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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (formerly known as Hallmark Movie Channel) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Crown Media Holdings. The channel was spun off from sister network Hallmark Channel, and airs family-oriented feature and made-for-TV movies along with a limited number of mystery-themed television series. As of February 2015, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is available to approximately 55,827,000 pay television households (48% of households with television) in the United States. The channel launched on January 20, 2004 as Hallmark Movie Channel. On March 14, 2014, Crown Media Holdings announced that Hallmark Movie Channel would be rebranded as Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in late 2014. The name change took place on September 29, 2014.〔 ==Programming== The channel features mystery, western, and family-friendly movies and mini-series mainly from the Hallmark Channel library, notably original films that had once premiered on Hallmark Channel at an earlier date. The channel also features a small amount of films from Hallmark Hall of Fame, Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. Hallmark Movie Channel also broadcasts the ''McBride'', ''Murder 101'', ''Jane Doe'', and ''Mystery Woman'' film series, as well as later ''Perry Mason'' and ''Matlock'' made-for-TV movies produced after the end of those series. The first original movie to premiere on the channel was ''Son of the Dragon'' on April 2, 2008, and a handful of movies have since premiered on the channel.〔 In July 2010, the channel begin airing scripted television series to its schedule. These series currently include ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Matlock'', ''The Good Wife'', ''Hart to Hart'', and ''Perry Mason''. In March 2009, the network announced that it is partnering with the NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and TV to showcase short films by the school’s students and alumni. The shorts will begin airing in October, and will also be available for viewing online at the network website www.hallmarkmoviechannel.com. Actor Alec Baldwin is a Tisch alum who will be one of the judges to determine which films appear on the network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallmark Plans More Originals, Adds Short Films From NYU Students )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tisch Partners with Hallmark Movie Channel )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hallmark Movies & Mysteries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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