Terry: AS A TELEVISION

EXECUTIVE, MARTHA WILLIAMSON

DIDN'T JUST PRODUCE A

PROGRAM WATCHED BY

25 MILLION VIEWERS AND

BECAME A BILLION DOLLAR

FRANCHISE, SHE PRODUCED A

PROGRAM THAT CHANGED LIVES.

AND NOW, MORE THAN 10 YEARS

AFTER HER SHOW HAS GONE OFF

THE AIR, THIS NINE-TIME EMMY

NOMINEE IS TAKING HER

TALENTS TO THE HALLMARK

CHANNEL.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: MARTHA

WILLIAMSON WAS THE EXECUTIVE

PRODUCER OF "TOUCHED BY AN

ANGEL."

THE WEEKLY SHOW EXPLODE NOOD

EXPLODED INTO A BILLION

FRANCHISE.

MARTHA HAS SINCE EARNED THE

REPUTATIONS THE GO-TO

EXECUTIVE FOR FAMILY

ENTERTAINMENT.

HIS LATEST PROJECT IS SURE

TO BE A HIT FOR THE

HOLIDAYS.

THIS IS MY PROBLEM:

LITTLE KIDS ASK FOR THEM,

AND WE CAN'T MAKE IT

HAPPEN.

Terry: POLIC PLEASE

WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB," MARTHA WILLIAMSON.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU

AGAIN.

Terry: I LOVE WHEN

SOMETHING GOOD COMES OUT

RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.

FIRST OF ALL, TELL US A

LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS

PROJECT, "SIGNED, SEALED,

DELIVERED FOR CHRISTMAS."

"SIGNED, SEALED,

DELIVERED" IS A SERIOUS WE

SERIES WE DID ON HALLMARK

LAST YEAR.

IT IS ABOUT LETTERS THAT GET

LOST IN THE POST OFFICE.

THEY GET DELIVERED A LITTLE

LATE, BUT RIGHT ON TIME.

THEY LOVED IT SO MUCH, THEY

WANTED US TO DO A CHRISTMAS

MOVIE.

OF COURSE, I KNEW EXACTLY

WHAT TO DO ABOUT A CHRISTMAS

MOVIE.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT

HALLMARK IS THAT THEY'RE SO

OPEN.

IN "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL," WE

DID 213 EPISODES, AND EVERY

WORD I WROTE FOR THE ANGELS

TO SAY WAS BIBLICALLY BASED,

BUT WE NEVER WERE IN A

POSITION WHERE WE CAN USE

THE NAME OF JESUS.

AND I FINALLY GET TO DO IT

AND I JESUS ALL OVER THIS

CHRISTMAS MUSIC.

Terry: I HAVE A COUPLE

OF KIDS STILL AT HOME, IN

THEIR 20s, WHO LOVE TO

WATCH THE HALLMARK CHANNEL

BECAUSE IT IS SO POSITIVE.

THERE IS SO MUCH JUNK ON

TELEVISION RIGHT NOW.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE

INSPIRATION BEING WRITTEN,

AND WRITTEN LETTERS, AND

THERE IS SO MUCH E-MAIL AND

TEXTING GOING ON THAT

WRITING A LETTER IS BECOMING

KIND OF A LOST ART, ISN'T

IT?

IT IS VERY MUCH A LOST

ART.

MY LITTLE SECRET AGENDA FOR

"SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED,"

HAS BEEN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

TO STOP FOR A MINUTE AND

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE

WRITING.

IT IS SO EASY TO BANG

SOMETHING OUT AND IT SEND,

BUT WHEN YOU STOP AND WRITE

A LETTER AND YOU CHOOSE YOUR

WORDS CAREFULLY, AND YOU'RE

REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT,

AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT, YOU

HAVE IT FOREVER.

I HAVE A LETTER THAT MY DAD

WROTE TO ME -- I CHOKE UP

WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT --

WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD,

TELLING ME HOW PROUD HE WAS

THAT I WAS GOING TO

COLLEGE.

I WILL STILL READ THAT

LETTER IN HOLD IT IN MY

HAND.

AND I CAN STILL SEE THE

LITTLE HOLES IN THAT UNION

PAPER FROM IS LITTLE

TYPEWRITER.

THERE IS A REALITY THERE

THAT WE ARE LOSING, SADLY.

Terry: I HAVE A BOX

THAT I KEEP SOME OF THOSE

SPECIAL LETTERS IN.

IT IS SO SWEET TO GO BACK

AND RE-READ THEM FROM TIME

TO TIME.

I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS YOU

ARE HOPING THIS WILL DO IS

SORT OF PREPARE OUR HEARTS

FOR CHRISTMAS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU

SAY?

WELL, I AM THE "TOUCHED

BY AN ANGEL" LADY, SO WHEN

THEY SAY, ARE YOU INTERESTED

IN DOING A CHRISTMAS

MOVIE -- ARE YOU KIDDING?

OF COURSE I AM.

CHRISTMAS IS A MIRACLE.

THE MESSAGE OF THIS

PARTICULAR MOVIE IS THAT

PEOPLE STRUGGLE.

AND WE FORGET THAT.

WE FORGET THAT CHRISTMAS IS

NOT ALWAYS SO EASY FOR MANY

OF US. WE'VE LOST PEOPLE.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH

CHALLENGES.

PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.

IN MANY WAYS.

PERHAPS THEY'VE LOST A

FAMILY MEMBER, OR THEY'RE

GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE.

WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS

JOYFUL AND HAPPY AND PEACE

ON EARTH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T

HAVE PEACE IN THEIR HEARTS.

AND TO HALLMARK'S TREMENDOUS

CREDIT, THEY ALLOWED US TO

DO A MOVIE THAT ISN'T JUST

ABOUT PUPPIES AND FALLING IN

LOVE ON THE BRIDGE AND

RIDING IN A SLEIGH.

IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE TRULY

FINDING OUT THE REAL MEANING

OF CHRISTMAS.

AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I

THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

BRING FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT

BELIEVERS TO WATCH THIS

SHOW.

AND THEY'LL REMEMBER WHAT

CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT.

Terry: THAT'S WHAT THE

REAL GREAT MOVIES, CHRISTMAS

MOVIES, ARE ABOUT.

I THINK THAT'S WHY WE GO

BACK AND WATCH THEM YEAR

AFTER YEAR.

IT IS.

YOU GO BACK AND YOU SEE

TRIUMPH.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES, OF

COURSE, "IT'S A WONDERFUL

LIFE."

Terry: ME, TOO.

YOU KNEW THESE WERE

PEOPLE OF FAITH.

YOU KNEW THESE WERE PEOPLE

WHO -- EVERYONE STRUGGLES.

JUST LIKE THAT GEORGE BAILEY

DID.

BUT THE LORD PROVIDED FOR

HIM.

AND THIS FILM IS -- I WOULD

HOPE THAT PEOPLE WOULD FIND

IT AS A LITTLE BIT OF A

CLASSIC IN THE 21st

CENTURY.

Terry: A NEW CLASSIC.

I HOPE SO.

I THINK SO.

Terry: IT HAS MOVED TO

HALLMARK MOVIES, AND I KNOW

THAT HALLMARK IS THE MOVIE

AND MYSTERY CHANNEL, AND MY

FAMILY HAS REALLY ENJOYED

WATCHING IT.

WHAT IS NEXT FOR THIS

SERIES?

WE WERE ORIGINALLY A

SERIES.

BUT WE FOUND THAT 42 MINUTES

ISN'T QUITE ENOUGH.

EVERY DEAD LETTER IS SORT OF

INHERENTLY A MYSTERY THAT

HAS TO BE SOLVED.

BUT THIS MARVELOUS, QUIRKY

LITTLE TROOP OF PEOPLE -- WE

CALL THEM THE "POSTABLES,"

AND THEY'RE CHARMING AND

LOVELY AND THEY'VE CREATED

THIS LITTLE FAMILY OF THEIR

OWN.

THEY'RE LOVED.

SOME OF THEM ARE IN LOVE.

AND THEY HAVE FUTURES THAT

WEIG THEY WANT TO WORK

TOGETHER.

ONE MAN IS WORKING THROUGH A

DIFFICULT MARRIAGE, AND HE

IS A MAN AND FAITH AND SINGS

IN THE CHOIR, BUT HE HAS

SOME CHALLENGES.

PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OLIVER AND

HIS TEAM TO HEART SO MUCH,

THAT WE NEEDED MORE TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOUR

MOVIES THIS YEAR, STARTING

WITH THE HALLMARK MOVIE

CHANNEL.

Terry: WHY IS IT SO

IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO MAKE

MOVIES THAT TOUCH OUR HEARTS

AND CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK

OR LIVE?

WELL, BECAUSE, FIRST OF

ALL, I BELIEVE THE LORD

CALLED ME TO DO IT.

AND WHOM HE CALLS, HE

EQUIPS.

AND WHEN YOU FOLLOW HIS

LEAD, YOU ALWAYS END UP IN

THE RIGHT PLACE.

Terry: IT'S A MISSION.

OH, IT'S A JOY.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

JUST TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT

THAT EMPTY SCREEN.

AND PUT YOUR FINGERS ON IT

AND SAY, OKAY, LORD, LET'S

GO.

AND THAT, FOR ME -- YOU KNOW

THAT WONDERFUL "CHARIOTS OF

FIRE" SAYING, "WHEN I RUN, I

FEEL HIS PLEASURE," FOR ME

IT IS WRITING.

I SAY, LET'S MAKE IT THIS

WAY.

LET'S FIX THAT.

THE WORK OF CREATION, MY

GOODNESS, TO BE ABLE TO DO

THAT WITH THE LORD

WHISPERING IN YOUR EAR --

Terry: IT IS THE HEART

OF GOD.

HOW EXCITING.

WE'RE GOING TO BE THE

WONDERFUL BENEFACTORS OF THE

FACT YOU'RE DOING WHAT GOD

CALLS YOU TO DO.

THANK YOU.

Terry: SO EXCITING,

MARTHA.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

"SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED

FOR CHRISTMAS."

IT IS THIS SUNDAY,

NOVEMBER 23rd, ON THE

HALLMARK MOVIES AND MYSTERY

CHANNEL.

IT'S AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL

TIME.

AND, MARTHA, THANK YOU FOR

WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

YOU, TOO.