All Is Forgiven (1986) TV series

Paula Russell accomplishes two feats in one day. First she marries Matt Russell, a donut executive, who has a teenage daughter, Sonia. She also starts a new job as a producer of a TV soap opera. The other characters on the show are all associated with the TV soap opera.

I love Shawnee Smith, always funny. Look for a young Christina Applegate in episode 5.

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Season 1, Episode 5

Mother's Day

12 April 1986

All Is Forgiven (1986) TV series
Cast: Bess Armstrong, Carol Kane, David Alan Grier, Shawnee Smith, Terence Knox, Valerie Landsburg

Not My Kid (1985) TV Movie

 A 1985 television film directed by Michael Tuchner, which was based on a 1984 book of the same name by Beth Polson (who also served as the film's executive producer) and Miller Newton; in fact, many of the methods depicted in the film's fictional drug rehabilitation program were practiced by Newton in his own real-life drug rehab centers before they were shut down for abuse of the residents. The movie aired on CBS in the United States, and had a VHS release both there and in the United Kingdom, with ITC handling distribution rights.

Not My Kid (1985) TV Movie

Cast: Andrew Robinson, Christa Denton, Gary Bayer, George Segal, Nancy Cartwright, Shawnee Smith, Stockard Channing, Tate Donovan

Crime of Innocence (1985) TV Movie

Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offense by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.

Crime of Innocence (1985) TV Movie

Cast: Andy Griffith, Brent Spiner, Brian Robbins, Diane Ladd, Michael Champion, Ralph Waite, Shawnee Smith, Tammy Lauren

Bluegrass (1988) TV Movie

Two-part TV movie that resurrected virtually every "racetrack" cliche known to man. Widowed Cheryl Ladd heads to Kentucky to start up a horse farm. Her wicked neighbor is Wayne Rogers who seeks Ladd's downfall. Faithful farm manager Brian Kerwin won't let Rogers stand in the way of Ladd's dream. Anthony Andrews hangs around as a Harlequin romance-style Irish rake with a dark secret. And what would a horse-farm movie be without Mickey Rooney? Part One of "Bluegrass" raised a stir upon its February 28, 1988 debut, with a brief shot of horses mating. But it was the foaling sequence in Part Two that really made the headlines. All tangled plotlines knot together in the second half of "Bluegrass". Part Two, first telecast on Leap Year day in 1988, Ladd literally bets the ranch on the Kentucky Derby, while mysterious Irish stranger Anthony Andrews reveals his (gasp!) terrible secret. One of the film's highlights was the genuine birth of a foal. The poor animal looked so shaky that the network issued an official statement insisting that the newborn horse survived. When the truth came out (the foal didn't make it), the producers were heartily condemned by animal activist groups -which may be why all current films bear the closing disclaimer about no animals being injured during shooting. "Bluegrass" was directed by Simon Wincer, who later helmed the epic miniseries "Lonesome Dove". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Bluegrass (1988) TV Movie

Cast: Anthony Andrews, Brian Kerwin, Cheryl Ladd, Diane Ladd, Judith-Marie Bergan, Kieran Mulroney, Mickey Rooney, Shawnee Smith, Wayne Rogers