SEASON TWO OF DAYTIME EMMY(R) NOMINATED LIFESTYLE SERIES "HOME & FAMILY" RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH FRESH, FUN AND INFORMATIVE SEGMENTS FEATURING SOME OF TODAY'S BRIGHTEST TV, FILM AND MUSICAL STARS

Hosted by Emmy(R) Award Nominee Mark Steines And TV Personality and Culinary Phenom Cristina Ferrare

Hallmark Channel's Daytime Emmy(R) nominated Lifestyle Series, "Home & Family," will continue to deliver fresh, fun and informative segments in its second season in 2014 featuring some of today's brightest stars, the tastiest recipes, romantic Valentine's Day getaway destinations, fun spring cleaning suggestions, Earth Day art exhibits, July 4th celebrity home barbecues and the spectacular Universal Studios fireworks display.

The two-hour weekday, lifestyle and ultimate how to show that helps viewers live their best lives, airs Monday -Friday (10a.m. - 12p.m. ET/PT, 9am - 11 C) on Hallmark Channel and is hosted by Emmy(R) Award nominee Mark Steines and TV personality and culinary phenom, Cristina Ferrare. The show emanates from a 2,400 square foot working home on the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood. From the home, Steines, Ferrare and their expert guests present the best in cooking, crafting, decorating, fashion, health, beauty, fitness, financial advice, pet care, lawn and garden tips, as well as interviews with celebrity guests, who often reveal their unknown talents or skills and musical and other live performances from some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

In fourth quarter 4Q13-to-date, "Home & Family" reached a total of 6.1 million viewers, 5.3 million households and 1.5 million women aged 25-54. In the 10 a.m. time slot, "Home & Family" showed a quarter-to-quarter increase of +10% among the core demographic of women 25-54 compared to the third quarter 2013 time period average. (Source: The Nielsen Company, Live+SD, 3Q'13 (7/1-9/29/13) and 4Q'13-to-date (9/30-12/8/13); Reach & Frequency Report, unduplicated viewers (P2+, HH, W25-54) based on 6 min cume qualifier.)

Marty Tenney is the executive producer, Stacey Patterson, Ryan Berlin and Megan Lawson are senior producers and Bob Levy is the director of "Home & Family" from Woody Fraser Enterprises. "Home & Family" is broadcast in 1080i, Hallmark Channel's selected HD Format. This program carries a TV-G parental guideline.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 88 million subscribers. Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading destination for quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies and specials, as well as some of television's most beloved sitcoms and series, including The Golden Girls, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, and Frasier. The channel is also home to a range of lifestyle programming, anchored by Home & Family, a daily two-hour live show shot in a fully functional house located on the Universal Studios lot. Hallmark Channel's sibling network, Hallmark Movie Channel, available in HD and SD, focuses on family-friendly movies with a mix of original films, classic theatrical releases, and presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library.

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