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date (day) time network episode title
4/16/16 (Sa.)8:00 PMHBON/A






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