Exhibit 10.66

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Agreement, made as of this 25th day of October, 2003, between Crown Media Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices at 12700
Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 91604 or its permits assigns ("Employer") and Charles Stanford ("Employee").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,Employer desires to retain the services of Employee and Employee desires to continue to be employed by
Employer upon the terms and conditions set forth:

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.Employment and Duties.



2.Term of Employment.The term of Employee's employment ("Term") with Employer shall commence on
October 25, 2003 and shall end on October 24, 2006 unless terminated earlier as is provided in Paragraph 8 of this Agreement or extended by mutual agreement of the parties.

3.Compensation.



1

---



4.Place of Employment.During the Term, Employee shall be based and principally perform Employee's duties at
the Los Angeles area offices of Employer, however, Employee shall undertake all travel required by Employer in connection with the performance of Employee's duties hereunder.

5.Confidentiality, Intellectual Property; Name and Likeness.



6.Employee's Representations.Employee represents and warrants that:



2

---



7.Non-Competition; No Raid.



8.Termination.



3

---



9.Breach; Remedies.Both parties recognize that the services to be rendered under this Agreement by Employee
are special, unique and extraordinary in character, and that in the event of the breach by Employee of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Employer shall be entitled, inter alia,if it so elects,
 to institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction, either in law or in equity, to obtain
damages for any breach of this Agreement, and to seek to enforce the specific performance thereof by Employee, and/or to seek to enjoin Employee from performing services for any other person, firm or
corporation. The parties further stipulate that the law of California shall apply to any dispute of action regarding this Agreement.

10.Assignment.This Agreement is a personal contract and, except as specifically set forth herein, the rights,
interests and obligations of Employee herein may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated, although Employee may assign or use as security payments due hereunder from Employer. The
rights and obligations of Employer hereunder shall bind in their entirety the successors and assigns of Employer, although Employer shall remain fully liable hereunder. As used in this Agreement, the
term "successor" shall include any person, firm, corporation or other business entity which at the time, whether by merger, purchase or otherwise, acquires all or substantially all of the assets or
business of Employer.

11.Amendment; Captions.This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties. It may not be changed
orally, but only by agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought. Paragraph headings are for convenience of reference
only and shall not be considered a part of this Agreement. If any clause in this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, illegal or contrary to public policy, the parties agree that this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect except for such clause.

12.Prior Agreements.This Agreement supersedes and terminates all prior agreements between the parties relating
to the subject matter herein addressed, including the Employment Agreement with Employer dated October 25, 2000, and sets out the full agreement between the parties concerning its subject
matter.

13.Notices.Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed effective when delivered in person or if mailed, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, in which case the notice shall be deemed effective on the date of deposit in the
mails, postage prepaid, addressed to Employee at the address for Employee appearing in Employer's records and, in the case of Employer, addressed to its Chief Executive Officer at the address first
written above. Either party may change the address to which notices are to be addressed by notice in writing given to the other in accordance with the terms hereof.

14.Periods of Time.Whenever in this Agreement there is a period of time specified for the giving of notices or
the taking of action, the period shall be calculated excluding the day on which the giver sends notice and excluding the day on which action to be taken is actually taken.

4

---

15.Counterparts.This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,Employer has by its appropriate officer signed this Agreement and Employee has signed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.

| |  | CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.         
| |  | -----------------------------------
| |  | By                                 
| |  | Title                              
| |  |                                    
| |  | EMPLOYEE                           
| |  | /s/CHARLES STANFORDCharles Stanford

5

---

Schedule ABonus

Employee's bonus will be divided into two categoriesa discretionary bonus and a performance based bonus. The benchmark for the total bonus amount
will be 20% of Employee's then-current salary, as set out in Paragraph 3(a) if the Agreement.

30%
of the bonus will be discretionary, i.e., whether this portion of the bonus is awarded and the amount of the bonus will be in the sole discretion of Employer and the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. The maximum amount payable under this discretionary portion of the bonus would be 6% of current salary.

The
remaining 70% of the bonus will be awarded based on Crown Media Holdings, Inc. achievement of "Revenue" and "EBITDA" "Targets" for the year for which the bonus is
paideach will account for half of this portion of the bonus. The benchmark for each of the Revenue and EBITDA portions is 7% of salary, although a greater amount may be paid if Revenue
and/or EBITDA Targets are exceeded. The formula for payment of this bonus based on percentage achievement of Revenue and EBITDA Targets is as follows:

Percentage of Revenue or EBITDA Target Achieved

Percentage of Salary
Payable as BonusBelow 85%

No bonus85% or more but less than 90%

5.6
%90% or more, but less than 95%

6.3
%95% or more, but less than 98%

6.65
%98% or more, but less than 102%

7
%102% or more, but less than 105%

7.77
%105% or more, but less than 110%

8.4
%110% or more

10.5
%


By
way of example, if 110% of the Revenue Target is achieved for the year and only 90% of the EBITDA Target is achieved, the total performance based portion of the bonus would equal
16.8% of salary (i.e. 10.5% for exceeding the Revenue Target and 6.3% for substantial achievement of the EBITDA Target.)

"Revenue"
for this purpose will be the sum of gross subscriber revenues and gross advertising sales revenues (less agency commissions) which are realized for accounting purposes by
Employer in each fiscal year. "EBITDA" will have the meaning designated by Employer's outside auditors, consistent with GAAP. The "targets" for each will be those designated in the Employer's
financial "Plan" for each fiscal year, as determined by the CEO of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. and Board of Directors of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Bonus payments shall be made on the
dates designated by Employer for payment of bonuses to Crown employees in general.

6

---

QuickLinks