Genre Drama Name Any Now No. of seasons 4 | Original language(s) English Country of origin United States Role American drama series | |
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Starring Annie PottsLorraine ToussaintMae MiddletonOlivia HackShari Dyon PerryMaya Goodwin Opening theme "Any Day Now" performed by Lori Perry Episodes 22 Just the Beginning Part 2Season 4 - Mar 13 - 2002, 22 Just the Beginning Part 2, 21 Just the Beginning Part 1Season 4 - Mar 12 - 2002, 21 Just the Beginning Part 1, 20 Let the Games BeginSeason 4 - Mar 3 - 2002, 20 Let the Games Begin, 19 Boys Will Be BoysSeason 4 - Feb 17 - 2002, 19 Boys Will Be Boys, 18 Truth HurtsSeason 4 - Jan 27 - 2002, 18 Truth Hurts, 17 Call Him MacaroniSeason 4 - Jan 20 - 2002, 17 Call Him Macaroni, 16 In Too DeepSeason 4 - Jan 13 - 2002, 16 In Too Deep, 15 The Real ThingSeason 4 - Jan 6 - 2002, 15 The Real Thing, 14 It's Not Karma - It's LifeSeason 4 - Dec 9 - 2001, 14 It's Not Karma - It's Life, 13 Still My Little SoldierSeason 4 - Nov 18 - 2001, 13 Still My Little Soldier, 12 Stay of ExecutionSeason 4 - Nov 18 - 2001, 12 Stay of Execution, 11 Rebel With a CauseSeason 4 - Oct 21 - 2001, 11 Rebel With a Cause, 10 Blinded by the WhiteSeason 4 - Oct 14 - 2001, 10 Blinded by the White, 9 This Is Not Foreplay - This Is WarSeason 4 - Oct 7 - 2001, 9 This Is Not Foreplay - This Is War, 8 The ContestSeason 4 - Sep 9 - 2001, 8 The Contest, 7 Peace of MindSeason 4 - Aug 26 - 2001, 7 Peace of Mind, 6 No Place in This WorldSeason 4 - Aug 19 - 2001, 6 No Place in This World, 5 One Hour of DramaSeason 4 - Aug 12 - 2001, 5 One Hour of Drama, 4 Don't Give UpSeason 4 - Aug 5 - 2001, 4 Don't Give Up, 3 Everyone Deserves to Be LovedSeason 4 - Jul 29 - 2001, 3 Everyone Deserves to Be Loved, 2 No More ForeverSeason 4 - Jul 22 - 2001, 2 No More Forever, 1 Don't Forget to Take Out Your TeethSeason 4 - Jul 15 - 2001, 1 Don't Forget to Take Out Your Teeth, 22 It's Not Just a Word Part 2Season 3 - Jul 8 - 2001, 22 It's Not Just a Word Part 2, 21 It's Not Just a Word Part 1Season 3 - Jul 1 - 2001, 21 It's Not Just a Word Part 1, 20 Children Are the Most Important ThingSeason 3 - Mar 11 - 2001, 20 Children Are the Most Important Thing, 19 What If?Season 3 - Mar 4 - 2001, 19 What If?, 18 Don't Tell Me It's Not About FrankieSeason 3 - Feb 25 - 2001, 18 Don't Tell Me It's Not About Frankie, 17 Tick - Tick - TickSeason 3 - Feb 18 - 2001, 17 Tick - Tick - Tick, 16 Ten Days? Are You Crazy?Season 3 - Jan 21 - 2001, 16 Ten Days? Are You Crazy?, 15 Life Isn't FairSeason 3 - Jan 14 - 2001, 15 Life Isn't Fair, 14 Five Golden RingsSeason 3 - Dec 17 - 2000, 14 Five Golden Rings, 13 Where's the Justice in That?Season 3 - Dec 10 - 2000, 13 Where's the Justice in That?, 12 Lighten Up - ReneSeason 3 - Dec 3 - 2000, 12 Lighten Up - Rene, 11 It's a Mother-Daughter ThingSeason 3 - Oct 29 - 2000, 11 It's a Mother-Daughter Thing, 10 The OutsidersSeason 3 - Oct 15 - 2000, 10 The Outsiders, 9 There Are No RulesSeason 3 - Oct 15 - 2000, 9 There Are No Rules, 8 Love Is LoveSeason 3 - Sep 10 - 2000, 8 Love Is Love, 7 LifeSeason 3 - Sep 3 - 2000, 7 Life, 6 Nothing PersonalSeason 3 - Aug 27 - 2000, 6 Nothing Personal, 5 Three Lucky Ladies on the LineSeason 3 - Aug 20 - 2000, 5 Three Lucky Ladies on the Line, 4 The Dust of LifeSeason 3 - Aug 13 - 2000, 4 The Dust of Life, 3 Three Hours a WeekSeason 3 - Aug 6 - 2000, 3 Three Hours a Week, 2 It's a Good Thing I Am Not BlackSeason 3 - Jul 30 - 2000, 2 It's a Good Thing I Am Not Black, 1 NopeSeason 3 - Jul 23 - 2000, 1 Nope, 22 Who Abandoned Who?Season 2 - Mar 12 - 2000, 22 Who Abandoned Who?, 21 The Toolshed Behind the ChurchSeason 2 - Mar 5 - 2000, 21 The Toolshed Behind the Church, 20 You Think I Am Lying to You?Season 2 - Jan 30 - 2000, 20 You Think I Am Lying to You?, 19 You Pay Your DuesSeason 2 - Jan 23 - 2000, 19 You Pay Your Dues, 18 Hey - Ugly!Season 2 - Jan 16 - 2000, 18 Hey - Ugly!, 17 From This Day OnSeason 2 - Jan 9 - 2000, 17 From This Day On, 16 HomeGirlSeason 2 - Jan 2 - 2000, 16 HomeGirl Cast | ||
First episode date August 18, 1998 Final episode date March 10, 2002 |
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Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint, who are best friends despite the difference in their races.
Contents
- Any day now 4x01 don t forget to take out your teeth part 1
- Any day now season 1 episode 1 unfinished symphony
- Setting
- Format
- Main cast crew
- Supporting cast
- Main crew
- Young Artist Awards
- Primetime Emmy Awards
- References
The show's title is taken from the 1962 Chuck Jackson song "Any Day Now". A version performed by Lori Perry served as the show's theme song.
Any day now season 1 episode 1 unfinished symphony
Setting
Any Day Now focuses on the lives and interactions of two female protagonists: Mary Elizabeth "M.E." O'Brien Sims (Potts) and Rene Jackson (Toussaint). The two had grown up as close friends in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. However, their friendship ended when M.E. became pregnant and chose, despite Rene's disapproval, to keep the child, drop out of college, and marry her boyfriend, Colliar Sims.
More than twenty years later, M.E. and her husband still live in Birmingham, where they struggle to make ends meet. Their oldest son, Bobby, died as a child; but they have two more children, daughter Kelly and son Davis. Rene moved to Washington, D.C., where she was a successful attorney for many years; but, after the death of her father, Rene decides to move back to Birmingham and establish a law practice there. She reunites with M.E., and the two quickly resume their close friendship. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.
Format
Each hour-long episode contained alternating scenes from two different timelines. The 1960s timeline followed the young version of the girls, who became friends despite the discomfort of M.E.'s naively bigoted parents and her openly racist Uncle Jimmy, an avowed member of the Ku Klux Klan. M.E. and Rene's friendship was fostered by M.E.'s loving grandmother and her older brother, Johnny, who was sent to Vietnam, while M.E.'s older sister, Teresa, often threatened to tell their parents that M.E.'s "little colored friend" had been in their house. Colliar Sims (Dan Byrd), M.E.'s childhood sweetheart and eventual husband, played a large role in this timeline as well. Rene's family included her father, James (John Lafayette), who was a lawyer and an active member of the Civil Rights Movement; her mother, Sarah, also active in the movement; and her older brother Elston, who was the same age as M.E.'s brother Johnny but dodged the draft by fleeing to Canada.
The contemporary timeline showed M.E. and Rene as adults. M.E. was a homemaker with aspirations of becoming a writer, and Rene starts her own law firm in Birmingham. Characters from the 1960s timeline appeared in the contemporary timeline as well, such as Rene's widowed mother, her brother Elston (openly gay, with an adopted son), M.E.'s oft-divorced sister Teresa (Delta Burke), and M.E.'s aging parents, whose views on race had mellowed somewhat over the years, quite in contrast to unrepentantly racist Uncle Jimmy, who still antagonized Rene if given the chance.
The show dealt with issues like modern-day racism, homosexuality, religion, women's rights, rape, natural disaster, alcohol, suicide, and death. During Season 3, M.E.'s daughter Kelly dated an African-American boy, Ajoni (Derrex Brady), and became pregnant by him at age 17, much to Colliar's dismay; Kelly and Ajoni chose to marry and keep the baby, whom they named Emmett. Eventually, M.E. published a book and was invited to teach at the local college. Rene's over-all story arc dealt mainly with her law practice; although she enjoyed great success as a lawyer, eventually focusing her practice on civil rights law, she sometimes regretted that she had never married nor had a family. In the final episode of the show, Rene married Judge Clyde "Turk" Terhune (William Allen Young).
In most episodes there was either a common theme between the scenes presented from each timeline, or a direct connection between the events depicted in the past and how it affected those in the present.
In the fourth season, the actresses Mae Middleton (M.E.) and Shari Dyon Perry (Rene) were replaced by Olivia Hack and Maya Goodwin, respectively, as the producers wanted the girls to encounter more mature storylines. However, Dan Byrd kept the role of Colliar Sims.
Any Day Now ended after its initial four-season (88 episodes) contract expired. The show would have been renewed, but Annie Potts chose instead to care for her family. The series ended with Rene's marriage, as well as M.E. and Rene's mothers finally putting an end to their decades-long animosity.
Main cast & crew
Supporting cast
Main crew
Deborah Joy Levine (Executive Producer), Bill Finnegan, Bob Lowry, Nancy Miller, Sheldon Pinchuk, Gary A. Randall, Lori-Etta Taub, Oz Scott, Joe Ann Fogle, Michael Zinberg, Sibyl Gardner, Dayna North, Nicole Mirante, Annie Brunner, Valerie Woods, and Lois Johnson.
Young Artist Awards
All performances were categorized into the "Best Performance in a TV Drama Series" category.
2000–2001 — (Nominated) Best Family TV Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Awards
2000 Primetime Emmy Awards — (Nominated) Outstanding Costumes for a Series: Mary Anne Aston (Costume Supervisor); Elizabeth P. Palmer (Costume Designer)