When is steel magnolias airing on lifetime

Check out a sneak peek at the TV movie, expected to air later this year:. Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard and Phylicia Rashad are among the actresses cast in Lifetime's remake of Steel Magnolias, which will consist of an all-black cast, the network announced Monday.

Lifetime is developing an updated version of Steel Magnolias with an all-black cast, Deadline. Close Ad. Live TV. New This Month. More TV Picks. Steel Magnolias. Streaming Airings. Please wait Fri, Oct 5, Tue, Oct 2, Check out a sneak peek at the TV movie, expected to air later this year: Tue, Jul 3, Ouiser had a black dog instead of a St. The Lifetime version had a nearly all African-American cast. But who made the call that the animals in the remake should comply to the hues of the leads?

I had to go back to the film to make sure the birds Drum shot out of his trees were blackbirds, as they were in the remake. Her Cover Girl commercials had more conviction. I bought a case of Boniva this morning just to make sure Sally Field knows how much I appreciate her. Phylicia Rashad had the same prideful serenity with which Olympia infused her performance, but not the maniacal battiness.

Jill Scott as Dolly Parton. The minute they passed over Jackee Harry for the part of Trudy, the producers of this remake were already down a slippery slope. On the other hand, she had big shoes to fill.

Yes, shoes! Not everything said about Dolly Parton has to do with her top assets. Like her breasts. Oh, there I go. To its credit, the new version had more racial diversity. There are no black people in the original film, barring the one or two bare-assed football players in the locker room scene with Claree and Ouiser. Which is embarrassing. However great it was, the movie was as monochromatically white as Jack Jr. But sadly, mediocrity is color-blind.