Santa Baby (film)

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Santa Baby
	DVD Cover
Written by	Garrett Frawley; Brian Turner
Directed by	Ron Underwood
Starring	Jenny McCarthy; Ivan Sergei; George Wendt; Jessica Parker Kennedy; Lynne Griffin
Theme music composer	Misha Segal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Steve Carr; Heidi Santelli; Sven Clement
Producers	Jody Brockway; Craig McNeil
Running time	89 minutes
Budget	$5,000,000 (estimated)
Original release
Network	ABC Family
Release	December 10, 2006
Related
	Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe

Santa Baby is an ABC Family Original Movie. It premiered on December 10, 2006, on ABC Family as part of their annual 25 Days of Christmas event. The film stars Jenny McCarthy, Ivan Sergei, and George Wendt and was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was directed by Ron Underwood.

Synopsis

Mary Class is a high powered businesswoman with her own marketing firm, as well as secretly being the daughter of Santa Claus. When her father falls ill near Christmas, she is forced to return to the North Pole to take his place. She employs her marketing and business management techniques to revitalise the workshop elves, and reconnects with her lost love Luke.

Cast

Jenny McCarthy as Mary Class/Claus, the daughter of Santa and Mrs. Claus
Ivan Sergei as Luke Jessup
Kandyse McClure as Donna Campbell
George Wendt as Santa Claus
Michael Moriarty as T.J. Hamilton
Jessica Parker Kennedy as Lucy the Elf
Tobias Mehler as Grant Foley
Lynne Griffin as Mrs. Claus
Sykes Powderface as Sven
Richard Side as Gary the Elf
James Higuchi as Dave the Elf
Gabe Khouth as Skip the Elf
Tom Carey as Bob the I.T. Guy

DVD

The DVD was released on November 20, 2007, in anamorphic 16:9 widescreen. The DVD includes special features such as Still Gallery, Trailers and English & Spanish Subtitles.

Reception

Santa Baby was a ratings hit for ABC Family, pulling in over 4.7 million viewers during its initial airing, making it, at the time, the most watched original movie developed for the channel.^[1]

Reviews of the film were generally favorable. The Los Angeles Times dubbed Santa Baby "a charming film", Mike Hughes of the Gannett News Service said it was "quite clever", and the New York Post gave it three stars, calling it "...a pretty nice movie".^[2]

Sequel

A sequel, Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe, premiered on December 13, 2009.

References

^ Nordyke, Kimberly (2006-12-13). ""Santa," "Polar" top cable ratings". Reuters UK. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
^ Buckman, Adam (2006-12-09). "Santa's Kid: Wendt and McCarthy Dole Out Some Christmas Cheer". New York Post. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

External links

Santa Baby at IMDb

[1] Nordyke, Kimberly (2006-12-13). ""Santa," "Polar" top cable ratings". Reuters UK. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

[2] Buckman, Adam (2006-12-09). "Santa's Kid: Wendt and McCarthy Dole Out Some Christmas Cheer". New York Post. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

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