DAMAGES Fifth and Final Season Heads Toward an Explosive Showdown This Summer
DAMAGES, featuring Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Ryan Phillippe, Jenna
Elfman, Janet McTeer and John Hannah, to Premiere July 11
exclusively on DIRECTV's Audience Network
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
DIRECTV's Audience Network (http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/premiums/audience)
heats up this summer with the season five premiere of the Emmy and
Golden Globe Award-winning, critically acclaimed legal thriller, DAMAGES,
starring Emmy Award-winner Glenn Close and Emmy Award-nominee
Rose Byrne, on Wednesday, July 11 at 9 p.m. The fifth and final
season of the series, which has been nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards,
centers on the timely and controversial subject of government and
corporate transparency, focusing on how the ever-changing digital
landscape shapes the way in which information is obtained and shared. DAMAGES
is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with FX
Productions and KZK Productions.
In true DAMAGES fashion, the season features a stellar array of
stars including Ryan Phillippe, who joins the cast as a series
regular. Emmy Award-nominee Jenna Elfman, Academy Award-nominee Janet
McTeer, John Hannah, Chris Messina, Judd Hirsch,
M. Emmett Walsh, Victor Garber, William Sadler, Gbenga
Akinnagbe, Gillian Alexy and Zachary Booth will be
featured throughout the season. DAMAGES was created and executive
produced by KZK (Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn
Kessler) and co-executive produced by Mark A. Baker.
DAMAGES (http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/damages)
follows the lives of Patty Hewes (Glenn Close), the nation's most
revered and reviled high-stakes litigator and her former protégé, the
bright and ambitious Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). After four
seasons of professional and personal manipulation and deceit, season
five sets the stage for the final showdown between Patty and Ellen.
Channing McClaren (Ryan Phillippe) is a computer expert and the
iconoclastic founder of a website, McClarenTruth.org, devoted to
government and corporate transparency. When McClaren is approached by
Naomi Walling (Jenna Elfman), an investment bank employee
troubled by her company's conduct with insider information, it lays the
foundation for the case that will finally pit Patty and Ellen against
one another. In an attempt to triumph over her former mentor, Ellen
hires Kate Franklin (Janet McTeer), a one time colleague of
Patty's who is all too familiar with how she operates, but whose loyalty
could be called into question. Adding to the turmoil surrounding the
case is Rutger Simon (John Hannah), the chief lieutenant and
gatekeeper for McClaren. As the series builds to its electrifying
conclusion, far more than the verdict is at stake for everyone involved.
Since its premiere in 2007, DAMAGES has received a total of nineteen
Emmy Award nominations. In its first season, the series was nominated
for an Emmy for Best Drama series and Glenn Close won the Emmy for Lead
Actress in a Drama Series, an award she has won twice for her role as
Patty Hewes. In addition to DAMAGES' multiple Emmy Award nominations for
Outstanding Series, Acting, and Casting, the show has also received Emmy
Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Direction.
DAMAGES has been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards. In its
first season, the series earned more Golden Globes nominations than any
other show on television, with Glenn Close winning for Best Actress in a
TV Series — Drama.
In addition to a variety of other wins and nominations, DAMAGES has been
nominated for awards from the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild.
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