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Episode Review: To Have and to Hold

David and Christy in To Have and to Hold episode

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Preview:

To Have and to Hold
Network: CBS
Airdate: April 15, 1995
Airtime: 8:00-9:00pm EST

As David’s sister prepares for her upcoming wedding, David proposes to Christy. Meanwhile, Christy attempts to help a teenager reconnect with his father.

Christy:

“It’s fine to fall in love with a boy and get married, to kiss and to tell each other sweet things, but marriage is a lifetime commitment. It take two people who truly respect each other.”

To Have and Hold Quote

Cast

Starring:
Kellie Martin
Randall Batinkoff
Stewart Finlay-McLennan
Emily Schulman
Tess Harper
Tyne Daly

Guest Starring:
Stephen Root
Annabella Price
Scott Michael Campbell

Special Appearance by:
Judy Collins

Nielsen Ratings

  • Ranked 72nd among all Broadcast tv shows from April 10th to April 16th

  • 8:00-9:00pm

  • 7.0 (Rating) 14 (Share)

  • Total Viewers: 6,678,000 million 

  • Television Universe estimated at 95.4 million TV households, therefore one ratings point is equivalent to 954,000 TV Homes

  • Broadcasting & Cable: April 24, 1995

  • Learn about the Nielsen Ratings

Production #2005

Post Production Facility:
Anderson Video
Re-Recording and Sound Editorial:
Todd Ao/Glen Glenn Studios

Filmed on location in:
Townsend, Tennessee
by Family Productions, Inc.

1994 Family Productions, Inc.
The Rosenzweig Company
MTM An International Family Entertainment Company

Equipment

Dolby Surround
Panavision Camera & Lenses
Aspect ratio presentation: 4:3

Co-Starring

Isaac McHone:
Trip Cogburn
Bird’s-Eye Taylor:
Mike Hickman
Mountie O’Teale:
Alyssa Hmielewski
Sam Houston Holcombe:
Kyle Hudgens

Creed Allen:
Clay Jeter
Zady Spencer:
Jenny Krochmal
Jeb Spencer:
Bruce McKinnon
Little Burl:
Andy Nichols
Lizette Holcombe:
Emily Schaeffer

Additional Crew

Music:
Ron Ramin
Director of Photography:
Mike Fash, B.S.C.
Production Designer:
Raymond G. Storey
Film Editor:
David Handman
Coordinating Producer:
Lorin B. Salob
Supervising Producer:
Tom Blomquist
Supervising Producer:
Pamela K. Long
Producer:
Michael Rhodes
Co-Executive Producer:
Patricia Green
Written by:
Patricia Green
Directed by:
Michael Rhodes

Executive Producers:
Barney Rosenzweig
Ken Wales

Story Editor:
Philip Gerson

Casting by:
Penny Ellers, C.S.A.
Jo Doster, C.S.A.

Unit Production Manager:
Lorin B. Salob
First Assistant Director:
Louis S. Race
Second Assistant Director:
Brad Michaelson

Costume Designer:
Gayle Evans-Ivy
Hair Stylist:
Geordie Sheffer
Make Up Artist:
John R. Bayless
Script Supervisor:
Christena Alcorn

Gaffer:
John D. Burkley
Key Grip:
Logan Berkshire
Sound Mixer:
Glen Trew
Property Master:
Janice M. Fead
Set Decorator:
Kurt Meisenbach

Special Effects:
Jay T. Rockwell
Location Manager:
S. Alex Alexander
Construction Coordinator:
Luther Jones
Transportation Coordinator:
Larry Romanoff
Post Production Supervisor
Wes Irwin

Supervising Music Editor:
Lori Slomka

Previous: The Sweetest Gift

David tries to bring a new church bell to town on his own, Christy’s father visits and the locals began to prepare for Thanksgiving. When Christy’s father suffers a stroke, her mother informs her that she must return home to care for him. Meanwhile, the Cutter Gap men prepare a surprise for the Reverend.

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Next: The Hunt

Christy becomes jealous of David’s childhood friend who has arrived for a visit. Sam Houston begins a search for the great white buck.

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Christy The Hunt Chronology