Three Men in a Boat English novel. Science-fiction author Connie Willis paid tribute to Jerome's novel in her own 1997 Hugo Award-winning book "To Say Nothing of the Dog". Her time-travelling protagonist also takes an ill-fated voyage on the Thames with two humans and a dog as companions, and encounters George, Harris, 'J' and Montmorency. The title of Willis' novel refers to the full title of the original book. Fantasy author Harry Turtledove has written a set of stories where Jerome's characters encounter supernatural creatures: "Three Men and a Vampire" and "Three Men and a Werewolf," announced to be published in "Some Time Later: Fantastic
The Dog Who Saved Christmas that Sunday, and became the season's number one cable film of the season. Overall, it was a 14% increase in viewers from the same timeslot in the previous year. Critics compared it to another Christmas dog themed TV movie of 2009, "A Dog Named Christmas" and cited influences from "Home Alone" and "Look Who's Talking". "A Dog Named Christmas" was broadcast on the same night as "The Dog Who Saved Christmas" with the original timings overlapping by an hour. Overall, critics rated "A Dog Named Christmas" as the superior film over "The Dog Who Saved Christmas," but praised the performances