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TV Media Weekly | March 19 - 25, 2016 Sunday morning | 7 By Andrew Warren TV Media Drama with heart: The net- work that brought audiences "ER," the runaway hit and awards show darling that wrapped in 2009 after 15 seasons, is looking to the heart of the medical field for its newest show — literally. "Heart- beat" — which airs a special sneak peek Tuesday, March 22, and officially premieres Wednesday, March 23, on NBC — uses the life of a real-life heart transplant sur- geon as its source material. Dr. Kathy Magliato is a world-re- nowned surgeon, and is one of the few women in a medical field dominated by men. Her 2011 memoir, "Heart Matters," is the main inspiration for the peacock network's new drama. That's inspiration, not subject matter: "Heartbeat" is no biogra- phy. The main character may take her initial cues from the real-life Dr. Magliato, but the fictional Dr. Alex- andra Panttiere, played by Melissa George, is her own woman. George is an NBC veteran, hav- ing appeared last year in the net- work's short-lived series "The Slap" in a role she was intimately familiar with, having played the same character in the original Aus- tralian version the series. She was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2009 for her role in HBO's "In Treatment," and has popped up in "Grey's Anatomy," "Friends" and "Alias." As for the big screen, she's been a fixture in creepier fare for a while, starring in "Dark City" (1998), "The Amityville Horror" (2005) and "30 Days of Night" (2007). Of course, a medical drama needs more than one doctor, and "Heartbeat" has a whole hospi- tal's worth. Dave Annable ("Red Band Society"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), Don Hany ("White Collar Blue"), D.L. Hugh- ley ("Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") and Jamie Kennedy ("Son of the Mask," 2005) all co-star. Modern faith: It's a story that lays the foundations of Christianity itself: Jesus Christ's last hours on Earth before his crucifixion at the hands of the Romans. These events are known as the Passion, and they're coming to Fox in a modern take on these ancient happenings. On Palm Sunday, March 20, "The Passion," a live two-hour event, is airing on Fox. To many, the story is a familiar one: the last sup- per, the betrayal of Jesus by Judas and ultimately his crucifixion. Stars on Screen # " (3;6(DA9D3? D;88;F:+:AI D;88;F:+:AI !&A5GE ++G@63K%AD@;@9 357F:7&3F;A@ AGE7+?3DFE &3E=7F ;H;E;A@!,AGD@3?7@F$ # " AA6%AD@;@9?7D;53+G@63K AA6%AD@;@9 !@6 ,:;E/77= ,:;E/77= "A7>'EF77@ !@,AG5:/;F:D :3D>7E+F3@>7K (3;6(DA9D3? !@6 ,:;E/77= (3;6(DA9D3? @ # AA6%AD@;@9?7D;53+G@63K (3;6(DA9D3? >35=:3I=;4>7 AGD A?7A@@75F;A@ ,:;E/77= !@6;3@3GE;@7EE (3;6(DA9D3? (3;6(DA9D3? (3;6(DA9D3? # AGD&7IEME3K4D73=3F3 ? AGD&7IEME3K4D73=3F3 ? (7F(3>E AA?7D,. (3;6(DA9D3? (3;6(DA9D3? !@6;3@3;@*7H;7I (3;6(DA9D3? 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