SUNDAY, AUGUST 11

THREE-HOUR MOVIE

"The Notebook" - (7:00-10:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, DLSV) (HDTV)

BEHIND EVERY GREAT LOVE IS A GREAT STORY - In Seabrook, North Carolina in the 1940s, teenaged debutante Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) and local boy Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) spend one passionate, carefree summer together and fall deeply in love. But when summer ends, war and duty separate the young couple. Today, an elderly man (James Garner) visits a nursing home to read from his notebook to a woman (Gena Rowlands) whose memory is fading. As he spins a tale of two young lovers with their whole lives before them, his beloved Allis relives a long-ago passion that has never died, an unbreakable bond between two ordinary people rendered extraordinary by the strength, power and beauty of true love. Also starring James Marsden and Sam Shepard. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, the screenplay was adapted by Jan Sardi and written by Jeremy Leven. The film was directed by Nick Cassavetes. The CW airdate 8/11/2024.