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date (day) time network episode title
1/29/12 (Su.)9:00 PMABCN/A






SMILE AS BIG AS THE MOON, A (ABC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
1/29/12
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, January 2012) John Corbett ("Sex and the City," the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "November Christmas") stars in the inspiring story of a high school football coach and special-education teacher who worked to achieve an impossible dream -- to take a class of special-education students to NASA's Space Camp -- in the new Hallmark Hall of Fame film, "A Smile as Big as the Moon," premiering SUNDAY, JAN. 29 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The movie is based on the memoir of the same title, written by teacher Mike Kersjes with Joe Layden. Space Camp is a competitive education program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Even though it's designed for gifted science students, Mike, a special education teacher and football coach at a Michigan high school, decides participating in the science program would do wonders for the self-esteem of his students - especially Ben (Peter ten Brink), a boy with Down syndrome who dreams of becoming an astronaut.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Cynthia Watros as Deborah Barnhart
· Jessy Schram as Robynn McKinney
· John Corbett as Mike Kersjes
CREW INFORMATION:
· Brent Shields as EP
· Dan Paulson as EP
· James Sadwith as DIR
· Joe Layden as BOOK
· Mike Kersjes as BOOK
· Tom Rickman as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions