KERI RUSSELL, SKEET ULRICH AND MARE WINNINGHAM STAR IN "THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS," A NEW "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME" PRESENTATION, TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, JAN. 30 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS, a new "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation starring Keri Russell ("We Were Soldiers"), Skeet Ulrich ("As Good As It Gets") and Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham ("George Wallace"), will be broadcast Sunday, Jan. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The poignant love story, set during World War II, is about an unwed pregnant woman who is sent to a small Colorado town to marry a lonely farmer who agrees to raise her child as his own.

Livy Dunne (Russell) dreams of a career as an archeologist until she becomes pregnant by a dashing soldier who leaves her behind. Her father, a stern minister, banishes her from his family and sends her away to an arranged marriage with Ray Singleton (Ulrich), a hard-working man with whom she initially has little in common.

Though far from happy, Livy accepts her fate and is graciously taken in by the town�s people and Ray�s family including his sister, Martha (Winningham), a warm, friendly woman who welcomes Livy with open arms. Still, she continues to send letters to the missing soldier and holds out a grain of hope for his return.

Ray is patient and willing to do anything he can to make Livy comfortable in the home he has lived in all of his life. But it takes a visit from Livy�s sister, who presents an opportunity for Livy to return home, and a friendship with a Japanese family who live in a nearby internment camp for her to begin to see the magic that ordinary life with Ray has to offer.

Keri Russell won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series for her lead role in the series �Felicity.� Her other television credits include the series �7th Heaven,� �Married�with Children,� �Boy Meets World� and the �All New Mickey Mouse Club.� Her feature film credits include �Honey, I Blew Up the Kid,� �Mad About Mambo,� �The Curve� and the upcoming �The Upside of Anger.�

Skeet Ulrich�s television credits include the series �Miracles� and the television movie �Same Difference.� His feature film credits include �Soul Assassin,� �Nobody�s Baby,� �The Craft,� �Scream,� �As Good As It Gets,� �The Newton Boys� and �Chill Factor.�

Mare Winningham has appeared in two previous �Hallmark Hall of Fame� presentations: �The Boys Next Door,� on the Network, and �Love is Never Silent.� She also starred in two Network series, �Clubhouse� and �The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire.� Her other television credits include the movies �Sally Hemings: An American Scandal,� �Sharing the Secret� and �Little Girl Fly Away,� also on the Network, and �The Maldonado Miracle,� �True Confessions,� �Snap Decision� and �The Deliverance of Elaine.�

THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS was produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions. Richard Welsh ("The Blackwater Lightship") is the executive producer; Jim O�Grady ("The Outlaws") and Brent Shields ("A Painted House") are the producers. Shields also serves as director from a script by Camille Thomasson ("Luther") based on the book by Ann Howard Creel.

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