Ordinary Miracles
premieres Saturday, May 7, 2005

Reaching out to help a troubled teen, an emotionally distant judge saves herself from a life of loneliness and regret in “Ordinary Miracles,” a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Jaclyn Smith (pictured) stars as the emotionally distant arbitrator whose feelings seem concealed within the folds of her judicial robe.Once an Angel, you’re an Angel for life. Not that being thought of first and foremost as a former Charlie’s Angel is a bad thing.

“Oh, I love it,” Jaclyn Smith says. “’Charlie’s Angels’ is a part of my life. But a lot of people are like, ‘Oh, we can’t bring it up.’ I don’t know why people assume that, but they do.”

Smith, now starring in the Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie “Ordinary Miracles,” was the only cast member to appear in every episode during the show’s five-year run. When people greet her, some even address her as Kelly, the name of her character, one of the three beautiful women P.I.s working for a boss they had never seen. Many critics dismissed the show as a sexist male fantasy, but viewers loved it.

“It was really the first show of its kind,” Smith says. “Most shows up to that point - action shows and detective shows - almost all had men as the leads. And here, all of a sudden, three girls came along. That’s feminist, not sexist. In that respect, in our own small way, maybe we helped open the door a little bit for women.”

The show certainly opened doors for Smith. Since “Charlie’s Angels” wrapped, she starred in more than 30 TV movies and miniseries, started a family and became a heavy hitter in the clothing industry. Amazingly, she deftly manages to keep all three balls - commitments to careers, marriage and motherhood - in the air.

In her Hallmark Channel movie, Smith plays a tough and unyielding judge who, despite weathering a number of personal crises, welcomes a troubled teen into her home. The ensuing relationship heals both of them. It’s the kind of movie Smith believes we need more of.

“We need more positive messages,” she says. “I’ve seen what people are watching and I’m not too pleased with a lot of it. Our children are getting desensitized. I want something positive for a change instead of a front-page murder or a disease-of-the-week. Let’s have more things that are uplifting, with a message and a moral.”

 

Jaclyn Smith (right) stars as a judge who takes a chance on life when she takes in a troubled teen in “Ordinary Miracles,” a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Corbin Bernsen (left) plays the emotionally distant divorcee’s gregarious ex-husband. Jaclyn Smith (center) stars as a judge who takes a chance on life when she takes in a troubled teen (Lyndsy Fonseca, right) in “Ordinary Miracles,” a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Corbin Bernsen (left) plays the emotionally distant divorcee’s gregarious ex-husband.
Reaching out to help a troubled teen, an emotionally distant judge saves herself from a life of loneliness and regret in “Ordinary Miracles,” a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Jaclyn Smith (pictured) stars as the emotionally distant arbitrator whose feelings seem concealed within the folds of her judicial robe. Reaching out to help a troubled teen, a judge saves herself from a life of loneliness and regret in “Ordinary Miracles,” a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Jaclyn Smith (right) stars as the emotionally distant arbitrator; Lyndsy Fonseca (left) plays the angry adolescent.
Reaching out to help a troubled teen, a judge saves herself from a life of loneliness and regret in Ordinary Miracles, a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Jaclyn Smith (left) stars as the emotionally distant arbitrator; Lyndsy Fonseca (right) plays the angry adolescent. Reaching out to help a troubled teen, an emotionally distant judge saves herself from a life of loneliness and regret in “Ordinary Miracles,” a Hallmark Channel Original Mother’s Day movie premiering Saturday, May 7 (9/8c).  Jaclyn Smith (pictured) stars as the emotionally distant arbitrator whose feelings seem concealed within the folds of her judicial robe.

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