Do You Know the Muffin Man?

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Do You Know the Muffin Man?
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GenreCrime
Drama
Mystery
Written byDaniel Freudenberger
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Starring Pam Dawber
John Shea
Stephen Dorff
Brian Bonsall
John Shea
Matthew Laurance
Dee Dee Rescher
Anthony Geary
Natalie West
Music by Lee Holdridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Jon Avnet
Jordan Kerner
ProducerDaniel Freudenberger
Cinematography Mark Irwin
Editor Peter Berger
Running time90 minutes
Production companyThe Avnet/Kerner Company
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseOctober 22, 1989 (1989-10-22)

Do You Know the Muffin Man? is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film starring Pam Dawber, John Shea, Stephen Dorff, Brian Bonsall, Anthony Geary and Dee Dee Rescher, directed by Gilbert Cates. [1]

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The film, about child abuse in a community day care center, [2] was ranked as the 8th most-watched television program of the week by the Nielsen Ratings after its initial airing on CBS on October 22, 1989. [3] It was released at the height of the day-care sex-abuse hysteria in the United States.

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References

  1. "Do You Know the Muffin Man?". Amazon. 27 February 2007.
  2. "Details of abuse overkill in 'Muffin Man'". Boca Raton News. October 20, 1989.
  3. "Earthquake Cuts Ratings of Networks". The New York Times. October 25, 1989.