It Happened One Christmas airwaves on an annual basis, the remake slipped into obscurity. The reviews were mixed. After its initial airing a "New York Times" follow-up article revealed that Frank Capra, the director of the 1946 film "It's A Wonderful Life", had denounced the remake as "plagiaristic." The ratings, however, were good enough that it was rebroadcast on ABC twice, in 1978 and 1979. But by that time the original "It's A Wonderful Life" had begun its resurgence on television and eventually eclipsed the remake. "It Happened One Christmas" is rarely shown today, and has not, as of 2017, been issued on DVD.
It Happened One Night on the March 20, 1939 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater, with Colbert and Gable reprising their roles. The screenplay was also adapted as a radio play for the January 28, 1940, broadcast of "The Campbell Playhouse", starring Orson Welles (Mr. Andrews), William Powell (Peter Grant) and Miriam Hopkins (Ellie Andrews). "It Happened One Night" has been adapted into numerous Indian films. These include three Hindi adaptations: "Chori Chori" (1956), "Nau Do Gyarah" (1957) and "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" (1991), one Bengali adaptation starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen, "Chaoa Paoa" (1959), one Tamil adaptation "Chandhrodhayam" (1966), and one Kannada