But then Marshall’s daughter-in-law discovered among the writer’s possessions the manuscript to her unfinished, unpublished sequel to “Christy.” And it just so happened, Marshall intended to have Christy marry, he said.

However, Marshall’s family, which has story approval, didn’t want Christy to marry because it wasn’t in the novel, said Blomquist. “You can’t have these two guys hanging on forever, and she looks kind of foolish after a while if she can’t make up her mind.” “I knew it was important to the fans,” he said. They were just out there trying to keep this thing alive.”īlomquist, who was a writer and supervising producer on the original series, thought it was imperative to have Christy marry. “I did the part not only for myself-it was a testament to the amount of work put in this thing. “They really hounded Pax, who they found out had the rights,” he said. The devotion and determination of his fans are among the reasons Finlay-McLennan returned to “Christy.” “Jeff saw in the continuing fan interest that this story wasn’t finished,” said Blomquist of Sagansky’s decision to bring the heroine back. As president of CBS, he put the original series on the air in 1994. “Christy” has found a champion in Jeff Sagansky, who is president of Pax. Pax resurrected “Christy” last year-first airing a two-hour movie in November, following now with “Choices of the Heart.” If “Heart” does well in the ratings, there may be more “Christy” movies. There’s even one devoted to the relationship between Christy and MacNeil, Fans of Finlay-McLennan, for example, operate the lavish. The series has a devoted following, bolstered by a strong presence on the Internet. Though the series went off the air in 1995-”Christy” fell victim to a change in regime at CBS-the series has been in constant repeats, first on the Family Channel, then on Pax and currently, the Odyssey Channel.

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