In 1975, Marie Osmond and brother Donny hosted a special variety show which was later picked up mid-season as a weekly variety show and began airing in 1976 as "Donny & Marie", and ran on ABC until 1978 before it was renamed "The Osmond Family Hour" in 1979. Osmond's first made-for-TV movie was "The Gift of Love" which originally aired on ABC on December 5, 1978. The movie was loosely based on the O. Henry story "The Gift of the Magi". Her co-star in the movie was Timothy Bottoms and she received her first on-screen kiss in this movie. The following year, Osmond starred in a sitcom pilot titled "Marie" which did not make the new season schedule. In 1980 she had her own variety show on NBC, also titled "Marie", which only ran for half a season.