Variety reports that the FX network is shifting its two-time Emmy-nominated series Damages, toplined by Tony winner Glenn Close, to Monday nights. Previously slotted for Tuesdays Damages will begin season three on January 25. This change marks the first time the network has broadcast an original series run on a Monday.
As for the rest of the mid-season line-up on the FX, click here to read the full report in Variety or visit www.fxnetworks.com/.
The series follows the turbulent lives of Patty Hewes (Glenn Close), the nation's most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator and her bright, ambitious young protégé Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne).
After her unprecedented victory over billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), Patty Hewes has the legal world at her feet. Just as she's pondering her next move, Daniel Purcell (William Hurt), a man from Patty's mysterious past, storms back into her life, catapulting Patty into a new legal challenge. What starts as a domestic murder case, escalates into the highest reaches of government as Patty unearths a vast conspiracy.
At the same time, Ellen is on a mission to take down Patty. She's agreed to act as an informant for the FBI, assisting them in their criminal investigation of Patty and the firm. As Patty unravels the mystery surrounding Daniel Purcell, she must also negotiate the perilous minefield both inside and outside her office.
DAMAGES was created by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman who also serve as executive producers, writers and showrunners. The series is produced by KZK Productions, FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television.
Perhaps best known for her role as deranged stalker Alex Forrest in the film Fatal Attraction, Glenn Close has appeared on Broadway in The Play That I Wrote, Sunset Boulevard (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Death and the Maiden (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination), Benefactors, The Real Thing (Tony Award), Barnum (Tony nomination, The Crucifer of Blood, Rex, The Member of the Wedding, The Rules of the Game, and Love for Love. She has been nominated five times for an Oscar, and has won an Obie, four Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award in addition to her three Tony Awards.
