Thanks (TV series)

Thanks
Created by	Phoef Sutton Mark Legan
Starring	Tim Dutton Kirsten Nelson Cloris Leachman Jim Rash Erika Christensen Amy Centner Andrew Ducote
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Mauretania Productions Touchstone Television
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	August 2 – September 6, 1999

Thanks is an American television sitcom that debuted on CBS and ran for six episodes from 8:30 to 9:00pm ET on Monday nights. The program explores the trials and tribulations of the Winthrops, a 17th-century Puritan family, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Characters take their names from John Winthrop, the famed governor of the original Bostonian Puritan community, and John Cotton, another prominent Puritan religious leader.

Cast

In alphabetical order:

• Amy Centner as Elizabeth Winthrop
• Erika Christensen as Abigail Winthrop
• Andrew Ducote as William Winthrop
• Tim Dutton as James Winthrop
• Cloris Leachman as Grammy Winthrop
• Kirsten Nelson as Polly Winthrop
• Jim Rash as John Cotton

Episodes

• Pilot (8/2/1999)
• Tobacco (8/9/1999)
• Privacy (8/16/1999)
• Marriage (8/23/1999)
• Spring (8/30/1999)
• Thanksgiving (9/6/1999)

External links

• Thanks at the Internet Movie Database
• Thanks at TV.com
• Sarah Vowell essay on Thanks at Salon.com, published on August 25, 1999.
• Sarah Vowell additional commentary on This American Life from WBEZ Chicago on Chicago Public Radio distributed by Public Radio International (PRI): Episode 328 – What I Learned From TV, originally aired on March 16, 2007.