The claymation special was the first Christmas stop-motion film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, who went on to make movies like Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town and The Year Without a ...

In the stop-motion animated show, Rudolph and Hermey the elf leave home because they feel like “misfits.” They arrive at the ...

Who doesn’t love Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which has aired annually, except once (in 1999 when a poorly-made decision outraged viewers)? In 1964, the same year the 90-minute sci-fi feature film ...

Though most viewers can’t imagine the classic 1964 Rankin/Bass Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special being any different than the version they know and love, at one point, there was a major ...

The classic animated special returned to the network for the first time in five decades last year. It first premiered on NBC in 1964. The Rankin-Bass claymation holiday special will air on NBC on ...

Let's face it, the holiday season doesn’t officially begin until that familiar shimmer of snow appears on screen and Sam the Snowman starts telling us the tale we’ve heard since childhood of Rudolph ...

DENVER — “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has a new television home. The Rankin-Bass claymation holiday special is set to return to NBC, the network where it debuted in 1964, leaving CBS after five ...

One might argue that the secular star of Christmas, in a close race with Santa Claus himself, is Rudolph. The Rankin/Bass television special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which premiered on NBC in ...

"Can't come over," the text read. "Watching Rudolph." It was at that moment, last night while making evening plans, that I went from an unaffiliated observer in the War on Christmas Creep to a drafted ...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer celebrates its 60th anniversary on Dec. 6 The claymation special was the first Christmas stop-motion film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, who went on to ...

A Christmas classic has returned to its original home. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the longest-running Christmas special in television history, is being shown on NBC for the first time in over ...