, Crown Media had ramped up its production schedule to approximately 30 movies a year and opened up to other production companies, though RHI still produces some movies for Hallmark Channel.[17] The network premiered 35 original movies during the period from 2009 to 2010.[18] Hallmark Channel released 25 television movies during the 2011 calendar year.
Holiday programming[edit]
From the first weekend in November until January 1, Hallmark Channel runs a seasonal block called Countdown to Christmas, featuring a mix of holiday movies, specials and holiday-themed original programming. The block is branded as Countdown to New Years from December 26 until January 1 and culminates with the channel's broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Hallmark Channel also airs Christmas movies during July as part of a Christmas in July block; Christmas-themed programming thus runs for nearly three months of the year on the channel. Other seasonal events programmed by Hallmark Channel include romance-themed movies and specials that air during the first half of February in the lead-up to Valentine's Day; movies and specials relating to Mother's Day and Father's Day respectively air during May and June; and Halloween-themed movies and specials (among which include the channel's The Good Witch film series) during the month of October.
Website[edit]
On November 19, 2007, the network refreshed its website, offering users microsites dedicated to the channel's original programming and marketing initiatives,[7] such as sweepstakes and special "events" like "Crime Time Sunday".[19] Some of the microsites include games centered on the themes of its movies.[20] The website also began to stream the channel's award-winning original series, Adoption,[21] marking the first time the network has scheduled a full-length program online.[7]
On Location[edit]
On July 21, 2008, the website launched an original online series titled On Location, which features interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from Hallmark Channel's original movies. The segments are featured on each movie's individual microsite.[7] The series soft launched in July 2007 as Inside Story and a different host for the episodes profiling Avenging Angel,[22] Charlie & Me,[23] The Good Witch,[24] Daniel's Daughter,[25] and The Note.[26] In 2009, the program was revamped again, dropping the on-camera host segments, with the segment on the making of Love Takes Wing being the last On Location episode to feature an on-camera host.[27]
Online movie shop[edit]
On January 29, 2009, Crown Media announced the development of an online movie store featuring DVD releases and movie-related products from the Hallmark library.[citation needed] The shop is powered by the Amazon Associates program.[citation needed] Since its soft launch in mid-2008, Hallmark Channel has already generated sales of over 10,000 items. The network earns a commission on each sale.[28]
Advertising[edit]
In mid-June 2009, the network announced it would sell individual ad breaks featuring a single advertiser. The so-called "Fast Breaks" are prefaced with short bumpers announcing that the program streaming will return after a 30-second break. The cost of such standalone spots is about double that of a regular 30-second commercial on the channel. Hallmark Channel signed insurance company Mutual of Omaha as the first buyer.[15]
Controversies[edit]
Carriage disputes[edit]
Hallmark Channel and co-owned film service Hallmark Movie Channel were dropped by AT&T U-verse on September 1, 2010, due to a carriage dispute resulting from a proposed increase in retransmission consent payments that U-verse considered to be disproportionate with the lower audience viewership for the channels.[29]
As of July 23, 2015, the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries returned to U-verse.[30]
For those that do not subscribe to the standard cable television model, as of October 20, 2016, the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel were added to Sling TV service. The channels are not currently available to those with PlayStation Vue.
Hallmark Channel around the world[edit]
Main article: Hallmark Channel (International)
Hallmark Channel operated several cable channels in various international markets. Outside of the United States, the Hallmark Channel services were owned by NBCUniversal under a brand licensing agreement with Crown Media Holdings, and were run by different entities that had access to the Hallmark name and brand. The international channel maintained different programming and content standards than the flagship U.S. service. Around 2010/2011 the international versions of Hallmark Channel ended their existence and were rebranded as Universal Channel, Diva Universal, 13th Street, or simply closed.
Network slogans[edit]
"Where Great Stories Come to Life" (2001–2008)
"Make Yourself at Home" (2008–2012)
"The Heart of TV" (2012–present)
See also[edit]
Hallmark Channel Mystery Wheel (category)
Hallmark Channel original films (category)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Movie Channel
List of Hallmark Channel Original Movies
List of programs broadcast by Hallmark Channel
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Umstead, Thomas (July 28, 2017). "TCA17: Crown Media to Launch Hallmark Drama Cable Network". MultiChannel News. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ Umstead, Thomas (July 31, 2017). "TCA17: Crown Media to Launch Hallmark Drama Cable Network". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ "VISN, ACTS Sign Agreement To Share Single Cable Signal". Religious Broadcasting. National Religious Broadcasters. 24 (9): 32. October 1992. ISSN 0034-4079.
Jump up ^ Bcozkiewicz, Robert E. (August 2, 1988). "New TV Network May Crowd the Market". Christianity Today. 32 (12): 55–56. ISSN 0009-5753.
Jump up ^ Calian, Carnegie Samuel (October 2, 1995). "Redeeming the wasteland? Christian TV increasingly uses entertainment to spread its message.". Christianity Today. 39 (11): 92–103. ISSN 0009-5753.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Hallmark Channel Press site: Company Milestones". Hallmarkchannelpress.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
Jump up ^ Downey, Kevin (February 11, 2008). "Spiritual Syndicator's Gamble". Broadcasting & Cable: 20.
Jump up ^ "Muppet Central News – Kermit Channel goes off the air". Muppetcentral.com. June 4, 2001. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Hallmark Exec folding cards". Encyclopedia.com: Daily Variety.
Jump up ^ Hallmark Channel Press site: Bio Page Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Unicef contributor's profile". Unicefusa.org. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
Jump up ^ Clinton Buys Block on Hallmark Mediaweek January 31, 2008
Jump up ^ "Crown Media Holdings President and CEO Henry Schleiff To Leave Hallmark Channel". Hallmark Channel Press Site. May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "Hallmark: Change is in the Cards". Broadcasting Cable.com.
Jump up ^ "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 2.1.2015". Retrieved February 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ Hallmark Channel Press Release: 7/12/2007 Archived April 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Hallmark Channel Increases Programming to 35 Original Movies for '09-'10 Upfront Season". Futon Critic.
Jump up ^ Crime Time Sunday Microsite Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Latest Hollywood Movies 1/28/09
Jump up ^ Adoption Microsite Archived February 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Avenging Angel Microsite Archived February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Charlie & Me Microsite Archived January 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ The Good Witch Microsite Archived January 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Daniel's Daughter Microsite Archived January 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ The Note Microsite Archived February 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Love Takes Wing Microsite Archived April 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Hallmark Channel Press Release 1/29/09". Hallmark Channel press site. [dead link]
Jump up ^ Eggerton, John (September 1, 2010). "Hallmark Channels Go Dark On AT&T U-verse". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
Jump up ^ Steinberg, Brian (July 22, 2015). "Hallmark Channel Returns to U-verse After Nearly Five Years". Variety. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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