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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RHI ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1325 Avenue of the Americas, 21</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>st</b></SUP> <b>Floor<BR>
New York, NY 10019<BR>
(212)&nbsp;977-9001</B><BR><BR style="font-size: 3pt">
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RHI
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.<BR>
2008 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN</B><BR><BR style="font-size: 3pt">
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Henry S. Hoberman<BR>
Executive Vice President &#038; General Counsel<BR>
RHI Entertainment, Inc.<BR>
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 21</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>st</b></SUP> <b>Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10019<BR>
(212)&nbsp;977-9001</B><BR><BR style="font-size: 3pt">
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR><BR>
<B>Bradd L. Williamson, Esq.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
885 Third Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
New York, New York 10022<BR>
(212)&nbsp;906-1200</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller
reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,240,000</TD>
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<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>3.54; $4.81</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,102,374.42</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">397.02</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The RHI Entertainment, Inc. 2008 Incentive Award Plan authorizes the issuance of up to a
maximum of 2,240,000 shares of common stock of RHI Entertainment, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon (a)&nbsp;the exercise
price per share ($3.54) of outstanding options to purchase 529,154 shares of Common Stock and
(b)&nbsp;for the remaining 1,710,846 shares of Common Stock, the average of the high and low prices
per share of Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December&nbsp;4, 2008
($4.81).</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y00647exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF LATHAM & WATKINS LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y00647exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will provide copies of all documents which it has incorporated into this
Prospectus by reference (not including the exhibits to such information, unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference in such information) without charge to each person,
including any beneficial owner, to whom the Company has delivered this Prospectus, upon a written
or oral request. The Company will also provide copies of this Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, any other documents (or parts of documents) that constitute part of
the Prospectus under Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities
Act</U>&#148;), or which Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act requires us to deliver, and its Annual
Report to Stockholders, without charge to each such person, upon written or oral request. Such
persons should direct all requests to:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">Corporate Secretary<BR>
RHI Entertainment, Inc.<BR>
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 21<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10019<BR>
Telephone: (212)&nbsp;977-9001

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), are
hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration
Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">A.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s prospectus dated June&nbsp;17, 2008, filed in connection with the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-146098) on September&nbsp;14,
2007, as amended (the &#147;<U>S-1 Registration Statement</U>&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September&nbsp;30, 2008, filed on November&nbsp;6, 2008 and for the quarterly period ended June
30, 2008, filed on August&nbsp;7, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K for the events dated August&nbsp;1, 2008,
August&nbsp;7, 2008, November&nbsp;6, 2008, November&nbsp;10, 2008 and November&nbsp;25, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the S-1 Registration
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RHI Entertainment, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Reference is
made to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, which enables a
corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or
limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except
(1)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (3)&nbsp;pursuant to Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of
directors for unlawful payments of dividends of unlawful stock purchase or redemptions or (4)&nbsp;for
any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who is, or is threatened to be made, party
to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of such corporation, by
reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation
or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer, director,
employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the corporation&#146;s best interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause
to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any officer or
director in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that
no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to
be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise
in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the
expenses that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s amended and restated by-laws provides for indemnification of the officers and
directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit
Index appearing elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as a part of this
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule&nbsp;430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by
the Company pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(1) or (4)&nbsp;or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on
December 9, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">RHI ENTERTAINMENT, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
Robert A. Halmi, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robert A. Halmi, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chariman, President &#038; Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Henry S. Hoberman as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his
name and on his behalf, in any and all capacities, this Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
S-8 relating to the common stock and any amendments thereto (and any additional registration
statement related thereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933
(and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto)), necessary or advisable
to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in respect thereof, in connection with the
registration of the securities which are the subject of such registration statement, which
amendments may make such changes in such registration statement as such attorney may deem
appropriate, and with full power and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things
whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or
done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the
undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of
any such attorney or substitute.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert A. Halmi, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chariman, President &#038; Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert A. Halmi, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William J. Aliber
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William J. Aliber
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial and accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Thomas M. Hudgins
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas
M. Hudgins
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Michael B. Goldberg
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael B. Goldberg
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Frank J. Loverro
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank J. Loverro
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ J. Daniel Sullivan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J. Daniel Sullivan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Russel H. Givens, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 9, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Russel H. Givens, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen common stock certificate of RHI Entertainment, Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-146098) filed on October&nbsp;19,
2007)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">RHI Entertainment, Inc. 2008 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.7 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2008, filed on August&nbsp;7, 2008)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2008
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RHI ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-4614616
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 21
st
Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 977-9001
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
RHI
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
2008 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Henry S. Hoberman
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
RHI Entertainment, Inc.
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 21
st
Floor
New York, New York 10019
(212) 977-9001
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Bradd L. Williamson, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, New York 10022
(212) 906-1200
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per share
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered(1)
(2)
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
2,240,000
$
3.54; $4.81
$
10,102,374.42
$
397.02
(1)
The RHI Entertainment, Inc. 2008 Incentive Award Plan authorizes the issuance of up to a
maximum of 2,240,000 shares of common stock of RHI Entertainment, Inc.
(2)
For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon (a) the exercise
price per share ($3.54) of outstanding options to purchase 529,154 shares of Common Stock and
(b) for the remaining 1,710,846 shares of Common Stock, the average of the high and low prices
per share of Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December 4, 2008
($4.81).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1: OPINION OF LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The Company will provide copies of all documents which it has incorporated into this
Prospectus by reference (not including the exhibits to such information, unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference in such information) without charge to each person,
including any beneficial owner, to whom the Company has delivered this Prospectus, upon a written
or oral request. The Company will also provide copies of this Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, any other documents (or parts of documents) that constitute part of
the Prospectus under Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
Act
"), or which Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act requires us to deliver, and its Annual
Report to Stockholders, without charge to each such person, upon written or oral request. Such
persons should direct all requests to:
Corporate Secretary
RHI Entertainment, Inc.
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 21
st
Floor
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 977-9001
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), are
hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration
Statement:
A.
The Company's prospectus dated June 17, 2008, filed in connection with the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-146098) on September 14,
2007, as amended (the "
S-1 Registration Statement
").
B.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2008, filed on November 6, 2008 and for the quarterly period ended June
30, 2008, filed on August 7, 2008.
C.
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K for the events dated August 1, 2008,
August 7, 2008, November 6, 2008, November 10, 2008 and November 25, 2008.
D.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the S-1 Registration
Statement.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
RHI Entertainment, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Reference is
made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, which enables a
corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or
limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary duty, except
(1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (3) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of
directors for unlawful payments of dividends of unlawful stock purchase or redemptions or (4) for
any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
Reference is also made to Section 145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who is, or is threatened to be made, party
to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of such corporation, by
reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation
or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer, director,
employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the corporation's best interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause
to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any officer or
director in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that
no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to
be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise
in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the
expenses that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.
The Company's amended and restated by-laws provides for indemnification of the officers and
directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit
Index appearing elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The Company hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as a part of this
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by
the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on
December 9, 2008.
RHI ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:
/s/
Robert A. Halmi, Jr.
Robert A. Halmi, Jr.
Chariman, President & Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Henry S. Hoberman as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his
name and on his behalf, in any and all capacities, this Registrant's registration statement on Form
S-8 relating to the common stock and any amendments thereto (and any additional registration
statement related thereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933
(and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto)), necessary or advisable
to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in respect thereof, in connection with the
registration of the securities which are the subject of such registration statement, which
amendments may make such changes in such registration statement as such attorney may deem
appropriate, and with full power and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things
whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or
done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the
undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of
any such attorney or substitute.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert A. Halmi, Jr.
Chariman, President & Chief Executive Officer
December 9, 2008
Robert A. Halmi, Jr.
(principal executive officer)
/s/ William J. Aliber
Chief Financial Officer
December 9, 2008
William J. Aliber
(principal financial and accounting officer)
/s/ Thomas M. Hudgins
Director
December 9, 2008
Thomas
M. Hudgins
/s/ Michael B. Goldberg
Director
December 9, 2008
Michael B. Goldberg
/s/ Frank J. Loverro
Director
December 9, 2008
Frank J. Loverro
/s/ J. Daniel Sullivan
Director
December 9, 2008
J. Daniel Sullivan
/s/ Russel H. Givens, Jr.
Director
December 9, 2008
Russel H. Givens, Jr.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Specimen common stock certificate of RHI Entertainment, Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-146098) filed on October 19,
2007)
4.2
RHI Entertainment, Inc. 2008 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended June 30, 2008, filed on August 7, 2008)
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement)