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(1995/Documentary) Nancy Glass hosts a discussion about the custody issues that face working mothers. She speaks with single parents lawyers child psychologists and family therapists about the fact that some women feel 'punished' by the legal system for having successful careers. They discuss the publicized case of lawyer Marcia Cross and women from the audience also contribute their own personal stories.

Starring Brooke Burns ('Baywatch') (2006/Mystery) Kate Graham's (Brooke Burns) wealthy husband is found dead and a ruthless extortionist threatens to frame Kate for the murder unless she gives him money. Outraged and seeking justice for her husband's killer Kate goes to the police. However the extortionist begins to implicate Kate in her husband's murder. As the police become suspicious of her Kate must find the killer on her own.

Starring Ever Carradine ('24') (2007/Drama) Grace Flynn's (Ever Carradine) simple con goes horribly wrong unexpectedly leaving her with a bag full of diamonds and a dangerous mob family on her trail. The only place she can run is to her estranged mother Kay who is less than happy to see her. For the past 15 years Kay has been raising Grace's daughter Laura on her own. As the police and mobsters move in closer these three generations of women find out surprising secrets about each other and work together to get Grace off the hook.

Starring Virginia Madsen ('Sideways') (2003/Drama-Romance) A married woman goes to Hawaii to return the ashes of her beloved nanny and finds that long-held secrets and the possibility of a new love affair throw her life into turmoil.

Starring Jean Smart (24 Designing Women) and A Martinez (Santa Barbara) (2003/Drama-Crime)As one of the few women in the FBI Candice DeLong finds herself torn between her professional work her personal life and trying to be a devoted single-mother to her only son Ryan.After 15 grueling years with the FBI and countless cases including the infamous Unabomber investigation Candice decides to retire early and return to her first profession nursing.Throughout this professional transition Candice struggles with her personal life dealing with her ex-husband an involvement with a married co-worker and the turmoil of raising a son who resents her busy workload.Before Candice can officially retire from the FBI she finds herself drawn into one last case when her best friend is the victim of a brutal rape and attempted murder. As the same perpetrator attacks more women Candice works tirelessly to uncover the truth and solve the crimes but her work follows her home after the criminal comes after Candice and her son. With both her life and her son's life in jeopardy she finds herself racing against the clock before the killer strikes one last time.

Starring Kelly Lynch (Charlie's Angels Drugstore Cowboy) (2005/Drama)Sixteen-year-old Justin Petersen is an all-star swimmer from a loving and devoted middle-class family. But after a school acquaintance introduces him to online porn Justin finds himself secretly obsessed with a cyber-fantasy world that has little connection to the flesh-and-blood people around him.When Justin's athletic and academic performance begins to suffer his parents realize something is seriously wrong.

Starring Justine Bateman ('Family Ties') (2006/Drama) Meg Davidson's (Justine Bateman) husband Tom has an affair with a dangerous young woman named Lisa. When he dumps her she manipulates her other boyfriend the felonious Stevie into having Tom beat up. But Stevie's plan goes awry when the muscle he sends comes face to face with Meg who kills him with a kitchen knife in an act of self-defense. Meg's life unravels. She becomes doubtful and suspicious and her obsessions put her on the trail of the man she killed in an effort to reach closure. But every step she takes leads back to one person - her husband Tom. Has she lost her mind Or did her husband try to have her killed Meg won't know the answer until an inexorable chain of events will finally leave Lisa dead Tom and Stevie in a fight for their lives and Meg forced to defend the man who betrayed her.

Starring Carlos Ponce ('Lipstick Jungle') (2006/Thriller) A married couple wanting to revive their marriage after the wife discovered her husband had been unfaithful travel to the Caribbean island of San Carlos for a romantic getaway. The couple is getting their marriage back on track -- until the husband vanishes in broad daylight in a public square. The wife goes to the local authorities who become skeptical when they learn of her husband's history of infidelity. The wife is left to mount her own search for her missing husband. Two men try to help her but one ends up killed in a hit and run and the other is shot and gravely wounded by an unknown assailant. In increasingly greater danger the wife must enter a mysterious island culture and experience bewildering revelations that lead her into a showdown with a powerful local cult leader. She finally finds her husband held against his will and must rely on the help of a young woman to rescue him -- and to rescue herself from a fate worse than death.

Starring Jessica Tuck ('Judging Amy') (2006/Thriller) Mid-20s big-city career woman Tia McClellan (Jessica Tuck) falls for Nick Matthews (Andrew Airlie) rugged self-made man and is about to bear his child when Nick dies in a chopper crash with his National Guard unit. Tia was an orphan and is determined not to do the same to her baby - but she's saved from that decision by her boss and would-be suitor real estate scion and billionaire Michael Beekman who offers a decent proposal: marry him and he'll raise the baby as his own. Tia does - and gets to watch her baby grow in the lap of luxury even as Michael spends more and more time on business letting their semi-loveless marriage deteriorate. And that's when Nick turns up alive and wanting Tia back baby and all. Tia's joy is tempered by Michael's unwillingness to let go of her or the baby. Thus begins her painful struggle to do the right thing - for herself for her one true love and for her son.

Starring Meredith Monroe ('Dawson's Creek') (2006/Thriller) Alison Morgan (Meredith Monroe) is chloroformed and kidnapped by her doctor who gives her pills that make her forget her past memories. They live as a married couple for several years because she cannot remember her past but Alison begins getting headaches that create visions of her living with a different man and a child. With the help of a detective Alison figures out that she was drugged and kidnapped by her doctor years ago and has been living a life completely different from her past. In the end Alison is reunited with her true husband and son.