The dog is left home alone on Christmas Eve when the family head off to visit Grandma's house.

The Dog Who Saved Christmas was broadcast on Sunday, November 29, 2009, and was cable's number one program during its time period of 8:00pm–10:00pm with 4.0 million viewers.

[6] The Dog Who Saved Christmas won several "Yulies" from the Popwatch column on Entertainment Weekly's website.

A fourth sequel, The Dog Who Saved Easter, was released directly to DVD on April 8, 2014.

It stars Dean Cain, Elisa Donovan, Beverley Mitchell, Mario Lopez, Patrick Muldoon, Matthew Lawrence and Catherine Hicks.

It stars Dean Cain, Gary Valentine, Elisa Donovan, Patrick Muldoon, Mario Lopez, Martin Kove, James Hong and William Zabka.