But a durable peace agreement can't be rapidly manufactured like an instant, made-for-TV movie.
Sullivan's biggest idea was to underwrite a TV movie that would connect to the responsibility campaign.
His book, Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider, later became a TV movie.
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Critics said the film had a TV movie-of-the-week feel, which apparently didn't draw people to the theaters.
It recalls a time that he worked on a TV movie with the actor, now largely forgotten, Cameron Mitchell.
The young director had previously only made a TV movie and documentary.
After a TV movie in 1996 - starring Paul McGann - the TV series returned in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role.
Other British nominees include Benedict Cumberbatch for Parade's End and Dominic West for The Hour - both in the running for best actor in a TV movie or mini-series.
When the hourlong weekly drama Kings debuts as a TV movie on NBC this February it will feel like a refreshing change from the overcommercialization of prime time.
Kidd has watched the original low-budget TV movie 120 times.
The case elevated the unknown waitress and aspiring photographer to a household name, with a real-life story of love, betrayal and murder far more alluring than any made-for-TV movie.
The 10 minutes of unfinished footage, shown at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas last week, was criticised as uncinematic - with some detractors claiming it "looked like a made-for-TV movie".
The company's talks with creditors and investors about how to raise the 800m euros it needs to stop pay-TV movie channel Premiere from going under broke up on Thursday with no result.
The unit was the subject of a recent TV movie about the Bin Laden raid in Pakistan and will feature in another film, about the rescue of a ship's captain kidnapped by Somali pirates.
All that said, Wozniak thinks the movie might be fun to watch, comparing it to "Pirates of Silicon Valley, " a 1999 made-for-TV movie that aimed to depict the early days of Apple and Microsoft.
He unloaded "pent-up anger" that had built up over time -- against Savio and her family, the legal process, the media, even a TV movie about the case, according to his attorneys and the prosecutor.
For most of his career the fearsome Barry Diller has been acclaimed as a brilliant visionary who invented the TV movie of the week, ran Paramount Pictures and created a fourth broadcast network when the Big Three dominated the dial.
This includes distribution of current and library film and television product, formats and non-scripted programming in the pay, free, and basic cable television markets, as well as the domestic syndication of first-run syndicated TV programs, theatrical and TV movie packages.
Carson's life has been told through plays, books and movies, including a TNT made-for-TV movie called "Gifted Hands, " which airs Saturday. (TNT is part of Turner Broadcasting, which also owns CNN.) The biopic stars Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carson.
Her most recent on-screen credits, according to the IMDB website, are from 2001 when she appeared in the film "Pursuit of Happiness" and the TV movie "Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Klimes" along with Mary Tyler Moore.
Nominees for best actor in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie were Sam Shepard for his role as author Dashiell Hammett in "Dash and Lilly, " Jack Lemmon for "Inherit the Wind" (Showtime), Ian Holm for "King Lear" on PBS, Don Cheadle for "A Lesson Before Dying" (HBO) and Stanley Tucci for "Winchell" (HBO).
In previews for the 1997 TV movie, Houston's Fairy Godmother and pop singer Brandy's title character were much hyped, but the Rob Marshall-directed production itself was stolen by old pros Bernadette Peters as the stepmother, Victor Garber and Whoopee Goldberg as the King and Queen, and Jason Alexander as a kind of singing, dancing, pratfalling George Costanza.
In addition to the launch of the new channel, the agreement gives Sky Movies the first subscription pay TV movie rights in the UK and Ireland to other titles distributed by Disney, including new movies from Lucasfilm, and also Marvel Studios features such as Iron Man 3 and Avengers Assemble, which will be broadcast across the Sky Movies portfolio of channels.
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And, like last year, TV and movie stars fill the ranks of the presenters.
Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.
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The separation of the publishing businesses from the TV and movie businesses is expected by June.
GetGlue is a community of nearly 4 million passionate TV, movie, and sports fans.
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To their fans, these entertainment franchises aren't just something you watch on a TV or movie screen.
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It now supports 750 channels including 94 TV and movie channels along with music channels and channels for streaming games.
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