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Signaling another possible duet by NBC Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt and Dolly Parton at Monday’s Upfront presentation, NBC today announced Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, a sequel to last year’s Parton-inspired holiday special. The original cast from last year’s Dolly Parton's Coat of Man…

Dolly Parton’s Coat Of Many Colors continues to be a ratings success for NBC. The movie, based on the country star's song and her upbringing in Tennessee that inspired it, generated a record lift from Live+Same Day to Live+7, according to the network. In L+7, Coat Of Many Colors grew by 0.61 vs. its L+SD 18-49 rating…

Following the successful broadcast of Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors, NBC is giving viewers another chance to catch the TV movie with a repeat airing slated for Christmas day from 9 to 11 PM. With 13 million viewers during the initial broadcast, and live +3 nudging the total up by 2.5 million to an overall 15.6…

NBC has slotted its upcoming holiday film Dolly Parton’s Coat Of Many Colors for 9 PM Thursday, December 10. It airs one week after the network’s other holiday film The Wiz Live!, also in a Thursday slot, on December 3. The movie, which begins production this week in Atlanta, is based on the true story of Parton’s…

Country artist Jennifer Nettles, Longmire‘s Gerald McRaney and NYPD Blue alum Ricky Schroder have joined the cast of NBC’s upcoming original movie Dolly Parton’s Coat Of Many Colors. Parton is exec producer. Named after Parton’s song, the film is set in Tennessee ‘s Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It’s described as…