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Welcome to the latest news about Ovation programming.

The Best You've Never Seen presents a new Ovation original program every Saturday at 8 PM ET

  Beginning April 7, Ovation will showcase “The Best You’ve Never Seen,” a new programming night premiering Ovation’s original movies, series and mini-series.  The network will kick things off with the premiere of Holy Flying Circus, a two-hour movie based on the controversy behind the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian.  Also premiering over the next few months is the series Cloudstreet, and the mini-series Laconia and What to do When Someone Dies.

This Month

Airing: 02/11/2012

The Royal Tenenbaums

(2001) Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Danny Glover A wealthy but estranged family of child prodigies reunites after years apart upon the patriarch's announcement that he has a terminal disease.

Airing: 02/14/2012

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Heath Ledger's final film - he passed away during production and his role was subsequently completed by Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp. This is the fantastical story of a traveling theatre leader, Dr. Parnassus, who has made a deal with the devil in which he loses his children to the devil when they turn sixteen in exchange for a youthful appearance. On the verge of Dr. Parnassus’ daughter’s 16th birthday, he strikes one last deal with the devil to fight for his daughter’s freedom. Spectacular visual effects captivate viewers throughout travels into people’s imaginations.

Airing: 02/22/2012

Chicago

Jazz and murder are the main themes of this musical hit adapted from the stage. Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.