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| SUN RECORDS (CMT)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
2/23/17
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4/13/17
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2016-2017 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (8 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 5/3/17 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from CMT's press release, December 2016) CMT today revealed a new title and premiere date for its upcoming limited eight part scripted series "Sun Records," formerly known as "Million Dollar Quartet" and based on the Tony Award(R)-winning musical, on Thursday, February 23 at 10 PM ET/PT. The announcement comes on the heels of the 60th anniversary of the historic Million Dollar Quartet recording sessions featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins on December 4, 1956 at the Sun Records Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. "Sun Records" will join "Nashville" to complete CMT's new Thursday line-up. Set in Memphis during the tumultuous early days of the civil rights movement, "Sun Records" tells the untold story of nothing less than the birth of rock 'n' roll. Guided by Sam Phillips, young musicians like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis combined the styles of hillbilly country with the 1950s R&B sound created by artists like Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Fats Domino and Ike Turner, and changed the course of music forever. The series chronicles these young artists' often jarring and sudden meteoric rise to fame in the face of sweeping political change and social unrest. The all-star cast includes Chad Michael Murray (Sun Records founder Sam Phillips), Billy Gardell (Presley and Arnold's manager, Colonel Tom Parker), Drake Milligan (Elvis Presley), Kevin Fonteyne (Johnny Cash), Christian Lees (Jerry Lee Lewis), Jonah Lees (Jimmy Swaggart), Trevor Donovan (Eddy Arnold), Keir O'Donnell (Dewey Phillips), Jennifer Holland (Sam's wife Becky Phillips), Margaret Anne Florence (Sam's assistant Marion Keisker), and Kerry Holliday (Ike Turner). |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Billy Gardell as Colonel Tom Parker
· Chad Michael Murray as Sam Phillips
· Christian Lees as Jerry Lee Lewis
· Drake Milligan as Elvis Presley
· Jennifer Holland as Becky Phillips
· Jonah Lees as Jimmy Swaggart
· Keir O'Donnell as Dewey Phillips
· Kevin Fonteyne as Johnny Cash
· Margaret Anne Florence as Marion Keisker
· Trevor Donovan as Eddy Arnold
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Barry Berg as CO-EP
· Colin Escott as BOOK/PROD
· Floyd Mutrux as BOOK/PROD
· Gil Grant as CRTR/EP
· Herb Nanas as PROD
· Jayson Dinsmore as EP
· Leslie Greif as EP
· Roland Joffé as EP/DIR (Pilot)
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Thinkfactory Media
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