{"id":17536,"date":"2021-10-01T21:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T02:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=17536"},"modified":"2023-03-02T03:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:03:31","slug":"carpentergrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/carpentergrace\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Charisma Carpenter and Nancy Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17537\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/goodfather2.png\" alt=\"Charisma Carpenter, star of &quot;The Good Father,&quot; and Nancy Grace, Executive Producer.\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> Interview with Charisma Carpenter and Nancy Grace of &#8220;The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story&#8221; on Lifetime by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 9\/14\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This interview was from Lifetime&#8217;s Fall Movies Press Day. It was very enjoyable to chat with many stars during the panels.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this movie&#8217;s star, Tom Everett Scott (Dr. MacNeill), couldn&#8217;t make the interview. Most of the movie centers on him, and his daughter, Alexis played by Anwen O\u2019Driscoll. She wasn&#8217;t there, either.\u00a0 Carpenter plays his wife, Michele, who gets murdered\u00a0 fairly early on in the movie. Grace is seen briefly (as herself) and was responsible for bringing the story to Lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>I really hadn&#8217;t planned to speak to Grace, since I&#8217;m not a fan of her style of journalism. However, when I asked Carpenter my question, she really didn&#8217;t have much of a response, so I decided to ask Grace a question after that. She didn&#8217;t like my question (which was partly my fault because I didn&#8217;t really phrase it very well), so she went on and on about it.\u00a0 Oh, well. It was a good movie, and an interesting panel interview, nonetheless. I just wish I could have asked Carpenter about some of her other roles (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tvmegasite.net\/prime\/shows\/buffy\/\">Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tvmegasite.net\/prime\/shows\/angel\/\">Angel<\/a>&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tvmegasite.net\/prime\/shows\/mars\/\">Veronica Mars<\/a>&#8221; et al.).<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Our next panel is \u201cThe Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story\u201d executive produced by Nancy Grace and starring Charisma Carpenter.\u00a0 Hi, ladies.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 Hello.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Hello.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you for joining us.\u00a0 We&#8217;re going to kick it off with a question from Jay Bobbin.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Hello, thank you.\u00a0 Nancy,\u00a0 my question is for you.\u00a0 A lot of what you&#8217;ve done in the TV-Movie realm, it seems like these are stories you&#8217;ve dealt with in other ways on your other programs in your other appearances.\u00a0 Is this one of those stories for you?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Well, yes as a matter of fact, it is.\u00a0 I covered the Martin MacNeill prosecution when it occurred.\u00a0 And felt that I became friends with various members of the family, specifically Alexis.\u00a0 I remember distinctly like yesterday &#8212; as a matter of fact we just showed the promo you just saw?\u00a0 It literally gave a chill on my arms because when I see that, it\u2019s so realistic, it reminds me of the actual case.\u00a0 And I can still remember the night of the verdict and speaking with Alexis.\u00a0 And she was telling me about how she had gotten married her mother wasn&#8217;t there because her father murdered her mother and what that felt like so this movie means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 A follow up on that if I could, when you talk about the chill that it gave you bringing back the real case, how are you on the set when a dramatization of a case you&#8217;ve actually covered is being done?\u00a0 I would imagine you want it to be as truthful to the fact as possible, yet it is still a dramatic movie.\u00a0 How are you with that?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Well, I will say that I went &#8212; I combed over the screenplay over and over and over.\u00a0 And actually pitched this to Lifetime with the intent of one day telling the true story of Dr. Martin MacNeill.\u00a0 But you know what?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t like calling it the Dr. Martin MacNeill story.\u00a0 I like calling it the Michelle MacNeill story because in my mind that&#8217;s the real star.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Our next question is from Jamie.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Hi, thank you both for being here.\u00a0 Nancy, how involved was Martin\u2019s daughter when it came to Anwen\u2019s portrayal?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Oh wow, well her wishes and her desires were paramount in my mind.\u00a0 Because as I always like to say and I have said from the beginning of my TV career, these are not stories.\u00a0 They&#8217;re real.\u00a0 This is a real fact scenario with a real victim who died in the family\u2019s bathtub.\u00a0 Her daughters &#8212; they had eight children, four natural, four adopted.\u00a0 They no idea what had really happened to their mother.\u00a0 So when we talk about how much Alexis had to do with it, this is the telling of the story through her eyes.\u00a0 So she had a lot to do with it.\u00a0 These are real characters.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a made-up plot that someone came up with or dreamed up.\u00a0 This is real.\u00a0 And that makes it in my mind even more critical that it\u2019s true to life.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Our next question is from Jamie Ruby.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Hi guys.\u00a0 Thanks for talking to us.\u00a0 Charisma, what was it that initially drew you to the part?<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 Well, I think any time you mix true crime with scripted television, you do have to walk and extra careful line.\u00a0 It was super challenging to honor her memory and to be able to get across her love of family, to be able to get across the behaviors that she was experiencing and her confusion about his behavior, the pathological lying and the sociopathy behind it all.\u00a0 So I feel like whenever you&#8217;re approaching a character, you have these insights that you bring to the table, but when it\u2019s a real-life story, you have to take the insights that you understand from whatever the history is of the story.\u00a0 You have to do a lot of reading, a lot of research and then you know the importance of getting that across was a true challenge and something that I took to heart and wanted to pay the utmost of respect to.\u00a0 So that was a new thing for me.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Our next question is from Howard Benjamin.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 My question is for Nancy.\u00a0 How difficult is it to get life rights?\u00a0 You&#8217;ve taken to task a lot of ripped-from-the-headlines stories and getting the cooperation from the family and the estates, how difficult is that?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Well, since &#8212; being a crime victim myself, usually tell stories from the point of view of the crime victim.\u00a0 And I&#8217;ve never had any problem with their cooperation.\u00a0 Very often they want their story told and not just within the confines of the witness stand.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Is it difficult for them to relive this all over again?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Yes, it is.\u00a0 It\u2019s very difficult for them to relive it.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had many, many crime victims that don&#8217;t want to talk about it.\u00a0 It brings it all back to them and including the pain that they went through.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s one thing about Alexis of many things that was so significant and so critical in this project because it did bring back a lot of sadness and a lot of emotion for her that she had to relive, but she did.\u00a0 And I&#8217;m so glad she did.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 She was impressive in doing that.\u00a0 You know, and also I think you know to add to that is Anwen, you know, it being Alexis\u2019s story portrayed by Anwen, it is a story of empowerment.\u00a0 You know, it is a story of reclaiming your power and not allowing yourself to be manipulated and gaslighted any longer by this perpetrator you know, that was unfortunately her own father who she admired and adored and loved and was well-respected.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 In the community and at work and within his church.\u00a0 So I mean what a powerful place, what an unfortunate thing to have to be confronted with, but then to understand the strength of character, her perseverance, her desire for truth to support her siblings while she was in medical school.\u00a0 I mean, this is an incredible person.\u00a0 This is an amazing woman.\u00a0 So yay to be able to tell this story because it is in fact, Michelle, it may be her story in that sense, but it\u2019s also a story of empowerment which I could really hold onto and clamp onto and why I also wanted to be involved.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Our next question is from Luaine Lee.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Nancy, I have two questions for you.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Okay.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 What crime were you a victim of?\u00a0 And what are the qualities required for you to decide to\u00a0 take on a project?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 People think I always wanted to be a violent crime prosecutor.\u00a0 That is not true.\u00a0 I studied Shakespearean literature and hoped to teach at a university level Shakespearean literature.\u00a0 That was my dream.\u00a0 My fianc\u00e9 was murdered shortly before our wedding.\u00a0 I dropped out of school.\u00a0 I lost all interest in being in a classroom or in life, period.\u00a0 I ultimately did go back to school with the aim of becoming a felony prosecutor and helping other crime victims who I believe very often, especially women and children, do not have a voice in our system.\u00a0 This story, as I call it, although it is a true fact scenario, was especially poignant to me because not only were the victims women and children, it was at the hands of one of the most prominent men in that social setting, that community, a doctor and a lawyer who manipulated everyone as Charisma just said very accurately.\u00a0 And they had no voice and it makes what Alexis did even more powerful bringing her own father to justice.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 So when you decide on a project, what does it have to have for you to do it?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never liked &#8212; people often ask me, \u201cWhat&#8217;s your favorite case?\u201d\u00a0 There&#8217;s not really a favorite murder.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know really how to put it in any other words.\u00a0 But I look for a story to be told, a narrative, not a case that&#8217;s open and shut.\u00a0 To turn a scenario like this into a movie, there must be mystery.\u00a0 The characters must be riveting to grab your attention.\u00a0 And I always think that it requires some sort of a mind twist.\u00a0 For instance in that community, the last person anyone would suspect molestation or murder would be Dr. Martin MacNeill.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Our next question is from Suzanne.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Hi.\u00a0 First question, Charisma, did you do any sort of special research or preparation before filming the role?<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 Well, I obviously read up about him and about the family story and the family history.\u00a0 You know, I had to get familiar with the story.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t know the story personally so this was an education.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 And Nancy, I was wondering, do you know why in the movie there was never any mention made of the fact that they were Mormons and they were in a Mormon community?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Well honestly, that may be significant to some people, but we had so many miles to cover and I don&#8217;t believe in my mind what religion it was that mattered.\u00a0 It mattered to me like in my religion, I&#8217;m a Methodist.\u00a0 And within a church, the Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, the synagogue, there are deacons or those people that are looked up to or revered, typically men.\u00a0 So whatever milieu you may be in, there are those people that are seemingly put up on a pedestal as he was, not only within his church community, the Church of Latter Day Saints, but within his medical community.\u00a0 I mean, he had been appointed by the governor to run a state facility.\u00a0 This guy was revered by everyone.\u00a0 Whether he was Mormon or a Methodist or a Catholic or Jewish doesn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0 He had the respect of everyone which made it so much more difficult for people to believe he would do this thing.\u00a0 I gotta tell you I remember sweating it out waiting on the jury verdict.\u00a0 And I was worried that people would fall for him and his con.\u00a0 Everybody else believed him, why wouldn&#8217;t a jury?\u00a0 I was worried.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 You know, you brought up a good point, Nancy, too.\u00a0 The revere of the community and the medical community and his own family, you know, the police department, they didn&#8217;t take imperative steps to determine her cause of death.\u00a0 They took his word for it.\u00a0 Like he just said she had an accident and they didn&#8217;t &#8212; because of who he was, they didn&#8217;t investigate further.\u00a0 So that&#8217;s a commentary on our society as a whole.\u00a0 You know, just because you are a prominent figure and it just seems unfathomable that you\u2019d be capable of doing such a thing, it is imperative that people do their job and due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 You said that so well.\u00a0 Because even in the initial police reports, do you know what Alexis had to do to even get the autopsy re-examined to just basically pry the police into believing this could have happened. They had to change the determination on that autopsy report.\u00a0 That&#8217;s like moving a mountain.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 And also just the fact that the daughter was Alexis, played by Anwen.\u00a0 She was in her dad\u2019s corner.\u00a0 It took a lot.\u00a0 She didn&#8217;t believe her own mom when her mom was trying to tell her things that things weren\u2019t adding up and he was spending a lot of time away and he had all these suspicions.\u00a0 You know, it\u2019s very common for women to be considered hysterical or paranoid or bitter or jealous or you know all these different things when you know our intuition is continually being gaslit and dismissed.\u00a0 And so it\u2019s really important that we as a society do consider and trust the matriarchs of our lives and that we do re-evaluate no matter how high a standard you know our &#8212; you know, and this could go either way.\u00a0 You know I&#8217;m sure there are prominent women, too.\u00a0 But I don&#8217;t mean to make this anti-men, but to make a point that predominantly speaking, the patriarch is not questioned.\u00a0 And it is important that people be heard especially women.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 You know why, Charisma?\u00a0 You just said a word that really rubbed me the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER: \u00a0What did I say?<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 If I hear one more woman referred to as hysterical, I&#8217;m going to shoot my foot.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 I mean\u2026<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Because that&#8217;s exactly how they acted when Alexis tried to tell them her suspicions.\u00a0 They acted like she\u2019s been through too much.\u00a0 She\u2019s hysterical.\u00a0 She was anything but.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 Mm-hmm.\u00a0 Yeah, it\u2019s difficult to be dismissed that way especially when you&#8217;re a 100% right.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 All right, thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 That is all the time we have today.\u00a0 Thank you, guys, Charisma and Nancy &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 So much for being with us today.\u00a0 We really appreciate your time.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>CHARISMA CARPENTER:\u00a0 No problem, thank you.\u00a0 Good to see you, Nancy.<\/p>\n<p>NANCY GRACE:\u00a0 Likewise.<\/p>\n<p>MORE INFO:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mhsdTkjR7zc\">Preview<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"text-component-item-c960ac33-2329-11ec-a4c7-4b46cfea8256\" class=\"text-component-item body-copy sanitize-html\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Based on actual events,\u00a0<em>The Good Father\u00a0<\/em>tells the story of Dr. MacNeill (Scott) and the incredible life he led with his former beauty queen wife, Michele (Carpenter) and their eight children.\u00a0 A\u00a0pillar of the community, he was respected and loved by all especially by his daughter Alexis (O\u2019Driscoll) who adored him and even wanted to follow in his footsteps to become a doctor.\u00a0 But everything soon changes after Dr. MacNeill convinces Michele to have plastic surgery, ultimately leading to her drowning while on prescription medication.\u00a0 Just a few short weeks after his wife\u2019s suspicious death, Dr. MacNeill brings home Gypsy Willis, a new live-in \u201cnanny\u201d for his children but who is in actuality his mistress. Shocked by her father\u2019s actions, Alexis begins to question everything she has known about him and discovers the depth of his lies, including his bogus medical credentials, falsified military records, and that the man and good doctor she once revered, was capable of murder.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story<\/em>\u00a0is produced by Good Doctor Films Inc. for Lifetime. Nancy Grace and bestselling author Josh Sabarra executive produce alongside Howard Braunstein. Annie Bradley directs from a script written by John Fasano and Abdi Nazemian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"landing-page-element single-article post-type-press_releases\">\n<h2 class=\"article-item article-title sanitize-html\">Lifetime Unveils Full Fall Schedule Featuring Top Names All Season Long<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-item article-date\">&#8211; 08\/27\/2021 &#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-component text-component-015aa69d8c51136 landing-page-element\">\n<div id=\"text-component-item-015aa69d8c51136\" class=\"text-component-item body-copy sanitize-html\" role=\"region\">\n<p><strong>LIFETIME\u00a0UNVEILS\u00a0FULL\u00a0FALL\u00a0SCHEDULE<br \/>\nFEATURING\u00a0TOP\u00a0NAMES\u00a0ALL\u00a0SEASON\u00a0LONG<br \/>\nINCLUDING JILL SCOTT, HEATHER LOCKLEAR, SHANNEN DOHERTY, KELLY HU, TOM EVERETT SCOTT, CHARISMA CARPENTER, NANCY GRACE, MEGHAN MCCAIN, SHERRI SHEPHERD, NIA SIOUX, JUDY REYES, GLORIA REUBEN, ELISABETH ROHM, JUSTINA MACHADO,<br \/>\nBARRY WATSON, SKYLER SAMUELS AND MANY OTHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>August 25, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As summer comes to an end,\u00a0Lifetime\u00a0ensures the\u00a0fall\u00a0is\u00a0full\u00a0of excitement with new premieres every weekend, starting on Labor Day, Sept 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0with the premiere of\u00a0<strong><em>Harry &amp; Meghan: Escaping the Palace<\/em><\/strong>. Presenting stories that entertain, intrigue and inform, the\u00a0fall\u00a0slate features\u00a0top\u00a0names\u00a0like Jill Scott and Barry Watson in the\u00a0<strong><em>Highway to Heaven<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0reboot, to Heather Locklear and Meghan McCain in\u00a0<strong><em>Don\u2019t Sweat the Small\u00a0Stuff<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and Shannen Doherty and Kelly Hu in\u00a0<strong><em>List of a\u00a0Lifetime<\/em><\/strong>, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Full\u00a0Fall\u00a0Schedule\u00a0and Descriptions Below.\u00a0\u00a0All\u00a0times at 8pm\/7c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Harry &amp; Meghan: Escaping the Palace<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Sydney Morton, Jordan Dean)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept 18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Imperfect High<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n(Sherri Shepherd, Nia Sioux)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept 24\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>Dying to Marry Him<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n(Only on Lifetime Movie Club)<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOct 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Tom Everett Scott, Anwen O\u2019 Driscoll, Charisma Carpenter, EP Nancy Grace)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Dying to Belong<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n(Shannen Doherty, Favour Onwuka, Jenika Rose)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>List of a Lifetime<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Kelly Hu, Sylvia Kawn, Shannen Doherty, Patricia Velasquez)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Don\u2019t Sweat the Small Stuff<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Heather Locklear, Natasha Bure, EP Meghan McCain, Kris Carlson)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Fighting for Her Life<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Switched Before Birth<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Justina Machado, Skyler Samuels, director Elisabeth Rohm)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Fight That Never Ends<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct 30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Torn From Her Arms<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n(Judy Reyes, Gloria Reuben, Fatima Molina)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nov 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Highway to Heaven<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n(Jill Scott, Barry Watson)<\/p>\n<p>Lifetime\u2019s popular annual\u00a0<em>It\u2019s a Wonderful Lifetime\u00a0<\/em>holiday lineup will begin following the fall movies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Premieres October 2 at 8\/7c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on actual events,\u00a0<em><strong>The Good Father<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>tells the story of Dr. MacNeill (Tom Everett Scott) and the incredible life he led with his former beauty queen wife, Michele (Charisma Carpenter) and their eight children.\u00a0 A\u00a0pillar of the community, he was respected and loved by all especially by his daughter Alexis (Anwen O\u2019Driscoll) who adored him and even wanted to follow in his footsteps to become a doctor.\u00a0 But everything soon changes after Dr. MacNeill convinces Michele to have plastic surgery, ultimately leading to her drowning while on prescription medication.\u00a0 Just a few short weeks after his wife\u2019s suspicious death, Dr. MacNeill brings home Gypsy Willis, a new live-in \u201cnanny\u201d for his children but who is in actuality his mistress. Shocked by her father\u2019s actions, Alexis begins to question everything she has known about him and discovers the depth of his lies, including his bogus medical credentials, falsified military records, and that the man and good doctor she once revered, was capable of murder.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is produced by Good Doctor Films Inc. for Lifetime. Nancy Grace and bestselling author Josh Sabarra executive produce alongside Howard Braunstein. 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