Story Television Presents ‘Movies Week’ With a Slew of Historical Biopics & Miniseries

Karen Ruud 3 minutes ago

What To Know

Story Television will air two weeks of historical biopics and documentaries starting July 13, featuring influential figures from music, sports, politics and religion.
Week one highlights include real-life disaster dramas, sports biopics and miniseries about The Temptations, Anne Frank and The Beatles, while week two features political dramas, epic miniseries and behind-the-scenes stories.
The event showcases plenty of A-list stars including LeVar Burton, Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Lancaster, Mary Steenburgen, and more across a diverse lineup of films and miniseries.

Beginning July 13, Story Television (a cable and over-the-air network) will present two weeks of historical biopics and documentaries as part of its July programming lineup. Several of the titles featured include rarely televised made-for-TV movies from the past that are well worth a fresh look today. These movies are inspired by some of history’s most influential figures — from music and sports, to politics and religion — the lineup includes The Beatles, Muhammad Ali, Ronald Reagan, Anne Frank, Pope John Paul II, Moses and more.

Week one highlights real-life disaster films like the TV movie 14 Hours, which chronicles Tropical Storm Alison in Houston and the race against time to evacuate a hospital in the aftermath of the floods, which stars JoBeth Williams and Kris Kristofferson. In another TV movie, Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor, Lee Majors is caught up in escaping a 1988 office fire at the First Interstate Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles. Sports biopics are also part of the schedule including 1978’s One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story starring LeVar Burton as the legendary baseball player, and 1998’s The Tiger Woods Story with Khalil Kain as the golfing great. Also showing is the 1998 miniseries The Temptations about the rise of the Motown legends.

Week two brings the political drama The Day Reagan Was Shot starring Richard Dreyfuss that chronicles Ronald Reagan’s assassination attempt in 1981. The epic miniseries Moses the Lawgiver starring Burt Lancaster, and the tell-all behind-the-scenes movie Growing Up Brady, based on Barry Williams‘ memoir of the show, are also part of the mix.

Other actors you can catch in the two-week event include Albert Finney, Courtney B. Vance, Cybill Shepherd, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Giamatti, Danny Kaye, and Elizabeth Montgomery.

See the whole lineup below.

Story Television Presents: ‘Movies Week’ (Week One): Monday, July 13-Friday, July 17

Monday, July 13

12pm ET: One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977, starring LeVar Burton and Madge Sinclair)

2:30pm ET: The Tiger Woods Story (1998, starring Keith David and Khalil Kain)

5pm ET: When We Were Kings (1996, starring Muhammad Ali, George Foreman)

Tuesday, July 14

12pm ET: After the Shock (1990, starring Nicholas Zaninovich and Yaphet Kotto)

2pm ET: 14 Hours (2005, starring JoBeth Williams and Kris Kristofferson)

4pm ET: Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991, starring Lee Majors and Lisa Hartman)

Wednesday, July 15

12pm ET: The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988, starring Mary Steenburgen and Paul Scofield)

2:30pm ET: Pope John Paul II (1984, starring Albert Finney and Michael Crompton)

Thursday, July 16

12pm ET: The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975, starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Fionnula Flanagan)

2:30pm ET: Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005, starring Janel Moloney and Terry Kinney)

4:30pm ET: Martha Behind Bars (2005, starring Cybill Shepherd and Gale Harold)

Friday, July 17

12pm ET: The Temptations (1998, starring Charles Malik Whitfield and D.B. Woodside)

4pm ET: The Beatles Explosion (2007, starring John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Story Television Presents: ‘Movies Week’ (Week Two): Monday, July 20-Friday, July 24

Monday, July 20

12pm ET: The Night That Panicked America (1975, starring Vic Morrow and Cliff De Young)

2pm ET: Mister Candid Camera (2021, starring Allen Funt and Carol Burnett)

4pm ET: Growing Up Brady (2000, starring Adam Brody and Kaley Cuoco)

Tuesday, July 21

12pm ET: The Reagans (2003, starring James Brolin and Judy Davis)

4pm ET: The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Richard Crenna)

Wednesday, July 22

12pm ET: The Pentagon Papers (2003, starring James Spader and Paul Giamatti)

2pm ET: The Great Train Robbery (2013, starring Jim Broadbent and Luke Evans)

Thursday, July 23

12pm ET: Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002, starring Courtney B. Vance and Gil Bellows)

2:30pm ET: Skokie (1981, starring Danny Kaye and Carl Reiner)

Friday, July 24

12pm ET: Moses the Lawgiver (1975, starring Burt Lancaster and Anthony Quayle)

Where to Find Story Television

Story Television presents compelling historical and factual programming and is available nationwide on broadcast television over-the-air, on select cable systems and streaming on Frndly TV and Philo.

Viewers can find where to watch Story Television at here.

For the full Story Television schedule, please visit their website.