"SUBURBAN MADNESS," A NEW TELEVISION MOVIE STARRING TWO-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNER SELA WARD AND ELIZABETH PE�A, TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, OCT. 3 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

SUBURBAN MADNESS, a new television movie starring two-time Emmy Award-winner Sela Ward ("Once & Again") and Elizabeth Pe�a ("Tortilla Soup"), will be broadcast as the "CBS Sunday Movie" Sunday, Oct. 3 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The movie tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Clara Harris, the woman who killed her philandering husband by running him over with her Mercedes automobile three times.

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Martin and Lewis") are executive producers of the movie, directed by Emmy Award-winner Robert Dornhelm ("Anne Frank: The Whole Story") and written by Kimberlee Reed. The movie is based on a true story from the Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth.

This unique story is told through the eyes of Bobbi Bacha (Ward), the private investigator who was hired by Clara Harris (Pe�a) to investigate her husband, David Harris (Brett Cullen). What seems like a perfect life and marriage for the two well-respected Houston orthodontists comes crumbling down the day Clara learns that her husband is sleeping with Lisa Singer (Kate Greenhouse), a divorced mother of three working as a receptionist at their dental practice.

In the upper crust Houston neighborhood where families and lives appear picture perfect, Bacha is regularly hired to investigate cheating spouses. Long before Bobbi is called upon to work for Clara, a tangled web of infidelity is spun. One afternoon, Bobbi meets with new clients Mike Singer, Lisa's husband, and his buddy Danny Caine. The men ask Bobbi to spy on their wives, whom they say they suspect of having a lesbian affair with one another. Months later, Lisa and her friend Pam Caine, Danny's wife, also visit Bobbi and ask her to investigate their soon-to-be ex-husbands. The women, unaware that their husbands had met with Bobbi previously, suspect that they are spreading rumors about the two being lesbian lovers in order to hide their own infidelities and to have an advantage during their divorce settlements.

After her divorce, Lisa goes to work for Clara and David. Rumors quickly spread around the office that she and David are seeing one another, and it's not long before Clara confronts her husband about it. Admitting to the affair, David vows to break up with Lisa, although he admits that he's still in love with her. Clara, meanwhile, does all she can to earn back her husband's love and desire, from getting a makeover to consulting with plastic surgeons about various procedures. Worried that David will not keep his promise, she hires Bobbi to follow him to the location where he has said he is going to break things off with Lisa. Unable to wait for Bobbi's report, Clara brings Amy Harris (Rheagan Wallace), David's teenage daughter from his first marriage, with her to find him. Later that day, in a moment of madness, Clara, the pretty, successful, well-liked Houston orthodontist, is driven to commit an unthinkable act that shakes her community and the country.

Sela Ward won an Emmy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lily Manning on the critically acclaimed dramatic series "Once and Again." In addition, she won a Golden Globe Award for her role in that series. Ward also won an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Drama for her portrayal of Teddy on the award-winning series "Sisters." Ward's additional television credits include "Rescuers' Stories of Courage � Two Women," the television movies "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story," "The Reef," "Double Jeopardy," "Killer Rules," "The Haunting of Sarah Hardy," "Bridesmaids," "King of Love," and the television series "Emerald Point, N.A.S.," on the Network. Her other television credits include "L.A. Law," "Night Court" and "Frasier." Ward's recent feature film credits include "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Havana Nights." Other films include "54," "The Fugitive," "My Fellow Americans," "Hello Again," "Nothing in Common," "Rustler's Rhapsody" and "The Man Who Loved Women." Last year Ward released her first book of non-fiction, Homesick, which appeared on The New York Times bestseller list.

Elizabeth Pe�a's television credits include the series "Resurrection Boulevard," the television movie "Dead Hollywood Mom's Society," and the animated series "The Misadventures of Maya y Miguel." Other television credits include "CSI: Miami," on the Network, "Ten Tiny Love Stories," "Boston Public," "L.A. Law," "Borderline," "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story," "Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within," "Things Behind the Sun," "The Outer Limits," "Dead Man's Gun" and "The Second Civil War." Her feature film credits include the upcoming releases "Transamerica," "The Lost City," "Down in the Valley," "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer," "Keep Your Distance" and "Sueno." Other credits include "El Super," "They All Laughed," "Time Square," "Crossover Dreams," "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," "La Bamba," "Batteries Not Included," "Jacob's Ladder," "Rush Hour," "The Waterdance," "Lone Star," "Tortilla Soup" and "Eat Drink Man Woman." Her voice can be heard on the upcoming animated feature film "The Incredibles."

SUBURBAN MADNESS is produced by Storyline Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Martin and Lewis") are executive producers of the movie, directed by Emmy Award-winner Robert Dornhelm ("Anne Frank: The Whole Story") and written by Kimberlee Reed.

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