HALLMARK CHANNEL'S MOST RECENT ORIGINAL MOVIE PREMIERE, "STOP THE WEDDING," PLACES THE NETWORK AS THE #1 HH RATED ON CABLE IN SATURDAY PRIME TIME

Stop the Wedding was Saturday's Top-Tweeted Movie Across Cable and Broadcast

Hallmark Channel's June Weddings programming event is in full swing with its most recent original premiere, Stop the Wedding, averaging a 2.0 HH rating and 2.3 million total viewers. The Saturday, June 11th debut was the top HH rated program of the day and catapulted Hallmark Channel to be the #1 HH rated cable network in Prime Time. Additionally, in its 9 pm time period, Stop the Wedding elevated Hallmark Channel to be the highest-rated and most-watched network among HHs and Total Viewers. Audiences engaged on social media as well, with the original movie becoming Saturday's most-Tweeted premiere across cable and broadcast television.

In Stop the Wedding, Anna Colton (Rachel Boston) is a career-focused San Francisco divorce attorney whose busy professional life has replaced her desire for romance.

Source: Nielsen, June 6th-12th; Nielsen SocialGuide Twitter TV Ratings.

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Hallmark Channel is Crown Media Family Networks' flagship 24-hour cable television network, distributed nationwide in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to 89 million homes. The country's leading destination for quality family entertainment, Hallmark Channel delivers on the 100-year legacy of the Hallmark brand. In addition to its signature original movies, the network features an ambitious lineup of other original content, including scripted primetime series, such as Good Witch and When Calls the Heart; annual specials like Kitten Bowl and Hero Dog Awards and; a daily 2-hour lifestyle show, Home & Family. Additionally, in November 2014, Hallmark Channel became the exclusive home to world premiere presentations of the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame franchise. Dedicated to helping viewers celebrate life's special moments, Hallmark Channel also offers such annual holiday programming events as Countdown to Christmas and Countdown to Valentine's Day. Rounding out the network's diverse slate are television's most beloved sitcoms and series, including The Golden Girls, The Middle, Last Man Standing, Little House on the Prairie, and Frasier. Hallmark Cards, Inc. owns and operates Crown Media Family Networks.