The first Rankin/Bass movie to air on Freeform on Wednesday is “Frosty the Snowman” at 8:30 p.m. It will be followed with “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at 9 p.m.

Every holiday season, we give thanks for Rankin/Bass, the team behind Christmas TV specials “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” The production company ...

The Rankin/Bass movies you’ll have to purchase or rent digitally include Frosty the Snowman, Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, and ...

The 1964 claymation special from Rankin/Bass Productions, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, celebrated its 60th anniversary last week. In honor of the occasion, NBC is airing an extended version of ...

The production company (which is no longer in business) created more than 45 movies between 1964 and 1985, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and The Little Drummer Boy.

Rudolph, Frosty, and Santa, Oh My! How To Watch Every Rankin/Bass Christmas Film In 2023 By Alex Vena Published Dec. 12, 2023, 8:30 a.m. ET ...

Its creators, Arthur Rankin, Jr., who died in 2014, and Jules Bass, who died in 2022, expected the movie would be mostly forgotten after a few years. They were wrong.

ULABY: That's Rick Goldschmidt, a Rankin/Bass historian, talking to NPR in 2004. It took more than a year, he said, to painstakingly animate a movie that lasted just under an hour.

After Rudolph’s initial success, Rankin/Bass made sequels to his story, including Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, where Santa tasks Rudolph with finding the Baby New Year before time is frozen forever.

Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you celebrate your anniversary tonight? The 1964 claymation special from Rankin/Bass Productions, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, celebrated its 60th ...