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‘WHEN CALLS THE HEART’ SEASON THREE PREMIERES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 9 PM ET/PT, 8C ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

KICKS OFF 30 WEEKS OF ORIGINAL SERIES ON SUNDAY NIGHTS

‘Good Witch’ Returns for a Second Season Sunday, April 17 ‘’ Series Premiere Summer 2016

ELIZABETH HAS NEWS THAT SURPRISES JACK AS ABIGAIL LEARNS OF GOWEN’S LATEST GREEDY SCHEME AND PASTOR FRANK’S PAST QUICKLY CLOSES IN ON HIM

STUDIO CITY, CA – February 8, 2016 – Sunday night is the new destination for original series on Hallmark Channel, beginning with the season three premiere of “When Calls the Heart” Sunday, February 21, 9 pm ET/PT, 8C, followed by the return of “Good Witch” for a second season on Sunday, April 17 and the much anticipated series premiere of ”Chesapeake Shores” in July 2016. In “When Calls the Heart’s” season three debut “Troubled Hearts” premiering Sunday, February 21, 9 pm ET/PT, 8C, Jack (Daniel Lissing) and Elizabeth () struggle to find time alone together even as both of them plot to make a more permanent home in Hope Valley. Meanwhile, Abigail () is upset when Gowen (Martin Cummins) schemes to sell his share of her café to an even more demanding business partner

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before she receives some unexpected kindness from an old friend. And as Elizabeth excitedly surprises Jack with a row house of her very own she vows to fix it up without his help. Meanwhile, Cody (Carter Ryan Evancic) isn’t taking school seriously when he blows off an assignment and Elizabeth worries Abigail is being over-protective of him, causing some tension between them. Then, as the death of one of Hope Valley’s own becomes personal for Bill Avery (Jack Wagner), Frank (Mark Humphrey) nervously feels his past closing in when Jesse (Aren Buchholz) demands the pastor reunite with a dangerous gang of outlaws who threaten all of Hope Valley. Sensing Frank is in trouble, and realizing she cares about him more than ever before, Abigail confronts the pastor, only to discover an alarming revelation about the man she thought she knew. “When Calls the Heart” is WCTH Season 3 Production in association with Television and Believe Pictures. Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm serve as producers. Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird, Michael Landon, Jr., Robin Bernheim Berger, Eric Jarboe, Michael Shepard, Susie Belzberg and Jimmy Townsend are executive producers. Paul Jackson, Cynthia J. Cohen, Neill Fearnley, Peter Deluise, Martin Wood, and Amanda Phillips Atkins are co-executive producers. Derek Thompson and Shona Miko Musgrave King are supervising producers. Simon Richardson and Doran S. Chandler are associate producers. Based on the novel by Janette Oke

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