LMN (also known previously as Lifetime Movies, and an initialism for Lifetime Movie Network) is an American

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owned by

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subsidiary of

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and the

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. LMN carries movies and exclusive shows aimed at women, especially made for television movies. Many, though not all, of the movies that air on the network are Lifetime originals that were first shown on the flagship Lifetime channel; in turn, the network also premieres original films that are later broadcast on Lifetime. Until they ended their involvement in television films in the early 2000s, the network's earliest programming consisted of movies originally meant for broadcast networks. As of February 2015, LMN is available to approximately 82,031,000 pay television households (70.5% of households with television) in the United States. An Australian version of the channel launched on September 1, 2020 through

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History

The network launched on June 29, 1998, as Lifetime Movie Network, a

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''Variety'', July 21, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013. The original format of the network consisted of longer blocks of made-for-television movies with limited commercial interruptions, airing twice a day. As the network grew and broadcast networks ceased producing made-for-TV movies, more commercial breaks were added during its film content. The network also added theatrical film releases to its schedule. The network airs different movies each day, although the movies aired at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET each day are re-aired at 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. (9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. PT). On April 19, 2009, the broadcast of ''

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'' attracted 3.2 million viewers for the network, more than 1 million of which were among the demographic of women aged 18–49, garnering the highest ratings in the network's history at that time. On August 27, 2009,

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, which was jointly owned by the former's corporate parents The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation in conjunction with

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(which sold its interest to the two other companies in 2011). On October 13, 2013, the network debuted its first original series, the reality-based murder mystery program ''Killer Profile''. In addition, three series that had previously aired on sister network

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'', '' I Survived...'' and '' Celebrity Ghost Stories'' – also moved to LMN that year. In March 2014, A+E Networks moved the drama series ''

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'' to LMN, becoming the first scripted series to air on the network, although it solely moved to LMN to

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the remaining episodes of the low-rated A&E program.

Rebrandings

Over its -year history, the network has vacillated its main branding several times, usually alternating between its full name of Lifetime Movie Network and their initials of LMN depending on the network's marketing plan at the time of the name change. The network's branding history is as follows: *Lifetime Movie Network (June 29, 1998 – July 2006; June 2008 - 2011, November 1, 2019 - present as a full name) *LMN (July 2006 – June 2008; 2011 – July 10, 2017; November 1, 2019 – present for LMN) *Lifetime Movies (July 11, 2017 – October 31, 2019)

References

External links

* {{U.S. movie television channels Lifetime (TV network) Movie channels in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1998 Television networks in the United States English-language television stations in the United States Women's interest channels 1998 establishments in the United States

History

Rebrandings

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