NEW YORK – February 2, 2021 – Hallmark Channel is off to a great start in 2021, with its programming event New Year New Movies! establishing the channel as the #1 most-watched entertainment cable network in the year-to-date on weekends among Women 18+ and Households. These results come on the heels of yet another highly successful holiday season, which boosted Hallmark Channel to rank as the most-watched entertainment cable network among Women 18+ in all of Fourth Quarter for the seventh consecutive year.

Featuring five all-new original movie premieres rolling out every Saturday night in January, New Year New Movies! – newly rebranded from its previous iteration, Winterfest – also earned Hallmark Channel the #2 spot in Total Day and Primetime among Households, Women 18+, and Total Viewer impressions. The January 2 premiere of Taking a Shot at Love was a particular standout, becoming Hallmark Channel’s second highest-rated original premiere during the month of January in network history with a 3.2 Household rating.

HALLMARK CHANNEL’S “NEW YEAR NEW MOVIES!” PROGRAMMING EVENT BOOSTS NETWORK TO BECOME #1 MOST-WATCHED ON WEEKENDS IN 2021 TO-DATE

Four of the Network’s All-New Original Movie Premieres Marked the Most-Watched Programs of the Week in January

Key Nielsen Highlights (L+SD)

Hallmark Channel 2021 To-Date

· Hallmark Channel is the second most-watched entertainment cable network in 2021 to- date during Total Day and Primetime among Households, Women 18+, and Total Viewers

· Additionally, the network becomes the #1 most-watched during Weekend Total Day among Households and Women 18+, and during Weekend Primetime and on Saturdays among Households, Women 18+, and Total Viewers

· The five New Year New Movies! original movie premieres averaged a 2.5 Household rating, 288,000 Women 25-54, and 2.4 million Total Viewers

· Four out of the five original movie premieres airing as part of the New Year New Movies! programming event were the most-watched entertainment cable programs of their respective weeks among Women 18+

· All five original movies premieres ranked at the #1 most-watched entertainment cable programs on their respective airdates among Households, Women 18+, and Total Viewers

Source: Nielsen L+SD 12/28/20-1/31/21; Excluding news and sports

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