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** Special Presentation **
THE PENTAGON PAPERS – Sunday January 9 at 9 pm ET/PT
Long before Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, there was Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon analyst who unleashed a political firestorm in 1971 by leaking classified Vietnam War documents. This acclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated production – released, coincidentally enough, during the 2003 run-up to the Iraq War –stars Boston Legal’s James Spader as Ellsberg, whose experiences in Vietnam and his access to confidential papers regarding the conduct of the Southeast Asia campaign turned him into an ardent anti-war activist. Determined to help bring an end to the conflict, Ellsberg provided The New York Times and other media with copies of the exhaustive 7,000-page study known as the “Pentagon Papers,” which revealed that four successive U.S. administrations had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war effort. Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version), Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) and Claire Forlani (CSI: NY) also star. Rod Holcomb (ER) directed, from a script by Jason Horwitch (Rubicon).
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A HOUSE DIVIDED – Sunday January 2 at 9 pm ET/PT
Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, this powerful drama stars Sam Waterston as David Dickson, a Southern plantation owner who rapes a slave (The Practice’s Lisa Gay Hamilton) and raises her mixed-race daughter Amanda as his own child. When Dickson dies, Amanda (played by The L Word‘s Jennifer Beals) stands to inherit his estate. But a sibling who knows the truth of her parentage contests the will, dragging the family’s sordid secrets into the light. Tim Daly and Shirley Douglas also star.
THE ROAD TO GALVESTON – Sunday January 16 at 9 pm ET/PT
Cicely Tyson (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman) stars as a destitute widow who finds a way to make ends meet by caring for Alzheimer’s patients in her own home. With Piper Laurie, Tess Harper, James McDaniel and Stephen Root. Based on a true story.
THE SECRET LIFE OF ZOEY – Sunday January 23 at 9 pm ET/PT
Mia Farrow (Hannah and Her Sisters) stars as a divorced mother struggling to save her daughter (Julia Whelan) from a self-destructive addiction to prescription drugs. With Cliff De Young and Andrew McCarthy.
AT THE END OF THE DAY: THE SUE RODRIGUEZ STORY – Sunday January 30 at 9 pm ET/PT
Wendy Crewson (24) earned a Gemini Award (one of six in her career) for her performance in this true story of Canadian ALS sufferer Sue Rodriguez, who fought a landmark legal battle for the right to assisted suicide. With Carl Marotte, Patrick Galligan, Al Waxman and Fiona Reid.