titled Hallmark Movies Now on October 3 of the same year. Two new development deals along with new installments of existing movie series were announced by the channel. Al Roker signed a deal for his The Midnight Show Murders: A Billy Blessing Novel and Scandal inspiration Judy Smith, a crisis communications specialist, made a deal for the movie The Adjuster. Although The Adjuster never made it into production, in 2021, Smith was developing a new film titled Redemption in Cherry Springs. Programming The channel features mystery, western, and family-friendly movies and mini-series mainly from the Hallmark Channel library, notably original films that had once premiered on Hallmark Channel at an earlier date. The channel also has featured a small number of films from Hallmark Hall of Fame, Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. Hallmark Movie Channel also broadcasts the McBride, Murder 101, Jane Doe, and Mystery Woman film series, as well as later Perry Mason and Matlock made-for-TV movies produced after the end of those series. The first original movie to premiere on the channel was Son of the Dragon on April 2, 2008, this was followed by a continuous stream of original movie premieres. In July 2010, the channel began airing scripted television series to its schedule. Currently, these syndicated series mostly include mystery series and Hallmark Channel original series. As a companion to Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas" event, the network also airs a large number of Christmas-themed films during the later months of the year, branded as "Miracles of Christmas". Wheel series Mystery Wheel is a movie wheel series started in 2015 after the rebranding of the channel. The original movies series were Garage Sale Mystery, Gourmet Detective and Murder, She Baked(based on Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen Mystery series). Signature Mystery is a movie wheel series started in 2019 featuring Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Garage Sale Mysteries, Gourmet Detective, Morning Show Mysteries, Hailey Dean Mysteries, later expanded to include the new Chronicle Mysteries, Crossword Mysteries, Mystery 101, Martha's Vineyard Mysteries, Matchmaker Mysteries, Ruby Herring Mysteries, Darrow & Darrow, Emma Fielding Mysteries, Murder, She Baked, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Flower Shop Mysteries and Picture Perfect Mysteries. Current Programming Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Crossword Mysteries Diagnosis Murder Drop Dead Diva Garage Sale Mysteries Gourmet Detective Mysteries Emma Fielding Mysteries Monk Murder, She Wrote Psych Signed, Sealed, Delivered Hallmark Original Mystery Movies Current series Chronicle Mysteries (2019–) Crossword Mysteries (2019–) A Puzzle to