HALLMARK CHANNEL AND HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL RING IN 2008 WITH THEMED MOVIE MARATHONS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

This year, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel will ring in the New Year with themed movie festivals on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. As always, the marathons can be enjoyed by the entire family. Audiences will enjoy rough riding cowboys on Hallmark Channel and a sly detective named Columbo as well as prehistoric dinosaurs on Hallmark Movie Channel. Complete schedules follow.

HALLMARK CHANNEL NEW YEAR'S MARATHONS

Monday, December 31

Red Headed Stranger 8�10:30 a.m. & 5:30�8 p.m.

The Outsider 10:30 a.m.�1 p.m. & 8�10:30 p.m.

Sam Whiskey 1�3 p.m. & 1�3 a.m.

The Unforgiven (1960) 3�5:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.�1 a.m.

Tuesday, January 1

Hang 'Em High 8�10 a.m. & 9�11 p.m.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 10 a.m.�1 p.m. 6�9 p.m.

Quigley Down Under 1�3 p.m. & 11 p.m.�1 a.m.

The Magnificent Seven 3�6 p.m.

Return of the Seven 1�3 a.m.

HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL NEW YEAR'S MARATHONS

Monday, December 31

Columbo: Publish or Perish 6�7:30 a.m.

Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem 7:30�9 a.m.

Columbo: Playback 9�10:30 a.m.

Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind 10:30 a.m.�12 p.m.

Columbo: A Case of Immunity 12�1:30 p.m.

Columbo: A Matter of Honor 1:30�3 p.m.

Columbo: Fade in to Murder 3�4:30 p.m.

Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder 4:30�6 p.m.

Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case 6�7:30 p.m.

Columbo: Try and Catch Me 7:30�9 p.m.

Columbo: Murder Under Glass 9�10:30 p.m.

Columbo: How to Dial a Murder 10:30 p.m.�12 a.m.

Tuesday, January 1

Dinotopia: New Horizons 6�8 a.m. & 6�8 p.m.

Dinotopia: The Virus 8�10 a.m. & 8�10 p.m.

Dinotopia: The Exit 10 a.m.�12 p.m. & 10 p.m.�12 a.m.

Dinotopia: The Outsiders 12�2 p.m. & 12�2 a.m.

Dinotopia: The Election 2�4 p.m.

Dinotopia: The Temptation 4�6 p.m.

*Schedules are subject to change. All times ET/PT.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of 84 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel consistently ranks among the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in Prime Time and Total Day household ratings and is the nation's leading network in providing quality family programming. Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel, and will launch Hallmark Movie Channel HD in first quarter 2008.