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| Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
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| Genre | Anthology |
| Written by | Robert Hartung Jean Holloway Helene Hanff Gian Carlo Menotti |
| Directed by | George Schaefer William Corrigan Albert McCleery Kirk Browning Fielder Cook Jeannot Szwarc John Erman |
| Composers | Gian Carlo Menotti Bernard Green Richard Addinsell Jerry Goldsmith Bruce Broughton Morton Stevens John Kander Ed Shearmur Marvin Hamlisch |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 69 |
| No. of episodes | 260 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | George Schaefer Brent Shields |
| Producers | Maurice Evans Samuel Chotzinoff Phil C. Samuel Robert Hartung |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Editors | Henry Batista Robert L. Swanson Sam Gold (editor) Richard K. Brockway |
| Running time | 30–150 minutes |
| Production companies | Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions (1951–2016) Crown Media Productions (2016–present) |
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| Release | December 24, 1951 – present |
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Hallmark Hall of Fame, originally called Hallmark Television Playhouse, is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City–based greeting card company. It is the longest-running prime-time series in the history of television; it began airing in 1951 and aired on network television until 2014, with episodes largely limited to one film in a span of several months[1] since the 1980s. Since 1954, all of its productions have been broadcast in color. It was one of the first video productions to telecast in color,[2] a rarity in the 1950s. Many television films have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones.
The series has received eighty-one Emmy Awards,[3] dozens [specify] of Christopher and Peabody Awards,[4] nine Golden Globes,[3] and Humanitas Prizes.[4] Once a common practice during the formative years of American television, it is one of the last remaining television programs where the title includes the name of its sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Hall of Fame films are made with production values and a budget that is comparable to that of a feature film.[5]
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- ^ Pierce, Scott (February 3, 2001). "Hallmark celebrates its 50th anniversary". Deseret News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.