| How Murray Saved Christmas | |
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| Based on | How Murray Saved Christmas by Mike Reiss |
| Written by | Mike Reiss |
| Directed by | Peter Avanzino |
| Starring | Jerry Stiller Sean Hayes Kevin Michael Richardson Jason Alexander John Ratzenberger |
| Narrated by | Dennis Haysbert |
| Music by | Walter Murphy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Claudia Katz Lee Supercinski |
| Editor | Paul D. Calder |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company | Universal Animation Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | December 5, 2014 |
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How Murray Saved Christmas is a 2014 animated musical television special, directed by Peter Avanzino and written by Mike Reiss. The story, narrated in verse, is based on Reiss's 2000 picture book of the same name. Voice actors included Jerry Stiller, Sean Hayes, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jason Alexander, John Ratzenberger, and Dennis Haysbert.
The special premiered on December 5, 2014, on NBC.[1] It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. The special was the first time Universal Animation Studios produced anything for NBC.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 142. ISBN 9781476672939.