The Big Time,

Golden Globe nominee Molly Ringwald, Emmy ® Award winner Christopher Lloyd and Dylan Baker (Road to Perdition) star in the Turner Network Television (TNT) original movie THE BIG TIME, a fast-paced drama about the early days of television and the entrepreneurs who brought a new industry to life. THE BIG TIME airs Sunday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on TNT. Christina Hendricks (Beggars and Choosers), Michael B. Silver (I Am Sam), Shane Mikael Johnson (Behind Enemy Lines) and Sharif Atkins (ER) also star. THE BIG TIME is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. John Wells (The West Wing, Third Watch) and Carol Flint (Earth 2) reunite and serve as executive producers; Flint also wrote the script. Wells and Flint previously teamed on China Beach and on ER, for which they won an Emmy in 1996 as part of ER's producing team. Paris Barclay (The West Wing, NYPD Blue) serves as co-executive producer and director.

THE BIG TIME is set in Manhattan in 1948 during the exhilarating early days of a new industry. Molly Ringwald plays Marion Powers, the network head's new bride who discovers a unique opportunity in the burgeoning landscape of television. Christina Hendricks stars as Audrey Drummond, an energetic young woman from the Midwest who moves to The Big Apple to join the emerging television network. Michael B. Silver plays Walt Kaplan, a floor manager with aspirations to direct. Dylan Baker stars as The Colonel, a tirelessly devoted producer and vice president of programming committed to making the young network a success. Shane Mikael Johnson plays Timothy Wilkison, a charismatic junior ad agent aiming to create and direct programming. Sharif Atkins stars as Joe Royal, a twentysomething jazz musician who struggles to balance his passion to succeed as a musical artist and founding member of his band, The Royal Flush, with the responsibility to provide for his family. Christopher Lloyd stars as Doc, the brains behind Empire Television, whose engineering brilliance has poised the network on the cutting edge of a new era.


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