An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving | |
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Helene Joy | |
Theme music composer | James Gelfand |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Michael Prupas Steve Solomos |
Cinematography | Mitchell Ness |
Editor | Jean Beaudoin |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Hallmark Channel |
Release | November 22, 2008 |
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving is a television film loosely based on a short story by Louisa May Alcott. Filmed on location in Canada, the film premiered on Hallmark Channel on November 22, 2008. It was followed by the sequel, An Old Fashioned Christmas which aired on December 11, 2010.[1]
Synopsis
Widow Mary Bassett (
Cast
- Jacqueline Bisset as Isabella
- Helene Joyas Mary Bassett
- Tatiana Maslany as Mathilda "Tilly" Bassett
- Kristopher Turner as Gad Hopkins
- Gage Munroe as Solomon Bassett
Reception
When the film premiered on the Hallmark Channel, it gained 5.2 million viewers, delivering a 3.2 household rating and nearly 2.8 million homes, making it the highest-rated cable movie of the premiere day and week. It also ranked No. 1 in the time period for household and total viewer ratings and deliveries, and boosted the network to rank first in prime Ttme for the day. This made Hallmark Channel rank sixth for the week. This made the film the fifth-highest-rated original movie in the network's history to its date, and its fourth-most-watched original movie among households. It is also the network's most watched and highest-rated November original movie ever.[2]
Critics' reviews, however, were mixed.
References
- ^ JACQUELINE BISSET Reprises Role in Hallmark’s AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Daemons TV. Retrieved on October 3, 2010
- ^ Barrett, Larry (November 25, 2008). "Hallmark's 'Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving' Serves Up Tasty Ratings". Multichannel News. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Star Magazine An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Review by Marshall Fine". Archived from the original on October 19, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
External links
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving at IMDb
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving on Hallmark Channel
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving on Hallmark Channel's press site