Thanks (television) A satirical comedy skewering contemporary life as it looks as the venerable Pilgrims whose landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 literally got this country going. A half-hour television series debuting on August 2, 1999, on CBS, and ending September 6. Stars Tim Dutton (James Winthrop), Kirsten Nelson (Polly Winthrop), Jim Rash (Cotton), Erika Christensen (Abigail Winthrop), Amy Centner (Elizabeth Winthrop), Andrew Ducote (William Winthrop), Cloris Leachman (Grammy).