Hallmark Channel Brings the Women's Lit

Readies new series from Macomber, Oke; develops Mary Higgins Clark show

Hallmark Channel is making good on its promise last year to bring more long-form originals to its bandwidth.

It starts with the network's first scripted ongoing series, Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove, announced last year and now set for a July 20 premiere; then comes new special When Calls the Heart, based on the Janette Oke novel and debuting in October.

The network has had to move the timelines back for both projects—originally Cedar Cove was scheduled for this month and When Calls the Heart was slated for June—but there's more scripted material in development from another writer beloved of the network's demographic: Mary Higgins Clark, whose short story collection My Gal Sunday is being considered alongside Dead Letters, a series developed by Touched by an Angel exec producer Martha Williamson.

Hallmark Channel also has an ongoing "Wonderful World of Disney"-style venture with Narnia Chronicles production company Walden Media, which began its...

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