First Broadcast: |
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Amahl and the Night Visitors on Christmas Eve 1951 (first opera ever commissioned for television) |
| Average Length of Broadcast: |
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98-100 minutes (8-10 minutes longer than normal made-for-television movies) |
| Number of Broadcasts: |
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230 to date (of those, 31 have been encore presentations) |
| Number of Awards: |
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123 Total
79 Emmys (more than twice as many as any other TV series)
24 Christopher Awards
11 Peabody Awards
9 Golden Globes |
| Most-Watched Broadcast: |
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1997 production of What the Deaf Man Heard, starring Matthew Modine and James Earl Jones, holds the series' viewership record of 22.5 million viewers. |
| Most-Honored Broadcast: |
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1986 production of Promise, starring James Garner and James Woods, is the most honored dramatic special in television history (5 Emmys, 1 Christopher Award, 1 Peabody Award, 2 Golden Globes, 1 Humanitas Prize). |
| Length of Hallmark Commercials: |
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2 minutes average |
| Average Number of Hallmark Commercials: |
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8 commercials per 2-hour broadcast |