Apologies for cutting this a little fine because I only just found out myself.
Nightly from today (7th March 2011), at 8pm, the Universal Channel here in the UK starts showing Cold Case from season 1. How many seasons they will show is not clear. Season 7 has yet to be aired by Sky, and may never be.
I’d never even heard of the Universal Channel until now. Apparently it used to be the Hallmark Channel and changed its name towards the end of last year. I don’t have access to the channel so it is not a change I was going to notice. For those in the UK that have satellite or cable TV it is available on Sky channel 113 (the same in HD as well) and Virgin Media on 162.
The channel’s website has a page devoted to Cold Case. They also have a Twitter account.
I wonder if the hallmark channel will also be changing its name here in the states.
I don’t know either channel but looking at their respective websites they seem quite different.
Hallmark US looks like it does more gentle comedies (Cheers, Golden Girls etc.) and rom-coms.
Universal UK could be called “The Procedural Channel” because it is all cop shows like CSI and Without A Trace.
The Hallmark names suits the US version better and is probably better established than the UK version.
@RichE – The Hallmark Channel here in the US, isn’t the type of channel that you’d find crime-type shows. You are right, it’s weird that the name of the channel was changed in the UK but not in the states.
Yet the type of shows and the movies they air are entirely different. I can’t see Hallmark in the US, playing Cold Case or CSI.
Hopefully the UK will eventually be able to see Season 7 of Cold Case on tv.