<P> Two new development deals along with new installments of existing movie series were announced by the channel . Al Roker signed on the deals for his The Midnight Show Murders: A Billy Blessing Novel . While, Scandal inspiration Judy Smith, a crisis communications specialist, made a deal for The Adjuster movie . </P> <P> 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 number 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 . In November and December, like Hallmark Channel, its schedule (outside of features all Christmas films . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <Ul> <Li> "Mystery Wheel" is a movie wheel series started in 2015 after the rebranding of the channel . The original movies series were Garage Sale Mystery, Gourmet Detective and Murder, She Baked based on Joanne Fluke's Hannah Swensen Mystery series . </Li> <Li> "The Most Wonderful Miracles of Christmas", originally "The Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas": On Monday, November 11, 2015, Hallmark Movie Channel started its first "The Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas" seasonal programming duplicating the main Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas". Included is A Very Happy Yule Log, a Christmas Eve / Christmas Day loop made up of a yule log presentation with Happy the Cat and Happy the Dog . In 2017, "A Happy Yule Log" was broadcast on November 22 Thanksgiving Day, with abandoned piglet, Pip Squeak . </Li> </Ul>

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