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[07/14/16 - 11:36 AM]
HBO Receives 94 Primetime Emmy(R) Nominations, The Most of Any Network This Year
"Game of Thrones" led all nominees for the third year in a row with 23 nominations, while "Veep" received 17 nominations, and "Silicon Valley" received 11 nominations.

[02/12/16 - 11:04 AM]
Video: "Confirmation" - Long Lead Tease (HBO Films)
The Kerry Washington-led film premieres Saturday, April 16 on the pay channel.

[02/02/16 - 09:00 AM]
HBO Films' "Confirmation" to Debut April 16
Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet and Jennifer Hudson star.

[01/07/16 - 03:44 PM]
Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce and Greg Kinnear Star in HBO Films' "Confirmation," The Story of the Explosive Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, Debuting in April
Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet and Jennifer Hudson also star in the project, from director Rick Famuyiwa.

[07/09/15 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 9
Updates include: FOX gives pilot order to TV take on "Urban Cowboy"; Damson Idris cast in "Snowfall" at FX; and Kyle Allen is the latest to find "The Way" at Hulu.

[07/02/15 - 11:16 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 2
Updates include: Rockmond Dunbar boards Hulu's "The Way"; Melissa Leo set as "Lady Bird" Johnson in HBO's "All the Way"; and Domenick Lombardozzi joins the cast of FOX's "Rosewood."

[06/16/15 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, June 16
Updates include: Lewis Black cast in ABC's "Madoff"; Kimberly Elise among the latest bound for HBO's "Confirmation"; and Regina King set as series regular on ABC's "American Crime."

[06/16/15 - 09:55 AM]
First Look - Kerry Washington as Anita Hill on the Set of the HBO Film, "Confirmation"
The pay channel releases the first image from the upcoming original telefilm.

[06/05/15 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 5
Updates include: Jason George named series regular on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"; OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network nixes Jay Williams series; and David Ogden Stiers to guest on TNT's "Rizzoli & Isles."

[05/29/15 - 11:38 PM]
Development Update: Friday, May 29
Updates include: FOX slates "Empire" return for Wednesday, September 23; Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Hudson among latest cast in HBO's "Confirmation"; and animated "Animals" gets two season order from HBO.

[05/12/15 - 11:18 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 12
Updates include: ABC confirms various midseason time periods; Eric Stonestreet cast in HBO's "Confirmation"; and Stana Katic closes her deal to return to ABC's "Castle."

[04/28/15 - 11:34 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 28
Updates include: NBC's dramas "Blindspot," "Heartbeaker" and "The Player" begin staffing; USA gives pilot order to "Paradise Pictures"; and TNT's "Legends" adds quartet for season two.

[04/15/15 - 11:47 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, April 15
Updates include: NBC gives "Emerald City" new life under David Schulner; Shannon Tarbet bound for HBO's "Virtuoso"; and Netflix's "With Bob and David" adds sextet.

[03/12/15 - 11:40 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 12
Updates include: Kristen Hager to lead "The Adversaries" at ABC; D.B. Woodside among the latest bound for FOX's "Lucifer"; and James Roday to star in ABC's "The Brainy Bunch."







CONFIRMATION (HBO)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/16/16
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's press release, February 2016) HBO has confirmed the debut date for CONFIRMATION, with the HBO Films drama scheduled to debut SATURDAY, APRIL 16 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. CONFIRMATION details the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings, which brought the country to a standstill and forever changed the way we think about sexual harassment, victims' rights and modern-day race relations. Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet and Jennifer Hudson star. The film is written by Susannah Grant and directed by Rick Famuyiwa; executive producers are Michael London, Janice Williams, Kerry Washington and Susannah Grant. CONFIRMATION also stars (in alphabetical order): Dylan Baker, Erika Christensen, Kimberly Elise, Malcolm Gets, Grace Gummer, Bill Irwin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Peter McRobbie, Treat Williams and Alison Wright.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alison Wright as Virginia "Ginni" Thomas
· Bill Irwin as John Danforth
· Cobie Smulders as Harriet Grant (Originally Cast)
· Daniel Sauli as Mark Paoletta
· Dylan Baker as Orrin Hatch
· Eric Stonestreet as Kenneth Duberstein
· Erika Christensen as Shirley Weigand
· Grace Gummer as Ricki Seidman
· Greg Kinnear as Joe Biden
· Jeffrey Wright as Charles Ogletree
· Jennifer Hudson as Angela Wright
· Kerry Washington as Anita Hill
· Kimberly Elise as Sonia Jarvis
· Kristen Ariza as Judy Smith
· Malcolm Gets as Arlen Specter
· Peter McRobbie as Alan Simpson
· Treat Williams as Ted Kennedy
· Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas
· Zoe Lister-Jones as Harriet Grant
CREW INFORMATION:
· Janice Williams as EP
· Michael London as EP
· Rick Famuyiwa as DIR
· Susannah Grant as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Signature
· Groundswell Productions