About this season
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Episodes (4)
1. The Last Hurrah
9.0Aired 16 November 1977 • 120 min
The Last Hurrah is a 1977 TV film from the Hallmark Hall of Fame, based on the novel The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. It was directed by Vincent Sherman. The novel was previously adapted for a 1958 film of the same name, starring Spencer Tracy.
2. The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
8.0Aired 1 December 1977 • 120 min
An suggestive take on the battle of Little Big Horn and General George Armstrong Custer's part in it, this is a combination of the known facts of the battle with fiction as to what if General Custer had survived the massacre.
3. Have I Got A Christmas For You
Aired 16 December 1977 • 120 min
A light-hearted Christmas special, based on fact, showing how members of a midwestern city's Jewish community help their Christian neighbors who otherwise would have to work on Christmas Eve. The situations in which many of the volunteers find themselves give them insight into their own lives and families and force them to do some re-evaluating of their relationships. In one way or another, their lives are changed.
4. Taxi!
Aired 2 February 1978 • 120 min
A Brooklyn cab driver and his sophisticated female Manhattan passenger learn a surprising amount about each other.