ichannel, Canada’s political and social issues network, adds award-winning drama series ANY DAY NOW to prime time lineup on Saturdays, starting Dec. 11, at 10 pm ET/PT.
Birmingham, Alabama. The 1960s. In the city at the heart of America’s bitter struggle over civil rights, two young girls – one white, one black – become fast friends.
Fast-forward to the present day. After years of estrangement, these two are reunited. Picking up their friendship where they left off, M.E. and Rene confront both the legacy of their city’s troubled past and the complexities of life in the contemporary urban South.
Originally broadcast from 1998 to 2002, the award-winning drama series Any Day Now stars Annie Potts (Designing Women) as wife and mother Mary Elizabeth (“M.E.”) O’Brien and Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace) as Rene Jackson, an unmarried civil rights attorney.
Each episode of Any Day Now alternates scenes of M.E. and Rene’s present-day struggles with flashbacks to their younger selves. Created for the Lifetime network by writer-producer Nancy Miller (Saving Grace, The Closer, CSI: Miami), the series earned praise for its sensitive and subtle handling of issues such as homosexuality, women’s rights, alcoholism and poverty.
Above all, Any Day Now stands out as one of the few prime time TV dramas ever to deal head-on, week after week, with America’s racial history and its lasting consequences.
In addition to its award-winning lineup of documentaries and original current affairs programming, ichannel offers thought-provoking dramas and feature films that confront the most challenging issues of our time.
St. Elsewhere, the groundbreaking medical drama that changed the face of prime time TV, airs Thursday nights at 10 pm ET/PT and Sundays at 8 pm ET/PT. ichannel movies air Sunday nights at 9 pm ET/PT.
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