Hallmark unveils new programming for US channel

Following on from its US launch deal, Hallmark has unveiled a raft of new original movies, miniseries and series that are due to premiere on the channel. These include:

Johnson County War (4×60') is currently in production in Calgary, Canada, and is written by Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove), based on Frederick Manfred's Riders of Judgement.

It stars Tom Berenger (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July), Rachel Ward (Thorn Birds, Against All Odds) and Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210).

Stranded, inspired by Johann David Wyss's 1813 literary classic Swiss Family Robinson, updates the classic saga of a family travelling from their native Switzerland to Australia who are caught in a tempest, shipwrecked and marooned on a tropical island near New Guinea.

Scandal in Bohemia from Joe Wiesenfeld (The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) is a new, original two-hour TV movie based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic short story of the same name.

The Never-ending Story, currently in production in Montreal, Canada, is a new, original half-hour series based on Michael Ende's best-selling novel of the same name.

Lincoln Hall (wt), written by Bruce M Smith is one-hour dramatic series goes inside a philosophy course designed to bring relevancy to the lives of Lincoln Hall's students.

In the tradition of Dead Poets Society, Lincoln Hall embraces the dramatisation of ideas and imparts a concise and engaging lesson in ethics.