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date (day) time network episode title
10/18/08 (Sa.)9:00 PMLIFETIMEN/A






LIVING PROOF (LIFETIME)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
10/18/08
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from Lifetime's press release) Emmy(R) and Grammy(R) Award winner Harry Connick, Jr. ("Will & Grace," "Hope Floats") and Academy Award(R)-winning actress Renee Zellweger ("Cold Mountain," "Chicago") join forces on the new Lifetime Original Movie "Living Proof," the moving true story of Dr. Denny Slamon, the UCLA doctor who developed the life saving breast cancer drug, Herceptin 2, and his relentless battle to keep the drug trials afloat and save the lives of thousands of women. Connick stars in the film, while Zellweger reteams with acclaimed film and television producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("A Raisin in the Sun," "Hairspray," "Chicago," "Life with Judy Garland: Me & My Shadows") to executive produce the Sony Pictures Television project. Written and also executive produced by Vivienne Radkoff, the movie will be filmed in Connick's hometown of New Orleans. This project also marks Zellweger's first television project and the reunion of Connick and Zellweger who recently completed filming the feature, "Chilled in Miami." "Living Proof" will premiere in October 2008 on Lifetime Television.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amanda Bynes as Jamie
· Amy Madigan
· Angie Harmon as Lilly Tartikoff
· Bernadette Peters as Barbara
· Harry Connick, Jr. as Dr. Dennis Slamon
· Jennifer Coolidge as Tish
· John Benjamin Hickey as Blake
· Paula Cale as Donna
· Regina King as Ellie
· Swoosie Kurtz as Elizabeth
· Tammy Blanchard as Nicole
· Trudie Styler as Tina
CREW INFORMATION:
· Craig Zadan as EP
· Dan Ireland as DIR
· Neil Meron as EP
· Renee Zellweger as EP
· Vivienne Radkoff as WRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Sony Pictures Television
· Storyline Entertainment