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date (day) time network episode title
1/17/15 (Sa.)8:00 PMLIFETIMEN/A






WHITNEY (LIFETIME)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
1/17/15
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from Lifetime's press release, December 2014) Golden Globe(R) Award winner and Academy Award(R) nominee Angela Bassett makes her directorial debut with the Lifetime Original Movie Whitney, featuring Yaya DaCosta (Lee Daniels' The Butler) in the lead role with Arlen Escarpeta (Final Destination 5) alongside her as Bobby Brown. The much-anticipated world premiere will be on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 8pm ET/PT. Whitney chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model Whitney Houston and singer and songwriter Bobby Brown from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and tumultuous marriage. Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Houston's meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Arlen Escarpeta as Bobby Brown
· Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston
CREW INFORMATION:
· Angela Bassett as DIR
· Larry Sanitsky as EP
· Shem Bitterman as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Sanitsky Company, The