Santa Baby (film)

Infobox Film
name = Santa Baby


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caption = DVD Cover For "Santa Baby"
director = Ron Underwood
producer = Jody Brockway
Craig McNeil
writer = Garrett Frawley
Brian Turner
starring = Jenny McCarthy
Ivan Sergei
George Wendt
distributor = ABC Family
release date = December 10, 2006
runtime = 89 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget = $5,000,000(estimated)
imdb_id = 0772185

"Santa Baby" is an ABC Family Original Movie. It aired 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.

ynopsis

Mary (Jenny McCarthy) is a high powered businesswoman who runs her own marketing and business advice company. However, her roots are at the North Pole... yes, she's Santa's daughter. When Santa has some health problems, Mrs. Claus calls Mary in to help get everything ready for the Big Day that is fast approaching. Mary obliges. But, can Mary's successful business techniques really work for the spirited but mentally infantile elves? We'll see. In the meantime, Mary has found her long lost love, Luke (Ivan Sergei), to be still employed as the area's mailman.

Cast

*Jenny McCarthy...Mary Class/Claus
*Kandyse McClure...Donna
*Ivan Sergei...Luke
*George Wendt...Santa Claus
*Lynne Griffin...Mrs. Claus
*Tobias Mehler...Grant Foley
*Michael Moriarty...T.J. Hamilton
*Sykes Powderface...Sven
*Tom Carey...Bob the I.T. Guy
*Richard Side...Gary the Elf
*James Higuchi...Dave the Elf
*Jessica Parker Kennedy...Lucy the Elf
*Gabe Khouth...Skip the Elf
*Shannon Tuer...Receptionist
*Chris Enright...Schultz

DVD

The DVD was released on November 20, 2007. 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. [cite news |first=Kimberly |last=Nordyke |title="Santa," "Polar" top cable ratings |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUKN1338506920061214 |publisher=Reuters UK |date=2006-12-13 |accessdate=2007-12-09 ]

Reviews of the film were generally favorable. Mike Hughes of the Gannett News Service called "Santa Baby" "quite clever" and The New York Post gave it three stars, calling it "...a pretty nice movie." [cite news |first=Adam |last=Buckman |title=Santa's Kid: Wendt and McCarthy Dole Out Some Christmas Cheer |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/12092006/tv/santas_kid_tv_adam_buckman.htm |publisher=New York Post |date=2006-12-09 |accessdate=2007-12-09 ]

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