Love's Enduring Promise

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July 30, 2004                                                            Sheri Goldberg, 818.755.1225

HALLMARK CHANNEL FULFILLS ‘LOVE’S ENDURING PROMISE,’

SEQUEL TO ONE OF THE NETWORK’S HIGHEST RATED ORIGINAL MOVIES

Original Stars of “Love Comes Softly” Return

-- Based on Janette Oke’s Beloved Bestseller --

Joined by January Jones, Mackenzie Astin

          “Love’s Enduring Promise,” the highly-anticipated sequel to the Gabriel Award-winning “Love Comes Softly,” one of Hallmark Channel’s highest rated original movies, airs Friday, December 15 (9/8c) and encores Saturday, December 16 (5/4c). Katherine Heigl and Dale Midkiff are reunited in the Hallmark Channel Original Holiday Movie, joined by January Jones (“Love Actually”), Mackenzie Astin (“How to Deal”) and newcomer Logan Bartholomew (“American Wedding”).

          The eldest child in an 1800’s frontier family, Missie Davis (Jones) is a bright and beautiful elementary schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books.  When Missie encounters Grant (Astin), a handsome New England railroad executive, she feels as though she’s met a hero from one of her novels.  But their courtship is complicated by the appearance of “Nate” (Bartholomew), a mysterious young man who helps Missie’s family in a time of need.  Torn between two worlds, Missie finds herself at a crossroads, forced to choose between the love of two very different men – and two very different futures.  

          “Love’s Enduring Promise” is the second installment of an eight book franchise by Janette Oke who, in her genre, ranks second in popularity only to Laura Ingalls Wilder of “Little House on the Prairie” fame.  Michael Landon, Jr., son of “Little House” producer, director and star Michael Landon, serves as co-writer and director of “Love’s Enduring Promise” as he did for “Love Comes Softly,” which was honored with the Gabriel Award at the 2004 City of the Angels Film Festival.

          “Love’s Enduring Promise” is a Hallmark Entertainment Presentation.  Robert Halmi, Jr., Larry Levinson and William Spencer Reilly are executive producers.  Director is Michael Landon, Jr., who co-wrote the screenplay with Cindy Kelley, based on the book by Janette Oke.  The Hallmark Channel Original Movie is an Alpine Medien Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions and Faith & Values Media.

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 to a national audience of 75 million subscribers.  The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country.  Hallmark Channel consistently ranks among the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in Total Day and Prime Time household ratings and is the nation’s leading network in providing family-friendly programming.  Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel.

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