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NEW YORK — If it’s anything like last year, television viewers won’t have to look very hard for holiday-themed programming.
The Nielsen company said Wednesday that about 875 hours of such shows were on broadcast and cable networks in late 2013. That included specials and holiday episodes of regularly scheduled series, the company said.
A cable network such as the Hallmark Channel, which was the second-highest-rated network in prime time last week, does a good business at the end of each year with its constant stream of holiday movies. Nielsen said that 84 percent of women and 79 percent of men said they watched at least a minute of holiday programming last year.
