A pure feel-good film Starring Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey stars as Pete Appleton, a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1950s’. Pete’s on top of the world with his first motion picture  just released to theaters and his romance with a beautiful starlet (Amanda Detmer) heating up.

His triumph turns to dismay when Pete he gets in a car accident and wakes up on shore the next morning suffering from amnesia. Wandering into the nearby small town of Lawson, Pete is mistaken for Luke Trimble, a lost hero of World War II who, like most of the area’s young men, never returned from the war a decade earlier. “Luke” has soon reunited with both his father (Martin Landau) and his one-time girlfriend (Laurie Holden), and finds that his reappearance has given the citizens of Lawson an emotional boost that’s sorely needed.

When he refurbishes and reopens his family’s decrepit movie theater, the Majestic, Luke revitalizes Lawson just as his memory of his true identity begins to reassert itself.

Through a journey of self-discovery, Pete learns about the power of love and helps to heal a community of its pain and loss.

Little House on the Prairie Mary-Thon

Don’t miss the Little House on the Prairie Mary-Thon Friday, April 20th starting at 12p ET.

12p – The Award

When the school teacher, Miss Beadle announces a special exam and vows a beautiful dictionary to the best score, Mary vows to win it. To study in private late at night, she takes her lantern and books to the barn with terrible consequences.

1p – Four Eyes

After having problems seeing the blackboard at school, Mary gets a pair of glasses. She loves her glasses, but is soon teased by some of the childern at school. Mary decides to remove and hide her glasses, but something she sees may change her mind.

2p – I’ll Ride the Wind

Charles and Caroline give their reluctant approval when they discover that their eldest daughter, 13 year-old Mary, has accepted a neighbor boy’s proposal of marriage. All wonder if the marriage plan is the best for the couple when they learn the boy has decided to refuse a longed-for college scholarship to wed Mary.

3p – Whisper Country

When Mary is hired as a teacher in a small backwoods community called Willow Run, she is met with pure hatred from its town leader, Miss Peel, an elderly woman who is fiercely opposed to the school.  Miss Peel’s determination to drive Mary from town proves to be a severe test to the Ingalls girl’s resolve and character.

4p – I’ll be Waiving as You Drive Away Part 1

Just as Mary falls in love with newcomer Seth Barton, her eyesight begins to worsen. Charles takes her to an optometrist, but learns Mary will soon go blind. Charles struggles to tell his daughter the bitter news.

5p – I’ll be Waiving as You Drive Away Part 2

Mary is sent to a blind school in Iowa, where she meets her husband-to-be, Adam Kendall. Mary refuses to accept Adam’s help at first, but he eventually helps her learn to deal with her blindness.

6p – The Wedding

Mary joyfully accepts the marriage proposal of Adam Kendall. Charles and Caroline Ingalls arrive in Winoka for the wedding, but discover that Mary, who has doubts that two blind people can safely raise children, is having second thoughts about the marriage.

Pop Culture

INSP: To what extent do you believe entertainment really shapes our thoughts and affects us, specifically young people, with a particular view of humanity based on the shows we watch?

Earl Hamner: I think it can. I have to think about that.

In extension of what I was just saying, a continual image of immature, dopey, callow people, I think is damaging. People lose faith in their own ability when they see that kind of image projected over and over.

Like last night, on one of the local public television stations here, there was an old Frank Sinatra concert. And he was a consummate artist; he had respect for his work and for himself.

I know he was a showbiz personality, but yet he – the image of himself he projected was of somebody who loved his song, who loved people, who celebrated the inherent beauty of being alive. It was a really inspiring.

I think it was an hour and a half I sat there and listened to the whole thing. My wife and I sat and watched together this whole celebration of music and affirmation.

And then, this morning on the Today Show I tuned in and there was a group, a musical group, and I think it was called The Five Morons.

And when they sang it wasn’t real singing, it was a scream. The lead singer screamed his way through lyrics that were unintelligible. And you know, I liked Elvis Presley, old Elvis rolled around on the stage and he was fun, but this was a sort of writhing, twisting, gyrations.

As I watched it, I thought, Sinatra spoke of a gentler kinder world.

This young person – who didn’t look more than nineteen or twenty – maybe speaks for today’s society. Maybe he finds it unintelligible; the only way he can be heard is to scream. The only way to attract attention is with excessive sexual innuendo.

I’m not a prude, I just – these are just observations from the contrast between watching Sinatra, which gave me great pleasure, and the horror of watching something called Five Morons this morning.

And also, the crowds were so thick that they extended – you know Rockefeller Center is there at 49th and 5th, and they extended for blocks back to 39th street. Literally multitudes of people watching this, this –

I can’t even call it entertainment – a circus, an ugly circus.

INSP: Do you think there’s something about John-Boy, or the Walton family, that connects with people, even those people outside the Rockefeller Center, with wholesome values? People want wholesome values, but what are those? What is wholesome?

Earl Hamner: What is wholesome to me is the ten commandments; to do unto others as you would do unto yourself; to believe in something beyond your own self; self-respect, love for your fellow man – you know, a healthy mind and a healthy body. (Laughs) I don’t know – these are things I respect.

As a person, in experience, several different ways – “To thine own self be true,” all of those things that sound like platitudes.

But the reason that they are repeated over and over is because there’s strength in them; they’re lessons to live by.(Chuckles) I sound like a Baptist preacher, don’t I?

INSP: (Laughs) Well that’s good; I’ve been in a Baptist church for a while!

And I think there is that search, even in that crowd at Rockefeller Center that you were describing.

Earl Hamner: And I think they’re all searching.

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Relevant! After 40 Years…

INSP: In October of 2010 INSP brought The Waltons back to television after a couple of years off the air. New generations are falling in love with The Waltons and I wonder, why do you think people connect with the show as much now as they did when it was on back in the 70s?

Earl Hamner: Back in the 70s there was a great deal of turmoil in the world, a great deal of uncertainty. And a lot of institutions were being questioned, and people felt vaguely uneasy. I think that climate exists today.

There’s discord in the country; there’s a lot of division between the rich and the poor, a lot of division in the political parties. We’re at war. It’s a time of great anxiety as it was in the 70s.

I think in those times people look for support, they look for affirmative entertainment, and they look for affirmation of the traditional values. Our country has a substantial sense of values.

I receive a great many letters from – I hate to call them fans, because fans sounds like some group of people who sort of set out just to get your autograph. These are people. These are genuine citizens, actually, not just of our country but from all over the world.

I just had two letters today – one was from South Africa and another was from the Ukraine – asking for a personally autographed photo of me, laughable.

But it’s the climate that is the genesis for a great deal of the interest in The Waltons. I think that one thing I can gather from the fan mail is that people see the series either in terms of what their life has been like, or is like. Or, the way they wish it could be; the loving family, the support of the community, interesting people, people who love each other, decent people, and good citizens.

Sometimes I get letters from people who say, “I watched your show last night, and that was a wonderful lesson you taught us.” And I thought, when this first happened, what lesson were they talking about, I was just writing a story.

But when that happened over and over again, it came to me that people were drawing lessons, and that it was not me setting out to teach. But there were lessons inherent in the way of life that The Waltons led; the strong characters, and the support they gave each other, and the climate they created in which young people could grow into valuable and meaningful lives.

INSP: What are some of the themes in television (and culture in general) that you think are different today – that cause people to wonder “What’s wrong with this society?”

Earl Hamner: The images that we send forth are so negative. And I hate to say it, our television, most television – certainly not of INSP – the images of people, of men and women, of children, everything, are so negative.

They are pictured – and I’m ashamed of television for projecting that image of rudeness, grossness, lack of manners – I know we, constitutionally, have the right to free speech, but sometimes I think that goes too far in the grossness of the expression, and the image of man.

I think in the earlier years in television we elevated the taste of people – we taught, without trying to teach, that we have some ability to be noble, to be worthwhile.

Today I don’t see those images.

People are pictured as sick on the medical shows; or as criminals on all those police shows; or as idiots on most of those reality shows. You turn on a television show and see somebody there simply because they are losing weight – I have to turn it off.

I think the image of mankind that is projected is a very damaging one to our society.

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An INSP Special Event

Every year, over 1 million children fall victim to sex trafficking and join the millions of others already being held captive as slaves. Statistically, a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation every 2 minutes. “Tainted Love” exposes modern-day slave trading and human trafficking, talks to victims and experts, and celebrates the efforts of modern abolitionists fighting to set them free.This new original series tells the tragic and hopeful stories behind the shocking numbers.

Showtimes
Sunday, April 29th 1a & 1:30a ET

For more information about Tainted Love including photos and videos visit Halogen TV

Is it time for you to Jump Shipp?

Award-winning entrepreneur Josh Shipp intervenes in a person’s life each week in “Jump Shipp,” a new reality series about avoiding the dreaded quarter-life crisis. By offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live out their dreams, Josh proves that sometimes, quitting is for winners.

Showtimes
Friday, April 27th 1a & 1:30a ET
Sunday, April 29th 12:30a ET

For more information about Jump Shipp including photos and videos visit Halogen TV

Waltons Cast Favorites Marathon

Did you ever wonder which Waltons episodes were the cast favorites? Well so did we…which is why we put together a marathon featuring all of their favorites.

Don’t miss the Waltons Cast Favorites Marathon Friday, April 20th starting at 7p ET.

7p – The Anniversary

Favorite Episode of Olivia (Michael Learned)

John and Olivia spend their 25th anniversary in a gazebo under the stars.

8p – The Gift

Favorite Episode of Jason (Jon Walmsley)

Guest Star Ron Howard. He wants to join his father’s band even though he has been diagnosed with leukemia.

9p – The Burn Out

Favorite Episode of Erin (Mary McDonough) and Elizabeth (Kami Cotler)

The Walton Home Burns and the children are split up with neighbors as John rebuilds.

11p – The Star

Favorite Episode of Ben (Eric Scott) and Jim Bob (David Harper)

A mysterious star crashes through the Baldwin sister’s roof and Grandpa think it means he’s going to die.

12a – The Abdication

Favorite Episode of Mary Ellen (Judy Norton)

News comes that England’s King will leave the throne for love and a movie crew arrives on Waltons’ Mountain.

A Network Television Premiere

A minister undergoing a crisis of faith stumbles into a mystery when he returns to his small hometown, Kipling. Corbin Bernsen, from LA Law and Psych, wrote and directed Rust in which he stars as James Moore, who has turned his back on his religious calling. When he returns to Kipling, he discovers that a childhood friend has been convicted of setting a fire that killed a family–but Moore can’t believe his friend could have done it.

As he digs into the events, he starts to rediscover a sense of purpose–but will he uncover the truth in time?

An Amazing True Story

This eye-opening story follows abolitionist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) as his passion and perseverance lead him to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century.

In a time of personal crisis, Wilberforce is inspired and encouraged in his long fight to abolish slavery by the former slave ship master, John Newton (Albert Finney), who wrote the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace” following his conversion to Christianity. As a zealous believer in God and a British member of Parliament, Wilberforce battled through discouragement and illness for two decades to end the slave trade in England.

Celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas!

Gather the family for a heartwarming celebration. The INSP countdown to Christmas features back to back lineups of your favorite classics…a gift of music, love and laughter celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.

Making your merry Christmas merrier! Starting December 23rd at 12:30p ET!

Schedule:

1:30p – The Brady Bunch: The Voice of Christmas

Carol develops laryngitis and may not be able to sing at Christmas services, prompting Cindy to ask a department store Santa for a miracle. Meanwhile, the older siblings decide that, given Carol’s illness, Christmas should be postponed until she gets well, leading Alice to teach them the true meaning of Christmas.

2p – The Waltons: The Children’s Carol

The Children’s Carol tells of a time when all the sounds and events of the world speak against the holiday. London is being bombed, the evil of Nazi rule is spreading across Europe, and the war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain.

4p – A Town Without Christmas

Starring Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk, Rick Roberts and Ernie Hudson. A child’s letter to Santa Claus captures the nation’s attention and brings the boy and his divorcing parents closer together as they re-discover the spirit of Christmas and the strength of their family bond.

6p – The Christmas Secret

Starring Richard Thomas and Beau Bridges. A College professor becomes obsessed with proving that reindeer can indeed fly. His research takes him to Alaska. What he finds there is both amazing, curious, and points the professor to the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas.

8p – The Waltons: The Children’s Carol

The Children’s Carol tells of a time when all the sounds and events of the world speak against the holiday. London is being bombed, the evil of Nazi rule is spreading across Europe, and the war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain.

11p – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Mike’s Dream – A Christmas Tale

Guest Star Diane Ladd – On Christmas Eve, Dr. Mike’s adoptive children’s biological mother Charlotte Cooper, who died at the onset of the series, returns and takes Dr. Mike on a journey through Christmases past, present and future. Meanwhile, feuding in-laws search for the pregnant bride and her groom, who married against their families wishes.

12a – The Perfect Gift

A spoiled schoolgirl, her overworked executive mother, and a disillusioned young minister each receives an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a kind, but mysterious drifter named Jess.

Wind At My Back from the very beginning

They were desperate times for families everywhere. A mother fights against all odds to keep her family together.

A saga of struggle, courage, and family. Watch Wind At My Back from the very beginning on March 11th starting at 1p ET on INSP!

Wind At My Back Marathon Lineup:

1p – Four Walls and a Roof – Part 1

Faced with Bankruptcy, Honey and Jack Bailey are forced to move their family to New Bedford and live with Jack’s estranged family. But tragedy strikes when Jack is accidentally killed and Honey is turned away by her mother-in-law, May Bailey. She is forced to give up her children when they are divided amongst relatives.

2p – Four Walls and a Roof – Part 2

Hub and Fat Bailey try to come to terms with living with their fierce Grandmother, May Bailey and her kindly daughter Aunt Grace while Honey finds work in another city. The boys try to run away and live in hiding at the Bailey summer cottage. Hub almost kills himself when he splits his leg with an axe and May must finally come to terms with allowing the boys to visit their mother.

3p – No Way of Telling

Hub and Fat fantasize about making a fortune so they can be reunited with their mother, but with sobering conclusions. They come face to face with the down-on-their-luck vagrants; victims of the Depression whom they fear are murderers. Meanwhile, Honey’s attempts to save money become all tied up in her brother Joe’s dreams. She loses everything. Honey and the boys learn there is “no way of telling who is good and who is bad in this world.”

4p – A Family of Independent Means

Honey is forced to realize her limitations when she is fired and is unable to find another job. She realizes she is deceiving herself at ever being independent. Her boys try their hand at earning money in hopes of softening their mother’s plight and become caught up in winning the prize at the local Fall Fair’s Human Pyramid only to lose everything by missing the event when Aunt Grace gets lost driving them to visit their mother.

Starring Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis and Bruce Dern

Clayton Driscoll was an assistant boy’s basketball coach when he accepted his first official coaching assignment in the tiny, backwater Oklahoma town of Middleton. Upon discovering that the team he is set to coach is a girl’s team, Clayton’s enthusiasm immediately sours.

The group of strong-willed young women on the team fight for equality and a share of the dream taking on the town prejudice and their own self doubt. Believe in Me is a heart-warming story of a team, a town, and a man who wouldn’t give up.

Getting the girls to believe in themselves is half the job – finally believing in himself is the rest.

Saddle up Saturday Marathon on INSP

Hunker down for all the six shootin’, bronco busting action this Saturday.

Don’t miss back-to-back classic westerns on Saturday, March 10th starting with Bonanza at 6p ET followed by The Big Valley at 10p ET.

Saddle Up Saturday Lineup:

6p – Bonanza: The Hopefuls

Jacob Darien is leading his family of Quakers through Virginia City, when he is accosted by town roughnecks. Adam Cartwright steps in with the help of his new traveling companion, Sam Bord. Adam offers to escort the wagon train across the Ponderosa, unaware that Sam is planning a robbery.

7p – Bonanza: Showdown

Sam Kriby, a young bank robber, decides to get a job at the Ponderosa ranch with the Cartwrights in an attempt to prevent the local Sheriff from learning the whereabouts of his accomplices—known as the feared Pardo gang.

8p – Bonanza: Desert Justice

When a brutal U.S. Marshal arrests one of the Ponderosa’s workers for murder and plans to transport him to Los Angeles for trial, a doubtful Hoss and Adam come along in the stagecoach, along with a Dr. and his beautiful daughter, to make sure the Marshal doesn’t kill him before they get there.

9p – Bonanza: The Avenger

Hoss and Joe desperately look for a way to prevent brother Adam and Ben from being hanged for a crime. A stranger, Lassiter, comes to town in an attempt to find the truth and prove Adam and Ben’s innocence.

10p – The Big Valley: Boy into Man- Guest stars Richard Dreyfus, Diane Ladd

15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings and repeatedly turns down all the offers of help from the Barkleys. He is also refusing any help in the effort to who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.

11p – The Big Valley: The Brawlers- Guest Star Claude Akin

Irish immigrants claim a section of land on the Barkley ranch which they insist they bought and paid for in San Francisco. Their leader and Nick clash immediately, Heath on the other hand is sympathetic and thinks they are honest people who are mistaken and not squatters.

12p – The Big Valley: The 25 Graves of Midas- Guest Star Anne Baxter

Nick and Heath travel separately to a mining town to investigate a tragedy at a collapsed mine they partly own. When Nick arrives, he finds a town still in pain from the collapse and Heath in jail due to a case of mistaken identity.

1p – The Big Valley: The Long Ride

While in High Ridge visiting a friend, Audra witnesses three murders and goes into shock. Victoria brings her back to Stockton via stagecoach and the trip home is a test of wills between the passengers and a mysterious stranger who follows the coach.

Starring Angelina Jolie, Dana Delaney, John Schneider and Michael York.

Based on a true story, this Civil War-era epic centers on the exploits of Sarah Ashby McClure (Dana Delany) and her sister Euphemia (Annabeth Gish) as they try to make their way on the male-dominated West Texas plains.

When their home is threatened by Mexican forces and Native American warriors, the sisters lead their family and friends to safety.

In the face of adversity, the sisters discover their inner strength and the strength of their family bond is strong enough to endure any obstacle put in their path.

Be our Sweetheart and watch INSP on Valentine’s Day!

All your favorite characters experiencing the ups and downs of love.
Valentine’s Day on INSP starting at 12p ET!

INSP Valentine’s Day Romantic Lineup

12p – The Waltons: The Love Story

John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas) finds himself in love for the first time when a young girl in need of love and attention returns to her remarried father’s home on Walton Mountain.

1p – The Waltons: The Matchmakers

John Walton, helps Cupid when shy and lonely Ike Godsey takes a liking to his cousin Corabeth. Is Walton’s Mountain about to lose its most eligible bachelor?

2p – Wind at my Back: The Agony Column

Grace is left in charge of Max’s radio show when he has to attend a meeting. After a guest cancels, Grace reluctantly reads from a magazine love column, disguising herself as a New York psychologist “Dr. Veronica Love.” Her alter-ego is an instant hit with New Bedfordites. Before the truth can be told, Dr. Love is schedule to attend a charity luncheon and appear nightly on CRNB and address the many love-related problems of the town.

3p – The Big Valley: Winner Lose All

Guest Star Katharine Ross – Heath falls in love with Maria who is returning home from school in the East. She is the daughter of Don Alfredo, a Spanish land owner and nobleman, who is in a property dispute with a neighbor. Don Alfredo also believes that Heath’s lineage is impure and the dispute soon endangers the romance.

4p – Little House on the Prairie: The Love of Johnny Johnson

Laura has a crush on a new boy in school named Johnny Johnson; however, Johnny is interested in Mary, who finds no interest in him. Laura believes Mary is trying to steal him from her, and they fight about it while Charles tries to keep the peace.

5p – The Brady Bunch: The Honeymoon

Mike and Carol’s Wedding Day festivities progress smoothly until the girl’s pet cat Fluffy and the boy’s dog Tiger wreak havoc on the family-blending ceremony. Mike and Carol commence their honeymoon by scolding their children, leaving everyone feeling uneasy about the day’s events until Mom and Dad come up with a way to patch things up.

5:30p – The Brady Bunch: Alice’s September Song

Alice is swept off her feet by an old flame named Mark Millard and Sam the butcher (her usual bowling date) smells a rat. With the help of Mr. Brady, he wins back his “favorite little lamb chop.”

6p – Happy Days: Be My Valentine

Guest Star: The Brady Bunch’s Christopher Knight- It is Valentine’s Day, and at Arnold’s, as the gang exchange cards and gifts, Joanie daydreams about the romantic songs that they could sing to each other.

6:30p – Happy Days: They Call it Potsy Love

Potsie contends he can’t properly sing a love ballad unless he has a real girl to sing to, so the boys persuade Joanie to sit in while he sings to her during rehearsal. Joanie is mesmerized by the song and seeks to reveal her love to Potsie.

7p – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: What is Love?

Feuds and jealousies are aroused when the townsfolk begin trying out for roles in a rustic production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike’s plans to spend the entire day alone with Sully are dashed when he is called to Denver for an Indian Affairs meeting.

8p – Just a Walk in the Park

Starring George Eads, Jane Krakowski, Brenda Vaccaro- A dog-walker is invited to house-sit a penthouse apartment for one of his rich clientèle. While there he meets a dog-loving neighbor and sparks fly. The only trouble is that she assumes he is the rich owner of the apartment, an assumption that this romeo is hesitant to correct.

10p – Little House on the Prairie: The Spring Dance

Caroline is puzzled when her plan to provoke Isaiah Edwards(Victor French) to jealousy doesn’t result in an invitation to the annual spring dance for his anxious gal, Grace Snide rand things look bleak until Charles reminds her what happened when she tried the same tactic with him years before.

11p – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Best Friends

When Sully doesn’t ask Dr. Mike to the Sweethearts Dance, and she sees him visiting Dorothy, her suspicions grow, and Dr. Mike feels betrayed by her new friend and the man she thought cared for her. Meanwhile, Colleen tries to help her friend Becky, but she is instead accused of stealing Becky’s boyfriend.

12a – The Big Valley: Day of the Comet

Audra comes upon a man she finds camping out on Barkley land. She is intrigued by his cynical, poetic manner and befriends him. Audra soon learns he is being pursued by men out of his past.

1a – The Big Valley: The Velvet Trap

Nick Falls for a mysterious woman, not knowing she is a gunslinger’s lady-friend. The outlaw is in relentless pursuit of the woman and intent on revenge for her leaving him. When Nick stands between the two, it may cost him his life.

Starring Jane Krakowski, George Eads, and Brenda Vaccaro

Adam (George Eads) makes his living as a dog walker for the wealthy New Yorkers who live near the Central Park district. So dedicated is Adam to his work that his family and friends are worried that he will never emerge from his professional shell and find a suitable wife.

At present, Adam is apartment-sitting for one of his best customers, millionaire executive A.J. Preston. While thus employed, the hero “meets cute” with fellow dog fancier Rachel (Jane Krakowski), who jumps to the obvious conclusion and assumes that Adam and A.J. Preston are one and the same. Smitten by Rachel and afraid to tell her the truth, Adam keeps up the charade until he is forced to reveal his real identity.

Based on the novel by the Best Selling Author Jim Stovall

In what seems to be the final days of their already strained marriage, Stanley and Lisa Walters (Jason London & Meredith Salenger) are presented with a strange gift – an old oil lamp from a far off land.

Along with the lamp comes a mysterious messenger (Louis Gossett Jr) and a question that causes them to search the depths of their hearts for what’s truly important in life.

If you could have anything you wanted, what would YOU ask for?

Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen and Bruce Dern.

All Systems are “go” for Charles Farmer. He’s faced bank foreclosure, neighborhood naysayers and a government alarmed by his huge purchase of high-grade fuel, but now he is ready to blast into space with his homemade rocket he built in his barn.

Billy Bob Thornton portrays Charlie in this charmer about chasing dreams…and about what it means to be a family.

10,000 pounds of rocket fuel alone can’t lift Charlie into the heavens. He needs a launch/recovery crew, and he has one of the best: his wife and children, dreamers all. They have liftoff. Our spirits uplift. The Astronaut Farmer reminds us that gravity cannot hold down our dreams.

Starring Kimberly Elise, Nicole Ari Parker and Camryn Manheim

A Story of courage, strength, and perseverance.

The touching story about the true life of Loretta Claiborne, a world class athlete. Loretta, whom did not walk or talk until she was four, faced ridicule and humiliation while growing up.

Her hard-working mother, refuses to cater to Loretta’s shortcomings and instead nurtures her daughter’s fighting spirit.  Picked on at school and resented by her pretty older sister, Loretta sometimes resorts to using her fists in frustration. In grade school, a teacher encourages Loretta to excel in running, the one activity that brings her joy. 

She starts to win track meets and everything seems fine. But There are still many problems she faces as she goes on through life…

Out on the prairie it is all about hard work, tenacity, and football!

On Super Bowl Sunday, celebrate the biggest game of the year with INSP’s Little House Tailgate Party.

Before you get pulled into the big game, get your prairie on with some of Walnut Grove’s most legendary rivalries.

Insp’s Little House Tailgate Party, Sunday February 5th starting at 1p ET!

The Schedule

1p – Founder’s Day

When Walnut Grove’s Founders Day celebration comes around, the entire town is looking forward to the games and activities. However, as the day wears on, the citizens of the town are about to see how competitive Charles and an aging stranger can be.

2p – The Race

After earning money to have her horse shod for the annual race, Laura learns that the Oleson’s have purchased an expensive racehorse for Nellie. On the day of the big race, everyone else withdraws because of the Oleson’s animal, leaving Laura and her tired horse to race Nellie and her high-stepping speedster.

3p – The Winoka Warriors

Guest Stars John Ireland, Merlin Olsen, and Patrick Labyorteaux -Young Tom Carlin is convinced that his blindness makes him useless, and his father Frank Carlin (John Ireland), sees no reason to educate the lad – until he takes part in one of history’s strangest football games between rich kids and poor kids.

4p – Fight Team Fight!

A former football star, settles back into his childhood town of Walnut Grove with his wife and son, and he shows an active interest in coaching the boys’ football team. Although his intentions are good, he ends up overexerting the kids with long practices and a philosophy that values winning at all costs.

Starring Sean Astin, Ned Beatty and Jon Favreau.

A true story inspiring fans worldwide

Rudy is an account of the life of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.

It appeared as though all the odds were against Rudy achieving his dream: his grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players.

Encouraged by his persistence and spunk, Rudy inspires the team and is allowed to dress for one game where he is triumphantly carried off the field by his fellow teammates.

Starring Mariel Hemmingway and Chris Sarandon.

From the beloved author of Little Women comes the classic tale of two street kids.

One who becomes the recipient of a kind benefactor and the other who goes on the run on the street. The first gets taken to a school run by kindly teachers where he learns virtue and honesty. When the second boy arrives at the school, he encourages destructive behavior.

Can Jo’s school endure the problems and help the street-boy change his ways?

It’s time to celebrate with America’s favorite family!

Be there to experience the wedding of Olivia Walton and the graduation of John-Boy in this back to back New Year’s eve Wedding and Graduation event starting at 8p ET!

The Waltons: The Graduation

The Walton family spends a great deal of money to purchase a new suit for John-Boy’s high school graduation. But when their cow suddenly dies, the Waltons desperately need money. Will John-Boy stubbornly hold on to his graduation suit, or will he do the Right Thing and sell it back?

The Waltons: The Wedding

Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding. Dr Curtis Willard arrives to be the town doctor. Mary Ellen begins to have second thoughts about her engagement. What will Mary Ellen do? Who will she marry…if anyone at all?

Starring Richard Thomas as John-Boy, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Will Geer and Ellen Corby.

The series comes home to INSP!

INSP welcomes Little House on the Prairie to the family with a viewers’ choice marathon on New Year’s Day.

You won’t want to miss a single episode. Discover the inspiring, unconquerable courage of the Ingalls family in these exciting and touching adventures starting at 1p ET on New Year’s Day!

The Schedule

1p – Country Girls

Mary and Laura begin school at Walnut Grove. While Caroline must deal with the snippy Harriet Oleson, the rich part-owner of Oleson’s Mercantile, Laura must deal with her spoiled daughter, Nellie. As one problem winds into another, Laura finds a difficulty greater than dealing with Nellie: a looming essay for Parents’ Day causes worry for little Laura, who wants to give a beautiful essay, but is unable to write the words on paper. When she finds that she can only write a few words, she makes up a speech about her Ma, which has a great effect on her family. It is her speech that truly shows the closeness of the Ingalls family.

2p – The Lord is my Shephard Part 1 & Part 2

Guest star: Ernest Borgnine
The Ingalls family is delighted by the birth of a new baby boy, Charles Fredrick Ingalls. Unfortunately, Laura becomes jealous and refuses to pray for her new brother’s good health. Mercifully, Laura’s prayer is answered when the young boy dies soon afterward and Laura is crushed with guilt. Following a sermon by Reverend Alden about miracles, she decides to run away and pray for a miracle. Believing that her late brother meant more to her father than herself, she pledges herself to God on a mountain offering to take his place in Heaven so that the baby may come back to life. With the help of a heaven-sent stranger, she realizes how much she really means to her father.

4p – Christmas at Plum Creek

When Christmas comes around, all the Ingallses are caught up in the secrecy and excitement. Charles and Mary take secret jobs to obtain a gift for their loved ones. Laura meanwhile is left out of the fun when she can’t find anything to give or any way to raise money. While she succeeds in making the Christmas a memorable experience for everybody by selling her beloved horse Bunny to Nels Oleson so she can buy Ma a stove. Carrie remembers the true meaning of Christmas.

12a – The Richest Man in Walnut Grove

Hansen’s Mill closes when a major customer declares bankruptcy, leaving Lars unable to pay Charles two months’ back pay. The Ingallses have a large tab at the Mercantile, forcing the family into a spirit of cooperation and sacrifice to pay off the bill. The whole family pitches in: Mary sews to earn money, Caroline helps with the farm work, and Charles finds work digging a well. On the day Charles presents the funds due, Nels remarks how mightily impressed he is by the family’s resolve.

1a – The Collection

Guest stars: Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
When Rev. Alden falls ill while collecting, ex-convict Caleb Hodgekiss offers to collect the money himself. However, Hodgekiss is actually scheming to keep the money for himself, until he sees how the money is intended to be used.

Be sure to watch Little House on the Prairie weekdays at 4p, 9p, and 10p ET on INSP!

Celebrate Christmas with Dr. Mike, Sully, and the whole family!

Two fan favorite Christmas episodes from the beloved series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman are sure to put you and your family in the Christmas spirit!

A First Christmas

Guest Star Tricia Yearwood – As Colorado Springs prepares for the Christmas season, Loren fears that a new Jewish immigrant and his family will put him out of business by undercutting his high prices. Loren warns that “these people” are bad for their town. Dr. Mike begins to wonder what has happened to the true meaning of Christmas.

Fifi’s First Christmas

As the town prepares for Christmas, Dr. Mike receives an unexpected gift from her mother – a miniature poodle named Fifi who raises havoc throughout Colorado Springs. Meanwhile, the Reverend Johnson runs into difficulty recruiting townsfolk for the living Nativity he wants to stage to celebrate the holiday.

Starring Henry Czerny, Colette Stevenson, Aiden Devine, Richard Donat, and Ken James

Promise the Moon is the story of rugged ranch hand, Roy Leckner (Henry Czerny), who tries to fulfill his employer’s dying wish to find his long lost son, bring him home and groom him to run the family’s failing cattle ranch. Roy locates the young man (Shawn Ashmore) who he discovers has been institutionalized since birth.

When the town’s local businessman, Sir Robert Butler, plots to take over the property, it looks like Roy has little chance of saving the ranch. However, Butler’s former secretary, Jane Makepeace (Colette Stevenson), joins forces with Roy to battle her greedy ex-employer.

Rescuing the boy from the insanity of an institution and teaching him cattle ranching forges an awkward liaison between the two. Despite their attempts to maintain their distance, a romance blossoms between Roy and Jane.

One boy’s letter to Santa…

…changes “A Town Without Christmas”

Starring Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk, Rick Roberts, and Ernie Hudson.

In the little town of Seacliff, Washington, a kid known only as “Chris” writes a letter to Santa that captures the nation’s attention. It seems “Chris” has plans to leave this world by Christmas so he will no longer be a burden to his divorcing parents. A race begins to find him before he harms himself.

M. J. Jensen (Patricia Heaton), a smart and serious TV reporter, is assigned to the story by her competitive boss (Ernie Hudson). On her way to Seacliff she meets David Reynolds (Rick Roberts), a struggling writer returning to his hometown for his own reasons.
Once in Seacliff, M. J. and David discover that “Chris” isn’t the only kid with a family in turmoil. In fact, the whole town is embroiled in the very public battle between the Mayor and his wife over the annual Christmas pageant.

Seacliff has fallen on hard times and the Mayor has canceled the event, saying he doesn’t have the funds to support it. His wife believes the pageant is imperative, because you can’t have “…a town without Christmas!”

When M. J. and David join together to find “Chris,” they’re supported by an interesting cast of characters…all with a striking resemblance to an unlikely angel named Max (Peter Falk)!

In the search for the missing boy the residents and visitors to Seacliff may just rediscover the true spirit of Christmas – and the strength of family bonds!

Starring Richard Thomas, Taylor-Anne Reid, Maria Pitillo, and Beau Bridges

As a child, Jerry McNeal (Richard Thomas) was rescued from certain death by a creature he described as a flying reindeer.

Now an adult and a professional zoologist, Jerry is determined to prove that reindeer with the power of flight do, indeed exist! In pursuit of this mission, however, Jerry winds up neglecting his wife, Debbie (Maria Pitillo), and daughter, Grace (Taylor-Anne Reid).

Ultimately, Jerry’s obsession takes him to the North Pole where a jovial elfin chap named Nick (Beau Bridges) may or may not be able — or willing — to satisfy our hero’s insatiable curiosity.

In this magical story Jerry sets out to prove that reindeer can fly, and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family, and Christmas.

Before we knew them well…

…they were Young Whippersnappers on the wild, western frontier in one of America’s favorite TV dramas.

At one point or another, these young “stars” made a guest appearance alongside your favorite characters.

Whippersnapper is a term used to describe a young, bold person.

Watch the INSP Young Whipper Snappers Marathon on Friday, November 25th starting at 2p ET!

The Schedule

2p – MILTON BERLE as Josiah Freeman
A Flock of Trouble

Nick is tricked into winning a flock of sheep in a card game. His first instinct is to get rid of them immediately, but his neighbors’ reactions start to rankle and he finds himself increasingly unable to back down as a matter of principle.

3p – ADAM WEST as Major Jonathan Eliot
In Silent Battle

War hero Jonathan Eliot intrigues Audra, but her brothers feel there is something strange about him. Little does she know, he is an emotionally troubled and dangerous man, with delusions of what a woman should be.

4p – REGIS PHILBIN as Reporter
The Challenge

Victoria and her long-time friend, Senator Bannard, fall victim in a plot by a rival politician bent on using an innocent photo to end her friend’s career. Victoria sets out to expose the source of the deception and restore her integrity.

5p – CHARLES BRONSON as Tate
Earthquake!

Victoria, a surly ex-Barkley ranch hand, and a pregnant Indian girl fight for survival when an earthquake traps them in a church cellar. When it is found that the cellar may connect to tunnels from a closed up Barkley gold mine, not all the searchers really want the rescue to succeed.

6p – LESLIE NIELSEN as Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway
Town of No Exit

Heath arrives in a dying desert town, only to find himself a visitor in a madhouse. His hosts are five deranged people who play bizarre and deadly games with their infrequent guests. Heath’s role in their hellish fantasy: the accused–on trial for violating a woman and murder.

7p – WILLIAM SHATNER as Brett Skyler
A Time to Kill

Jarrod has an old friend from law school pass through Stockton who has ample funds, no job and time on his hands. A Secret Service agent soon follows and tells Jarrod his friend’s “income” is suspected to come from bank robbery and counterfeiting-Jarrod tries to unearth the truth.

8p – RON HOWARD as Tommy
Night of the Wolf

Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf and, believing he is going to die, leaves Stockton without any explanation to the family. His journey leads him to re-examine his life and attitudes-and the help of a woman and her son give him hope for the future.

9p – RICHARD DREYFUS as Lud Akely
Boy Into Man

Also Guest stars Diane Ladd- 15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings and repeatedly turns down all the offers of help from the Barkleys. He is also refusing any help in the effort to find the mother who abandoned them.

11p – DENNIS HOPPER as Leon Grell, Cloris Leachman as Fay
Plunder at Hawk’s Grove

Also Guest Stars Cloris Leachman- Heath is sent to a town threatened by a potential dam break. When the townspeople are forced to abandon their property, Heath is left in charge of a few men to protect against looters. As greed challenges the hearts of the men they make a plan to challenge Heath.

12a – GEORGE KENNEDY as Jack Thatcher
Barbary Red

Also Guest Stars Jill St. John- Nick celebrates his birthday at a waterfront saloon where he is drugged and shanghaied for sea duty. Jarrod suspects an old client of his, beautiful Barbary Red, is behind Nick’s disappearance. Eugene and Heath help him investigate his hunch.

1a – BRUCE DERN as John Weaver
The Prize

While returning to the ranch with a horse he just purchased, Heath becomes side tracked and ends up taking home a baby after the mother dies. The father, an outlaw, eventually heads for the Barkley’s to take custody-and into a bounty hunter’s trap.

The series comes home to INSP!

Starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Lindsay Greenbush

What began as the best-selling novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder became the most beloved pioneer family of all time.

Follow Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, and Carrie Ingalls as they settle into a quaint little house on the banks of Plum Creek, near the small town of Walnut Grove during the late 1800s.

Loyal fans – Relive the laughter, tears, and hardships of the Ingalls family as they plant their roots on the American Frontier.
New viewers – Discover the inspiring, unconquerable courage of the Ingalls family in these exciting and touching adventures! Experience timeless themes of love, morality, and rich family values that will capture your heart!

One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock…

jukeboxes…sock hops…poodle skirts…

…rockin’ and rollin’ all week long, those Happy Days are here again – on INSP!

Starring Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Tom Bosley, and Marion Ross, Happy Days revolves around Richie Cunningham and his family and friends living in 1950s Middle America.

Richie is a wholesome Jefferson High School student who will do anything to get a date! He and the guys spend plenty of time with the rest of the gang down at Arnold’s, the local burger joint.

Arthur Fonzarelli, better known as “the Fonz,” is just the opposite – a rough-around-the-edges, motorcycle riding, high school dropout famous for his slicked hair, leather jacket, and the catchphrase “Aaaayyyy!”

Join Richie and the gang for many hilarious, memorable, and classic adventures. Step back to a simpler time and relive the fun, music, and laughs of those good old Happy Days!

Here at INSP we are thankful for you!

To us you are family, and this Thanksgiving we saved a seat at our table just for you!

All day we are serving up special episodes of the The Waltons, The Brady Bunch, The Big Valley, and Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. Tune in Thanksgiving day starting at 1:30p ET on INSP!

Thanksgiving Day Marathon Schedule

1:30p – The Waltons: Grandma Comes Home

Grandma returns to Walton’s Mountain and Grandpa prays a prayer of thanksgiving at the dinner. *This is the last show in which Will Geer Grandpa appears.

2:30p – The Brady Bunch: The Un-Underground Movie

Greg is making a movie about the Pilgrims for school and involves the whole family. However, when the kids start arguing over what parts they want to play, Greg may be tempted to scrap the whole project.

3p – The Big Valley: Palms of Glory

Every property owner in the Valley is in danger of losing their land due to the legal trickery of a ruthless railroad baron who backs up his action with an army of 200 men. .Into this tense scene rides an iron-willed young man who defiantly tells the Barkley’s he is the “illegitimate son” of the dead family patriarch.

4p – The Big Valley: The Jonah- Guest Star Wayne Rogers

The Barkley’s hire a ranch hand to help bring-in the fruit harvest. The Man has the reputation of having bad luck follow him. After a series of mishaps the other ranch-hands want the man fired, but there is a surprise in store for everyone. *The main character prays on his knees to God for help to not have “bad luck” anymore. It is raining and it stops and a rainbow appears. Man says to Audra “You brought me a change of luck. Audra says: A change of faith.

5p – Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman: Thanksgiving- Guest Stars Johnny and June Carter Cash

While in Denver, Dr. Mike and Sully meet Kid Cole and Sister Ruth and invite them home for Thanksgiving, but they are waylaid by stage coach robbers en route, putting their four lives in danger. Back at the homestead, the children plan to surprise Mike and Sully with Thanksgiving dinner.

6p – Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Tempest

As Dr. Mike and the other residents of Colorado Springs are preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday and the grand opening of Preston’s new hotel, they are completely unaware that a dangerous storm is approaching which will threaten all their lives.

7p – The Brady Bunch: The Honeymoon

Mike and Carol’s wedding is a true family affair, complete with six children, two pets and a maid. And after the wedding ends in chaos, their honeymoon becomes a family affair too.

7:30p – The Brady Bunch: The Un-Underground Movie

Greg is making a movie about the Pilgrims for school and involves the whole family. However, when the kids start arguing over what parts they want to play, Greg may be tempted to scrap the whole project.

8p – The Waltons: The Thanksgiving Story

The anticipated joy of Thanksgiving turns to sorrow for the Walton family when John Boy suffers a head injury that prevents him from taking his college scholarship examination but also threatens his life.

10p- Inspiration Today

11p – Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman: Giving Thanks

Ignoring the spirit of Thanksgiving, Jake and Loren steal water from the Cheyenne’s “secret” water supply and then profit by bottling and selling it. They soon learn they should have listened to the Indians in the first place when their trespassing puts everyone in danger. Meanwhile, Sully and Dr. Mike take their first awkward courting steps.

12a- The Big Valley: Palms of Glory

Every property owner in the Valley is in danger of losing their land due to the legal trickery of a ruthless railroad baron who backs up his action with an army of 200 men. Into this tense scene rides an iron-willed young man who defiantly tells the Barkley’s he is the “illegitimate son” of the dead family patriarch.

One Man’s Quest to Save Christmas Inspires a Community

As World War I begins to take its toll on the country, Alfred Gilbert, a successful toymaker, is asked by the government to re-tool his factory to help produce goods for the war effort. The shift from toys to guns changed many things, including his community and himself.

Gilbert’s strength and faith are tested when he learns that his brother has been declared missing in action in the war. All this turmoil moves Gilbert to confront the government over plans to encourage people not to celebrate Christmas in order to save resources for the war effort.

Faith and perseverance help Gilbert to earn the name of The Man Who Saved Christmas when he reclaims the Christmas spirit in this humorous and heartwarming look at the uplifting powers of the holidays.

Starring Richard Thomas, Maureen O’Hara, and Annette O’Toole

Richard, Keri, and six-year-old Jenna are a loving family helping to make ends meet by acting as caretakers in an apartment building as Richard starts his brand new business. Keri learns about another caretaking position in one of the grand old homes in town and persuades Richard to accompany her on the interview.

Although stately homeowner Mary Parkin seems a bit aloof, she likes the young couple and offers them the position. Keri, Jenna, and Mary become good friends but Richard spends long hours hard at work and grows more distant.

When he finds an exquisitely carved Christmas box tucked away in the attic, containing letters that reveal a surprising clue to Mary’s past, a bond of affection finally develops between them.

In the busy weeks before the holidays, Richard learns a valuable lesson from Mary about the true meaning of Christmas and the special bond that a family shares.

An INSP Musical Presentation

Starring Jane Powell, Howard Keel and Jeff Richards

Millie is a young bride living in the 1850′s Oregon wilderness whose plan to civilize and marry off her six rowdy brothers-in-law to ensure the success of her own marriage backfires when the brothers, in their enthusiasm, kidnap six women from a neighboring town to be their brides.

Vowing to remain on their best behavior, the boys make no outward advances towards their reluctant female guests. The angry townsfolk come charging up the mountain, demanding the return of the stolen girls (who, by this time, have “tamed” their men). A happy ending is ultimately had by all in this delightful concoction.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is full of boisterous fun and romance that harkens back to the glory days of the movie musical.

Presenting the INSP Premiere of the Michael Landon, Jr. Film

Starring Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff and Logan Bartholomew

Following a treacherous westward journey, Missie and Willie LaHaye have set up a homestead where they’ve begun to raise a family. Their roots now firmly planted in the far West, Missie begins to realize her passion for teaching as Willie cares for the couple’s young daughter Kathy while expanding the family ranch with a little help from sons Jeff and Matthew.

When the frontier railroad comes to town, the joy of a long-promised visit from Missie’s father Clark is interrupted by a family tragedy.

When tragedy strikes, the faith and love of this family is challenged in a story you and your family will never forget!

We have everything we need. Will we do everything it takes?

Premiering this October, 58:The Film is the inspiring true story of the global Church in action. Witness bravery and determined faith in a journey from the slums of Kenya to the streets of New York. Confront the brutality of extreme poverty and meet those who live out the True Faith of Isaiah 58 and create stunning new possibilities for the future.

Travel from the sun-scorched plains of rural Ethiopia to British shopping centers, from Brazilian ganglands and the enslaving quarries of India to western churches, businesses and conferences.

58:The Film invites audiences to discover the incredible work of God through His people in our hurting world. Meet ordinary people, hear their stories, and see their struggles and their victories as 58:The Film shows the relentlessly loving God at work through His Church bringing hope to the darkest challenges of our day.

Experience eye-opening reasons to lift our expectations of the future.

We love Grandmas! And we henceforth declare October 12th “Hug Your Grandma” Day!

Now that’s cause for celebration! So don’t miss our marathon featuring the best episodes from America’s favorite Grandma!

And to help you celebrate – click the image below and send your Grandma a “HUG”!

The Schedule

1:30p – The Waltons: The House

Grandma challenges her Grandpa in a desperate emotional battle to hold on to the past.

2:30p – The Waltons: The Quilting

Mary Ellen stubbornly defies Grandma when she rebels against a solemn mountain custom.

3:30p – The Waltons: The Bequest

Grandma inherits some money and with it a host of heretofore unknown family problems.

4:30p – The Waltons: The Beau

A former suitor of Grandma’s learns of her widowhood and comes to visit her. Jim-Bob and Yancy Tucker go into business together.

5:30p – The Waltons: The Caretakers

Grandpa becomes upset with John, and his stubborn pride leads him to pack, take Grandma by the hand, and leave home.

6:30p – The Waltons: The Awakening

Grandma resents reaching the age of 68, and Mary Ellen resents being a little girl, fearing a boy to whom she is attracted will feel she is too young.

7:30p – A Walton’s Family Reunion: Part 2

In the fall of 2010 The cast members of

Presenting an INSP Special Series–Miracles Around Us

Real stories. Real people. Miracles Around Us is the ultimate reality television series that retells actual stories and documented cases where the lives and destinies of everyday people have been changed forever by events that defy most viewers’ personal experiences.

The shows are recreations of moments in the lives of otherwise unremarkable fathers, mothers, children, grandparents, and even family pets. Viewers will be fascinated by these accounts detailing instances when the predictable, scientifically plausible operation of the world was overruled, suspended, or otherwise altered dramatically.

Tune in for this special series and see how faith has touched the lives of these ordinary people to achieve the extraordinary.

An INSP premiere of the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Movie Event

Starring: Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Chad Allen, Erika Flores, Shawn Toovey, and Georgann Johnson.

Join Dr. Mike, Sully, and the whole family in this follow up to the beloved Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman series as they adventure to Boston for Colleen’s graduation from Harvard Medical School.

Having transferred from The Women’s Medical College to the male dominated university since the series finale, Colleen has to dig deep and overcome harsh criticism from the medical board and her own father-in-law who resents the fact that she continues to pursue medicine despite his misgivings as she works to actualize her dream of becoming a doctor.

Dr. Quinn’s strength and courage won her mother’s admiration, now she faces the biggest challenge of her life as she cares for her mother who is struggling to battle a fatal heart condition. Her mother leaves her estate to Michaela to start her own hospital in Colorado Springs presenting new opportunities and new challenges.

As a finale to the series, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within depicts the Cooper children finding their futures in Boston while Michaela returns to Colorado Springs to begin a new chapter in her life.

Starring John Wayne and Forrest Tucker

John Chisum, a virtuous, patriarchal, and aging land baron with an eventful past locks horns with greedy Lawrence Murphy, a malevolent land developer who will stop at nothing to take control of Lincoln County for his own personal gain.

Murphy’s men tip off cattle rustlers who devise a plan to steal Chisum’s horses. Chisum and his sidekick Pepper stop the bandits with help from a newcomer to the area, William Bonney, aka “Billy the Kid.” A notorious killer, Billy has been given a second chance by Chisum’s kind-hearted neighbor, rancher Henry Tunstall.

Murphy is buying up all the stores in town and using his monopoly to gouge prices. He also installs his own sheriff and deputies; and brings in a lawyer, Alex McSween, to shore up his team and make things nice and legal.

Chisum, Tunstall, Bonney and a nomad buffalo hunter named Pat Garret join forces to stand against the underhanded Murphy and his criminal band, and to protect the town and their ranch assets from his murderous greed.

Eventually McSween’s principles lead him to switch sides and join with Chisum and Tunstall. The two ranchers set up their own bank and general store in town under McSween’s control.

Don’t miss this classic western showdown between good and evil!

INSP wants to know…

“What kind of name is Zebulon?”

No matter how he got his name, there’s no denying that Grandpa Walton is the heart and soul of TV’s greatest family. INSP presents eight full episodes, taking a spin with the man behind the name!

7pm — THE STATUE

The one where Grandpa wins a statue in a church raffle. Grandma gets angry because the statue looks like Grandpa’s old girl friend and the family decides to throw the thing in Drucilla’s Pond.

8pm — THE INTRUDERS

The one where Grandpa convinces a rival lumber company to float its logs down the river. The Walton logs travel by road and arrive first, winning a contract that keeps the Waltons in business

9pm-11pm — THE CONFLICT (2-Hours)

The one where Grandpa leads the fight for the Walton clan in a land dispute with the government and goes nutty when John-boy gets shot.

11pm — THE SEPARATION

The one where Grandpa works for the Baldwin sisters to get money to pay the electric bill, but Grandma thinks he’s visiting the Baldwins for other reasons and the fireworks between them begin.

12am — THE LAST MUSTANG

The one where Grandpa’s tall tale of a wild mustang on Walton’s Mountain proves true. The horse is captured and Grandpa has to convince the law to set it free again.

1am — THE BIRTHDAY

The one where Grandpa has a mild heart-attack and wants John-boy to pick him out a tombstone. Meanwhile, Grandma insists that Grandpa’s bed is moved outside to a tent and he starts to feel much better.

Starring Academy Award® nominee Albert Finney with Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, and Aileen Quinn

This is the fun and thrilling film adaptation of the Broadway smash hit, which in turn was based on the perennial cartoon favorite, “Little Orphan Annie.”

Based on one of the most popular comic strips of all time and adapted from the smash Broadway musical, Annie is set in Depression-era New York City, where a spunky little girl lives in an orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan.

Annie’s hopes soar when multi-gazillionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to take in an orphan for a week to “upgrade his image.” Once she gets herself chosen, Annie and her adopted dog, Sandy, gradually charm Warbucks into adopting her…

But what she really wants is to find her real parents.

Warbucks’ search for Annie’s missing parents turns up only the villainous Rooster and his corrupt girlfriend, Lily, who conspire with Miss Hannigan to relieve Warbucks of both the girl and a hefty reward.

It is left to Sandy, the other orphans, and Daddy Warbucks to rescue Annie before it’s too late.

Starring: Florence Henderson, Robert Reed and Ann Davis

This is the story of Carol, a single mother of three girls – Marcia, Jan and Cindy – and architect Mike Brady, a single father of three boys – Greg, Peter and Bobby – who get married and blend the two families into one. Added to the mix are housekeeper Alice and dog Tiger. The Brady’s experience the same obstacles as any family, from adjusting to their new extended family, to sibling rivalry. The comedy series famous for its catchy theme song truly has become a pop culture icon, and is still enjoyed by viewers of all ages.

Starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker and Pernell Roberts.

The Cartwright’s thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of Ben Cartwright’s sons was born to a different wife, with none of the mothers still alive. Join Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe as they protect their ranch while helping neighbors and strangers through the many trials they face on the Nevada frontier. These were the days where family values and the fight for justice were backed up by six-guns that always had right on their side.

Mark Twain’s timeless classic of envy and discovery

Tom Canty is born in the London slums on the same day Edward Tudor is born in the ranks of royals, destined to be the King of England.

Tom has a difficult time remembering his last meal and lives to avoid confrontation with his father, yet dreams of life steeped in riches and creature comforts.

Edward, beloved son of the often-merciless King Henry VIII, dreams of playing with children his own age and to “clothe myself in rags and revel in mud, with no one to forbid it.”

One day Tom, running from his drunken father, slides unnoticed under the guarded gates and onto the grounds of the royal palace. He is met there by Prince Edward, who discreetly leads him through a side entrance and up to his stately room.

The two boys become fast friends, sharing their dreams and, in a purely whimsical act, exchange clothes. They stand in front of a mirror and are truly amazed … they cannot tell each other apart.

Other than the smudge of dirt on his face, Tom looks exactly like the Prince did before they exchanged clothes and the Prince looks like Tom would have had he never gone out to play!

In a moment of carpe diem, the Prince heads for an open window. “Let us enjoy this opportunity,” Prince Edward announces. “You are the Prince until I return.”

The Prince is thrust into the street and immediately forced into a slum life, including hunger, John Canty’s wrath, and improper imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.

Tom encounters bars of a different kind. The gates around the palace serve as jail to a young boy whose every movement is choreographed, observed, and judged.

Will the Prince overcome John Canty’s wrath and the skepticism of those who label him a liar when he professes his true identity?

When the king dies will Tom be able to continue his masquerade as Prince, while fending off the nefarious Lord Hertford?

The final chapter of the “Little House” saga.

Starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle, Dean Butler, Victor French

The citizens of Walnut Grove learn that land swindlers are about to take over the town. Without legal grounds to fight, the citizens decide that while the swindlers can have the land, they can’t have the town that’s on it!

Charles and Caroline Ingalls decide to celebrate his first vacation in two years, since taking his job in the big city, by paying a visit to Laura, Almanzo and granddaughter Rose in Walnut Grove.

On the train Charles accidentally steps into a luxury parlor car occupied by Nathan Lassiter and his henchman. The land baron is cordial, but immediately dismisses Charles to attend to the business at hand: he’s recently acquired the rights to the Mesabi iron range in Minnesota.

While he owns the land, there are several towns in the area that pose a problem. So, Lassiter sends his henchman ahead to Walnut Grove to scope out the town before going there himself to spring his surprise and claim all rights to the land underneath.

Once Lassiter arrives in town he promptly visits the Sunday church service and demonstrates his ownership of every square inch of dirt under Walnut Grove, announcing that with a U.S. Army regiment to back him up he’ll evict everyone who doesn’t go to work for him.

Laura expresses her frustration by smashing all the windows of her house so that Lassiter can’t get to them. This gives another town resident, who already works for the iron mines, an idea – Lassiter can have the land under Walnut Grove, but he won’t get one useful stick of the city.

Don’t miss this explosive, emotional finale to the Little House on the Prairie series.

At times you walk alone…

Nineteen-year-old Lisa Bishop and her boyfriend are packed and ready to drive away from Three Rivers for good.

But first Lisa stops to see the grandmother who raised her, Elizabeth Leroy Bishop, for money. Elizabeth doesn’t want Lisa to make a hasty move. She’s willing to give Lisa the money, as promised, but first the young woman will have to sit patiently as her grandmother tells the story of her life.

Having grown up in Three Rivers, Elizabeth insists the place was even more boring in the early 1950s. The daughter of the town doctor, Elizabeth had plans to leave town and pursue a more adventurous life.

Until her best friend Frances gently prods Elizabeth to take a greater interest in men, like next-door neighbor Will Bishop, who clearly is in love with her. But Elizabeth hasn’t the slightest interest in the opposite sex…

Then she is sent on an errand to greet the new associate minister at the railroad station; Ben Phillips is a dreamboat! When Elizabeth shows Ben around town there are undeniable sparks, and after some slow-moving, old-fashioned courting, they become an item.

But when Will Bishop, who has loved Elizabeth for years, finally works up the courage to propose marriage, but he is too late. Elizabeth, who thinks of Will only as a dear friend, is already madly in love with Ben and marriage seems to be in the immediate future.

Those plans are put on hold when Ben commits to serve as a military chaplain in Korea.

Will Elizabeth realize her dreams to leave Three Rivers? Will her story be enough to change Lisa’s mind? Will the hardships and sorrows of life destroy the dreams of these two women?

The Big Valley–An INSP Exclusive

Though wealthy and prestigious, the Barkleys use their power to help the less fortunate homesteaders who struggle to make ends meet and make a way on a piece of the new land.

This series is set in 1870s California, in the gorgeous San Joaquin Valley and chronicles Stockton’s richest and most powerful family, The Barkleys.

Victoria Barkley is the family matriarch, a strong-willed widow leading an adult brood in the management of the Barkley Ranch, which includes cattle, mines, citrus groves, and logging camps. Victoria’s close-knit family brood consists of four adult children: two sons Jarrod and Nick, daughter Audra, and step-son Heath.

Jarrod, a prominent lawyer, handles all of the family’s legal issues and manages his two law offices in Stockton and San Francisco. Nick, a strong, sturdy rancher, oversees the hands-on, day-to-day operations of the family’s holdings. Nick is aggressive, out-spoken, and at times hot-headed. Victoria’s youngest child is her beautiful daughter Audra. Audra is protected by all of the family members. Audra is very sensitive, caring, loves horses, and is a very talented rider.

Heath, Victoria’s step-son, helps Nick manage the family’s possessions. Heath tends to be quiet and reserved, yet sincere – standing up for what he believes in and proudly wearing the Barkley name.

The Barkley family members bond together like glue when troubles arise, and successfully face the challenges of land disputes, squatters, bank robbers, horse thieves, kidnapping, injuries, and illness. They share strong family values, joy, laughter, and the pain of heartache as they deal with life’s problems.

Starring Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Chad Allen, Erika Flores, and Shawn Toovey

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman has joined the INSP family. Be sure to watch weeknights at 7p & 11p ET.

With the combination of Jane Seymour and guest stars like Diane Ladd, Jane Wyman, Johnny Cash, John Schneider, and Kenny Rogers, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an exciting anchor to a truly inspiring new Fall Lineup on INSP! Seymour plays a strong-willed woman who is one of the first female physicians to practice on the American frontier.

In the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman pilot, Dr. Michaela “Mike” Quinn (Seymour), daughter of a doctor, leaves her stable life in Boston — answering an ad for a town doctor in Colorado Springs. The townsfolk are shocked, however, that the new medicine man is a woman.

Joe Lando plays Byron Sully, an enigmatic man whose closest companions are the Indians and a wolf. He becomes Mike’s friend as she struggles for acceptance. Allen, Flores and Toovey play three orphaned children adopted by Dr. Mike when their mother (guest star Diane Ladd) dies.

From the Producers of Wind at My Back

Love, Trust …The Power to Overcome

Twelve-year-old Christopher seeks a diversion from his mother’s new marriage by means of a wild black pony that runs through the valley – a relationship that ultimately brings the family closer together.

A tragic accident takes Sarah’s husband, leaving her family desperate and alone on the rugged Colorado pioneer. When the man responsible for the accident stands up for what’s right, Sarah arranges a marriage of convenience to provide for her family.

But twelve-year-old Christopher resents his new stepfather, the man responsible for his father’s accidental death, and withdraws…

…finding comfort in the unconditional love of a wild black pony that runs through the valley.

When Sarah refuses her son to have any more contact with the animal her new husband, seeking approval from Christopher, decides to purchase the pony against her wishes.

Sarah looks on this relationship with disfavor, until the horse saves Christopher’s life–an act of devotion that inspires the family and increasingly becomes the link between trust and family togetherness.

From the Producer of Anne of Green Gables!

The Antics and Misadventures of Sara Stanley

After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives in Prince Edward Island. While there, she must cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty & Olivia, and with the mischievous antics of her jealous cousins. Soon Sara must make a heart wrenching decision: whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father.

Through the combination of the episodes “The Journey Begins” & “Proof of the Pudding,” this digitally-mastered movie was created as an introduction to the award-winning “Road to Avonlea” series.

After her father is accused of embezzlement, Sara Stanley, a young socialite, is sent to live with her deceased mother’s relatives in Prince Edward Island. There she must adjust to life in the small rural town of Avonlea, learn to cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty and Olivia, and learn to get along with her cousins who become victims and cohorts in Sara’s antics and misadventures.

Everything comes to a head when the adults are called away and her older cousin, Felicity, is left in charge – not knowing what troubles will ensue.

While just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support.

~George Washington

“America’s Christian Heritage” is an original one-hour Inspiration Networks special focusing on the Christian history of the founding of our nation and the progression of those early attitudes and institutions. America was founded as a Christian nation by Christian men and women fleeing religious persecution in their homelands.

The earliest principles of democracy and freedom in America were based on the laws of God and the teachings of the Bible. Our systems of legislation and jurisprudence depended on the guidance of Almighty God, and our early leaders were vocal in their adherence to the Christian faith in matters of government.

“America’s Christian Heritage,” hosted by Janet Parshall, was shot on location in Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia. Feature segments include: the history of the Supreme Court; early Presidents; the Pledge of Allegiance; our founding Patriots; and the Constitutional Convention are just a few of the topics explored in depth.

The myth of Separation of Church and State is carefully explained, and some of America’s most renowned public figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are featured.

The road to Paradise is a journey of the heart

Starring Crystal Bernard and Brian Dennehy

In this inspirational family story a preacher named Debbie Laramie and her son, Hayden are sent from a big city “mega” church to Paradise, a small rural community that is in desperate need of direction.

The fact that the preacher is named Debbie only complicates things. Seeing that the town is stuck in complacency and turns its back on its neediest neighbors Debbie begins building a new vision for her congregation…

… A vision that embraces everyone, even the poor and outcast, and when Debbie invites Trevor Goodman, an elderly black man living on the streets, to sing at the church service she realizes the deep rooted veil of indifference may be too strong to lift.

But as the church begins to embrace Debbie’s methods, the congregation begins to find their own sense of inspiration, tolerance and consideration … then something happens that might cause the church’s charter to be revoked.

Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington

Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman

With Matthew Broderick, Andre Braugher, and Cary Elwes

Winner of three Academy Awards®, Glory is the story of the Union Army’s first black fighting unit in the American Civil War. The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was made up of black soldiers–some Northern freemen, some escaped slaves–and led by whites, including Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), the son of Boston abolitionists.

The unit faced virulent racism, not only from their Southern adversaries but from Northern whites who resisted arming black soldiers and doubted their ability to fight effectively. But in the bloody attack on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina, the members of the 54th distinguished themselves in an almost suicidal battle.

Their heroic actions helped throw open the gates of the Union Army to 180,000 blacks who risked their lives for emancipation and citizenship, and may have helped turn the tide of the war.

Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Stefanie Powers

George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky, who has been away at school for the last two years.

He’s also surprised to see that his wife Katherine has returned. She had left him some years before without really explaining what he had done, but she does make the point of saying that she’s returned to take their daughter back to the State Capitol with her.

“GW” is highly respected by everyone around him, including the farmers who are pouring into the territories with free grants of land – and the Indians, who are under threat of being relocated to another reservation.

Things take an uproarious turn for the “worst” when “GW” faces off, not only with his hot-tempered wife, but with his daughter and her suitors; homesteaders and cattlemen; and the government over land disputes with the local Comanche.

Between his wife, his headstrong daughter, the crooked land agent and the thieving government Indian agent, “GW” tries to keep the peace and do what is best for everyone.

“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.”

~Thomas Jefferson

But the freedom we enjoy in our country has come at a tremendous price—bought and paid for by the blood of courageous citizens.

“The Price of Freedom!” is an Inspiration Networks original patriotic special. Both inspirational and educational, this special features David and Barbara Cerullo on location at some of our nation’s most important monuments in Washington, DC.

Our nation’s capital is filled with memorials to those who have given their blood and tears…ingenuity and toil…sacrifice and selfless love…loneliness and heartbreak…as costly payments to secure our freedom. As gratitude for the liberty we enjoy, we must thank those who have gone before us; and we must continue to defend our precious freedom—whatever the cost.

Join David and Barbara for this inspirational look at our nation’s heritage and the challenges we still face us today!

Starring:

James Cagney, Walter Huston, and Joan Leslie

This movie biography was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and was the platform for James Cagney to dance and sing his way to a well-deserved Academy Award for his outstanding portrayal of Vaudeville composer and performer George M. Cohan.

Academy Awards, 1943
• Won: James Cagney – Oscar, Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Won: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD) – Oscar, Best Sound, Recording

• Won: Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld – Oscar, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

• Nominated – Oscar, Best Picture

• Nominated: Walter Huston – Oscar, Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Nominated: Michael Curtiz – Oscar, Best Director

• Nominated: George Amy – Oscar, Best Film Editing

• Nominated: Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph – Oscar, Best Writing, Original Story

The Story:
In the early days of WW II, Cohan comes out of retirement to star as US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a show titled “I’d Rather Be Right.”

On opening night he’s summoned to meet the President at the White House, where Cohan is presented with a Congressional Gold Medal (in fact, this happened several years previously). Cohan is overcome, and as he chats with Roosevelt he recalls his early days…
The film flashes back to Cohan’s birth on July 4 – while his father is performing on the Vaudeville stage.

Cohan and his sister join the family act as soon as they can learn to dance, and soon “The Four Cohans” are performing successfully. But George gets a bit cocky as he grows, and is eventually blacklisted by theatrical producers for being troublesome. He leaves the act and hawks his songs around unsuccessfully to producers.

In partnership with another struggling writer, Sam Harris, he finally interests a producer and they are on the road to success. During this time he meets and is married to Mary, a young singer/dancer.

As his star ascends, he persuades his now struggling parents to join his act, eventually vesting some of his valuable theatrical properties in their name. Cohan retires, but returns to the stage several times, culminating in the role that lands him in the presence of President Roosevelt.

As he leaves the White House, Cohan performs a dance step down the stairs (which Cagney thought up before the scene was filmed and performed with no rehearsal). Outside, he joins a military parade, where the soldiers are singing ‘Over There’. Not knowing that he’s the composer, they jokingly invite Cohan to join in, which he does.

Writers: Rod Peterson and Claire Whitaker
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Music: Alexander Courage.

Mary Ellen Walton gets married!

On Waltons Mountain our family ties were strengthened by hardship. The walls of our house protected us from wind and weather, and we managed somehow to survive grief, and illness, and disappointment. Who then could have believed we would find ourselves so defenseless against romance.

Mary Ellen and David Spencer, a young intern at Rockfish Hospital, quite unexpectedly announce they are getting married…the children are excited and Grandpa to shouts, ‘Whoopee!’

Later, during an engagement party, Dr. Curtis Willard pulls into the driveway and announces he’ll be the new doctor on Walton’s Mountain! He saw the need in The Blue Ridge Chronicle and jumped at the chance to start his own practice.

After convincing the committee (John-Boy, John, and Reverend Fordwick) that he has the cash for the down payment on Dr. Vance’s office and they hire him, Curt immediately gets off on the wrong foot!

When he realizes he needs help “sweet-talking” his patients, Curt asks Mary Ellen to help him at the office, and right away puts his foot into his mouth by telling Mary Ellen she’ll start by straightening out Dr. Vance’s “cock-eyed” filing system – Mary Ellen promptly informs him she organized the system!

Toward the end of the “Hard Luck Dance” fundraiser Curt asks Mary Ellen for one last dance. She hesitates, afraid of what people may say. “There’s nothing for people to talk about,” Curt says. Unless she feels the ‘chemistry’ that he feels. Curt kisses her as Erin watches from the bushes.

During the wedding rehearsal at the church Reverend Fordwick asks Mary Ellen if she will take David as her true and lawful husband. She is unable to say ‘I do’ and runs from the church confused, realizing that something is missing in her love for David. She gives back the engagement ring that David gave her.

What will Mary Ellen do? Who will she marry…if anyone at all?

We would always remember that day when our friends and neighbors gathered on the mountain at the site of the first Walton homestead. It somehow seemed fitting that the days leading up to Mary Ellen’s marriage had been filled with turmoil. All of us who knew and loved her had learned to expect the unexpected.

INSP is pleased to present…

A Walton’s Memorial Day Marathon

honoring America’s heroes with stories of courage, faith, and sacrifice. Join us as we pay tribute to those who gave their all for freedom.

DAY OF INFAMY – Starts 1p ET

It’s Christmas 1941 and Mary Ellen is planning to go to Hawaii to be with Curt. When the news of Pearl Harbor arrives, the family learns of Curt’s death.

THE TAILSPIN – Starts 2p ET

Jim Bob admits that he has been visiting recruitment offices in the area. In desperation at his son’s lying and back-talking John reluctantly signs his recruitment papers

THE VALEDICTION – Starts 3p ET

Jim Bob graduates as the class valedictorian and Erin learns that Ashley Longworth Jr. has married in London. All the Walton boys leave for the War.

THE TRIUMPH – Starts 4p ET

Jim Bob comes home on leave, they all gather at the Waltons to celebrate the end of the war in Europe.

THE LAST TEN DAYS – Starts 5p ET

Ben’s captor takes him on an unexpected trip and turns him in to the American forces. Jason decides to seriously court Toni and Ben calls Cindy. World War 2 ends.

THE FOX – Starts 6p ET

Grandpa likes to tell outlandish tales of his days with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American War, but balks at attending a reunion of the Rough Riders.

THE LEGEND – Starts 7p ET

John’s old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of Reckless.

THE HERO – Starts 8p ET

Acting on a suggestion of Grandma’s, John-Boy organizes a memorial to the Jefferson County Doughboys of WW I. Sheriff Ep Bridges, a decorated hero, shows little interest.

THE FIRST CASUALTY – Starts 9p ET

Dr. Curt Willard is drafted to serve in the US Medical Corps. G. W. Haines is killed in a training accident. Yancy Tucker excitedly announces that he is enlisting, only to be turned down because of flat feet.

Third movie in the Left Behind series!

President Gerald Fitzhugh lives in a different world – everyone does.

It has been a year and a half since the world was hit with the most widespread devastation it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation hundreds of millions of people simply vanished off the face of the earth. The world was in chaos like it had never been before.

One man rose to the challenge. One man had the strength and conviction to unite a shattered world. One man gave the world hope. That man was Nicolae Carpathia. Now he rules the entire world.

President Fitzhugh, like most of America, whole-heartedly supports Carpathia’s new global leadership – but there are those who do not.

Two unrelated groups, one a dangerous militia movement and the other an underground group of born-again Christians, each have their own plan to bring Nicolae down. Their reasons for resistance differ, but Fitzhugh has labeled both as dangerous terrorists and he’ll stop them without mercy.

Until an assassination attempt against Fitzhugh forces him to look closer at Nicolae and his new World Government. He coerces Buck Williams, an international journalist with an inside track to Carpathia, to help him. Buck is a Christian and believes that Nicolae is actually the prophesied Antichrist, but Fitzhugh wants facts – not stories.

With time running out both Fitzhugh and Buck must make the toughest decisions of their lives. Will Fitzhugh sacrifice the lives of millions to ultimately save America? Can Buck lead Fitzhugh to the real truth about Nicolae before it’s too late?

And after the smoke clears … who will survive World War III?

2 hour episode first aired September 20, 1979

Writers: Rod Peterson & Claire Whittaker
Director: Harry Harris
Music: Alexander Courage

“It was one spring day during the war that our mother came back to us, and with her arrival it seemed that everything began to look brighter. In Europe and North Africa the Allied forces were gaining strength; giving new hope to those of us on the home front. There were dark days still ahead, but for now it was peaceful on the mountain and my family rejoiced in being together again.”

When the Assistant Manager of the Pickett plant quits Erin Walton fills in, only to experience the glass ceiling when she asks JD to hire her permanently, with a big raise.

Meanwhile, Sheriff Bridges turns to John Walton, head of the Draft Board, when new recruit Tommy Satterfield goes AWOL. If Tommy doesn’t return, and soon, he’ll face jail time. John decides to confront the issue head-on and pay a visit to the Satterfields. When Tommy, who is hiding out back, finally comes out John persuades him to honor his duty to his country.

Later, news comes that the troopship taking Tommy overseas has been attacked and Tommy killed. Calvin, Tommy’s father, doesn’t take the news very well. Emboldened by whiskey Calvin heads to the Walton house, shotgun in hand, and threatens to kill one of John’s sons in revenge.

Olivia Walton brings an unexpected telegram with news that John-Boy, on active service with the Stars and Stripes, is posted as missing.

Will this change things for Calvin Satterfield? Will Calvin exact his revenge? Will John find a way to console another father and together confront their grief?

Don’t miss this moving portrayal of the hardship and heartache experienced by the families who loved and supported the heroes of our Greatest Generation.

In celebration of Dads everywhere!

Walton’s Fans Have Spoken!

Tune in to see which episode will be the Fan Favorite! Four special episodes of The Waltons, featuring John Walton, Sr. — ranked #3 on the “TV Guide Top 50 Dads of All Time” list!

THE HUNT – Starts 1p ET

The one where John-Boy joins the men on a turkey shoot, but he decides not to shoot the turkey and later has to shoot a bear to save his dad’s life.

THE CHOICE – Starts 2p ET

The one where John makes plans to expand the mill, thinking that when Jason leaves school he’ll join him full-time and call the business “Walton and Sons Lumber Yard”, but Jason has other plans.

THE BOY FROM THE CCC – Starts 3p ET

The one where the Waltons find a runaway boy from the slum area of New York City, and John helps turn the boy’s life around while also comforting Elizabeth when her raccoon dies.

THE PIN-UP … ?? – Starts 4p ET

THE LAST STRAW … ?? – Starts 4p ET

THE STRAY … ?? – Starts 4p ET

Which one will be the final episode?

Well, YOU helped us decide! So TUNE IN on Father’s Day – Sunday, June 19th and find out!

INSP is pleased to present…

From country girl to gospel superstar

On the anniversary of her death INSP remembers a legend; from her friendship w/ Elvis, through untold struggles, to the good times that build an amazing life.

An in-depth look at the life of one of music’s most celebrated artists. Follow Dottie’s journey to becoming a world renowned singer and songwriter; her commitment to sharing the Gospel and her life of ministry through music.

Dottie discovered early in life she had a gift for singing and songwriting. But when she told her parents of her desire to use her gift to share the Gospel, her alcoholic father forced her to leave home for good at the tender age of 12.

Years of struggle and commitment followed and Dottie Rambo became one of the 20th century’s most prolific songwriters, penning such beloved classics as “We Shall Behold Him,” “I Go to the Rock,” and “Build My Mansion.” Dottie’s story is an inspirational journey of overcoming obstacles and facing fears to honor the gifts she was given, and to bring hope and healing to the world through music.

Writers: Rod Peterson and Claire Whitaker
Director: Ralph Senensky
Music: Alexander Courage.

“Tonight we proudly welcome home Miss Ellen Corby as Grandma Walton.”

“A house alone has little meaning, it’s the people that live there who bring it to life and give it character. All during my grandmother’s absence our house, and everyone in it, seemed to long for her return. Grandpa never stopped hoping that she would come home, and finally there came a day when his prayers were to be answered”.

Grandpa is too excited to eat breakfast as he prepares to bring Esther home from the hospital. Mary Ellen explains that Grandma still cannot speak after her stroke. After Zeb leaves, the family prepares the house for Grandma’s return.

When Jason hears the truck’s horn blaring off in the distance he yells out, “Grandma is coming home!”

At the supper table Grandpa offers a prayer of rejoicing that he’s reunited with his wife. After supper, John joins his mother on the porch to remember his childhood with his brother Ben. John says, “There is nothing to be afraid of in silence. Just being near each other is what really counts.”

Later, after John, Zeb and Olivia have gone to town, Grandma answers the ringing telephone with Erin on the other end. When Erin hears nothing but mumbles she immediately calls Sheriff Bridges, asking him to find her parents.

Without anyone knowing, Jim Bob takes Grandma on a ride in the car he’s just fixed.

When John, Olivia, and Grandpa get Erin’s message and return home they cannot find Grandma. Jim Bob drives up with Grandma just as Elizabeth and Ben (covered with mud) arrive. John chides the children for not being responsible to care for their Grandma.
Esther unsuccessfully tries to explain that she is fine and enjoyed her ride in Jim Bob’s car.

As Olivia and Grandma snap green beans Esther tries to explain how she feels. Unable to understand Olivia finally hears, ‘Need me?’ and asks Esther, ‘You don’t think anybody needs you?’

Don’t miss this tender, heart-warming episode of The Waltons.

Great adversity ignites the human spirit.

Starring: Danny Glover, Ed Harris, John Malkovich, and Sally Field in the triumphant performance that earned her an Academy Award.

Set in 1935 Waxahachie, Texas, Places in the Heart tells the story of one woman’s fight for her family, her home, and her future.

When Sheriff Royce Spalding is accidentally killed by a drunken gunman, his wife, Edna, is suddenly thrust into the role of provider for her two small children, Frank and Possum. Then “Mose,” an out-of-work black man begging for every meal in the racist South, happens along with a scheme to plant cotton on her forty acres. It is the only chance Edna has to keep her family together.

Meanwhile, Mr. Denby, from the bank that holds the mortgage on the farm, is quick to extend a “hand of charity” to Mrs. Spalding by depositing his blind brother-in-law, Mr. Will, with her for safekeeping. A tornado offers their first challenge. Emerging from the storm cellar, blind Mr. Will asks “How bad is it?” “Well,” Mose responds, “everything’s a little bent, but it’s still here.”

Next, the bottom falls out of the cotton market and Edna’s only chance to make the mortgage payment is that she be first to bring her crop to the cotton mill and claim the $100 first prize. But in order to get there, she’ll have to face the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, which objects to Mose’s efforts to best a white man to the prize money.

It’s the season for New Life!

It’s the season of Triumphant Victory!

Bill Gaither hosts this Easter presentation featuring never-before-seen-on-TV footage!

Exclusively on INSP!

The Gaither Easter Marathon, featuring four popular Gaither Gospel Hour episodes, including Jerusalem, Israel Homecoming, Amazing Grace and Alaskan Cruise – Majesty. Guests include legendary performers and today’s top artists.

INSP and Gaither Productions are pleased to present this exclusive Easter weekend TV special featuring music and themes for The Passover. This four-hour marathon is filled with unique elements for exclusive presentation on INSP – clips never before shown on TV, as well as rare, behind-the-scenes footage.

Jerusalem – Bill reminisces about the Gaither Homecoming videotaping and shares some never-before-seen photos and video clips taken during their visit to the Holy Land. Stories and miracles of centuries ago come alive with new significance in the very places where Christ’s life, death and resurrection unfolded. This unforgettable celebration of the Hope of the Ages will stir the depths of your soul in Jerusalem.

Israel – An historic first for Bill and Gloria Gaither! A moving visit to Jerusalem — the Holy City of God — the cradle of Christianity. Don’t miss this live concert in David’s Citadel (part of the original city of Jerusalem), one of the most unique and sacred venues in the world. The entire countryside where Jesus lived, walked and died is showcased with stirring performances at the Garden Tomb, the Southern Steps and the Jordan River.

Amazing Grace – See the Homecoming Family backstage in the halls of the Grand Ole Opry. Bill shares what it meant to sing Gospel music in the same building where the pioneers of country music launched their careers.

Majesty – Viewers will hear the untold story of how the Alaskan Cruise videotaping almost didn’t happen! The Gaither Homecoming family sings its way through Alaska’s majestic landscape in this rare and beautiful Alaskan Cruise experience. In this musical journey, gospel music’s finest voices gather for a concert on the ship’s deck to celebrate and to worship the Creator of all this beauty!

Don’t miss this amazing Easter celebration! Only on INSP!

Family is life’s greatest treasure

Wind at My Back – 2-Hour Special Presentation:

You’ve watched them struggle. You’ve watched them grow. You’ve watched them overcome adversity. Now, witness the final chapter that brings it all together in an unforgettable, 2-hour special event.

This 2-Hour Special reunites many of the original cast as the Sutton and Bailey families are growing up and returning home for the holidays. As Christmas draws near, even New Bedford is not immune from the looming prejudices in Europe; wartime tensions find their way into the heart of the small town and threaten to divide the Bailey and Sutton families.

Grace and May have gone to Europe to recover Van’s belongings and may not return to Canada in time for the holiday traditions. Toppy is in a tizzy because she is directing the town Christmas pageant but Jim Flett has written a flop.

Max and Honey have differences of opinion over the older boys; Fat wants to quit school and join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hub, planning to become a priest, comes home for Christmas and brings a surprise – a girl named Anna Schiller. Maisy, who harbors a secret crush on Hub, is devastated.

When Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Wells comes to town looking for Anna it throws the Bailey and Sutton families into turmoil. It’s a story that weaves together real fears, human compassion, respect, and the faith to believe that family is still life’s greatest treasure.

Beginning April 20th Wind at My Back moves to 7p ET!

A REEL Inspiration Special Presentation

More than 50 hours of interviews with 20 top Christian scholars from around the world have been edited into this powerful, two-hour presentation of Biblical evidence for Jesus Christ: His birth, life, miracles, death, and resurrection!

His Tomb is Empty presents compelling evidence that Jesus is who He claims to be…the eternal Son of God and our Savior.

Invite a skeptical friend or loved one to watch this special with you!

A Waltons Family Easter

Olivia feels odd after church, her legs seem very weak. The family takes her directly home, and after a brief visit from the Baldwin sisters Olivia feels worse and takes to her bed.

Olivia’s situation worsens when she discovers that she can’t feel her legs, so they call for Dr. Vance, who is reluctant to tell her his diagnoses … infantile paralysis—polio.

When John finally tells the children, who are stunned, Erin takes the news the hardest and refuses to go in and see her mother in fear that she will be “different” in some way.

Hope springs anew when Olivia moves her feet during one of Mary Ellen’s dancing lessons and she proclaims she’ll be walking by Easter. However, when positive signs don’t continue, discouragement sets in.

As Easter grows closer her fruitless attempts to walk make her decide to use the wheelchair. John-Boy, however, is of the opinion she’s trying too hard. When Grandma says it is God’s will, John-Boy’s faith in God is put to the test and he runs to the mountain.

A REEL Inspiration Special Presentation

Original air date: 11/03/1977
Screenplay: Rod Peterson & Claire Whitaker
Director: Ralph Senensky

Mary Ellen’s baby is due soon and everyone on Walton’s Mountain is excited. The Baldwin sisters are planning a baby shower. Elizabeth is choosing a name. Ben and Ike have started a pool at the General Mercantile to see who’ll guess the baby’s due date.

Mary Ellen insists she’ll have the baby at home. John and Grandpa agree, against the better wisdom of Curt and Olivia, who believe she’d be better off at the hospital.

Later Mary Ellen is summoned into a brewing storm to deliver a baby for a young backwoods girl named Cassie. When Mary Ellen enters the cabin she finds Cassie’s baby stillborn.

A very superstitious Cassie simply will not believe that the baby was born too early to survive. Cassie warns Mary Ellen that looking on her dead baby is a bad omen; “Look upon the face of death, never feel your baby’s breath.”

Mary Ellen is unnerved and dashes out of the cabin into the stormy night. As she stumbles down the rain swept road she sees ball lightening dancing along a fence rail … another omen.

After one false labor, family excitement surrounding Jason’s job accompanying the “Vaudeville” show at the movie house, disgust over the baby pool Ben and Ike are running, and an intense labor … Mary Ellen finally delivers the next generation right there on Walton’s Mountain!

But this isn’t the end of the trouble for the Waltons. Olivia leaves Mary Ellen to hang the clothes while she goes in to check on John Curtis. When she enters the room where the baby sleeps, she finds the basinet empty and the curtains billow in the breeze of a wide open window.

Is Cassie’s omen yet to pass? Will they find John Curtis?

Don’t miss this REEL Inspiration presentation of a touching special episode — The Waltons: The Grandchild

Academy Award Winner Anthony Quinn

This epic masterpiece is the story of one man’s struggle to find his faith. Barabbas, a violent criminal accused of murder, is pardoned when Pontius Pilate induces the crowds to release him, rather than Jesus. For the rest of his life the guilt-ridden Barabbas tries to run from the Savior’s sacrifice, seeking to justify his existence and to determine his place in the scheme of things. Along the way he encounters the self-righteous pomposity of Pilate, the stoning of Sara, the gladiatorial brutality of Torvald, and the burning of Rome.

During his quest Barabbas descends into the brutal world of the gladiatorial arena, where he believes he’ll win his freedom. Here, amid the cruel and vicious reality of gladiatorial conquest, Barabbas confronts his guilt and discovers true freedom by following the man who was crucified in his place.

A life-changing encounter with the risen Jesus!

Powerful. Gripping. Intelligent

The life of Jesus the Christ

This 1961 classic stars 50’s “teen idol” Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus, and features Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner Rip Torn as Judas, with Oscar nominee Robert Ryan as John the Baptist. This powerful and critically acclaimed story is directed by Oscar nominee Nicholas Ray (director of the 1955 James Dean classic, Rebel Without a Cause) and is told in a strikingly beautiful visual style, filmed in Super-Technirama Technicolor©.

From the 1961 theatrical trailer:

More than any motion picture you have ever seen, King of Kings is a surpassing emotional experience; the gripping story of people whose lives and aspirations were strikingly similar to our own. This is the searching drama of a world torn by barbaric tyranny and violent human conflict. Out of the shadows of ruthless power and idolatry came Jesus of Nazareth, who feared none, not even death.

This is the story of Jesus, the Christ: His Power. His Passion. His Greatness.

It was a time of fear.

It was a time of love.

It was the time of…

KING OF KINGS

Starring: Oscar Winner – Geoffrey Rush; Oscar Winner – Uma Thurman; Oscar Nominee – Liam Neeson and Golden Globe Winner – Claire Danes

One simple act will change a man…forever

Les Misérables is a legendary tale of adventure, obsession, romance, freedom…and redemption amid the turbulence of early 19th century France.

Jean Valjean is released from prison, having served 20 years hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread. But the brutality of his imprisonment has left him without conscience; a man who will lie, steal, cheat and survive off his wit and sheer brute strength…a man who expects nothing but cruelty from others.

Until one Bishop’s simple act of kindness…

Bishop: Now Don’t Forget, Don’t ever Forget, you’ve promised to become a new man.

Bishop: Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil. With this silver I have bought your soul. I’ve ransomed you from fear and hatred, and now I give you back to God.

Valjean is left reeling, wrestling with his own conscience…and with the Bishop’s God.

Twenty years later, on the eve of revolution in France, Valjean has come to terms with forgiveness…but his past has yet to release him.

The relentless inspector Javert has been in an obsessive pursuit of Valjean since his release from prison.

Will Javert have his revenge? Have twenty years of forgiveness and reconciliation with God changed the reckless hatred Valjean had for everything the prison did to him?

Will forgiveness be enough this time?

Based on “Left Behind” series Book #1

Life Changes In a Nanosecond…

“How do you describe both a beginning and an end, we should have known better, but we didn’t…what does it matter what we think we know, in the end there’s no denying the truth.”

~Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron)

In one chaotic moment millions of people around the world disappear.

Cities and communities are overwhelmed by chaos and mass confusion as cars, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control, fires erupt and people stare in stunned disbelief at piles of rumpled clothing that were once a friend or loved one.

Shock gives way to fear, unleashing a wave of hysteria. Some believe it’s an alien invasion, but Rayford Steele knows his wife’s warning was true – Jesus has come for His people and Rayford has been Left Behind.

Could this be the rapture so many radical Christians believed?

Could this be the first sign initiating God’s plan to bring the world to an end?

In a world without God’s people, the darkest days are yet to come…

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Featuring the song “I Like You,” by Nikki Kelly

This is the on-air promotion created for our Valentine’s Day Weekend Celebration. On Saturday we aired a movie double feature: Fireproof and Facing the Giants. On Sunday, an encore presentation of Forever Young. And on Valentine’s Day each of our family dramas had a romantic theme.

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His mother gave him the courage…

Faith helped him believe…his brilliance changed lives.

Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kimberly Elise (The Great Debaters, The Manchurian Candidate) star in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, based on the true story of renowned brain surgeon Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame the obstacles of circumstance to change the course of medicine forever.

Young Ben Carson didn’t have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home and surrounded by poverty and prejudice his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother (Kimberly Elise) never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had; she fueled his imagination, challenged his intelligence and, most importantly, she nurtured his belief in God. This gift of faith would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons.

Eventually Dr. Benjamin S. Carson would become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, a best-selling author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In honor and celebration of Black History Month, INSP is pleased to air this truly uplifting and inspirational film.

The Biggest Sunday of the year!

Before you watch the Big Game…

A Walton’s Family Reunion Part 12p ET

A Walton’s Family Reunion Part 22:30p ET

The Waltons: The Conflict3p ET

And be sure to tune in AFTER the Big Game for…

The Waltons: The Conflict

Original airdate: 09/12/1974
Screenplay: Jeb Rosebrook
Director: Ralph Senensky

A Part of INSP’s “All Waltons” Tailgate Party Game Day Event!

Let the showdown begin!

As the family returns home from a picnic they notice new road construction, and upon arriving home are greeted by Boone, Wade and Vera Walton. Boone and Wade appeal to the Walton men to come to Martha Corinne Walton’s defense, her land is about to be taken to make way for the new Blue Ridge Parkway.

The government construction crew has no plans to halt their work, and in spite of efforts from State Senator Lucas Avery to persuade Martha Corinne to take a new government house, the Waltons prepare to defend the homestead!

Will John succeed in his negotiations with Senator Avery to stop construction? Will John-Boy succeed in avoiding violence, or will the show-down erupt and shatter the serenity of Walton’s Mountain? Will Senator Avery’s appeal to the governor be too little, too late?

don’t miss The Conflict! A Special “second chance” airing AFTER the game @ Midnight ET

The Waltons: The Hunt

Original airdate: 01/05/1972
Screenplay: John McGreevey
Director: Robert Butler

A Part of INSP’s “All Waltons” Tailgate Party Game Day Event!

Let the shooting commence!

John-Boy decides it’s time to take on the responsibility of providing for the family, so he volunteers for the annual turkey shoot. This exercise in manhood quickly becomes a test when John-Boy has a turkey in his sights and it’s time to pull the trigger. Will John-Boy be a man…or a coward?

In the meantime, Mary Ellen discovers that her friend and favorite pitcher, G.W. Haines, seems to be interested in the frilly Martha Rose Coverdale! When Mary Ellen arrives at Ike’s store to get the catcher’s mitt she’s been saving for a beautiful dress catches her eye. She could buy the dress and remake herself in the image of Martha Rose…or she can stay true to herself and trust that’s enough for G.W.!

Will John-Boy take the shot and discover the manhood he set out to find? Will Mary Ellen buy the mitt and remain true to her tom-boy personality?

Don’t miss this special airing of a soul-searching episode of The Waltons.

A Triumphant Love Story from the Ashes of Adversity

Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams), Lana Wood (Diamonds are Forever), Eleese Lester (Friday Night Lights), Carman and newcomer Sherri Morris (as Ruth) star in this triumphant story of love rising from the ashes of adversity. Loyalty, compassion and faithfulness highlight a poignant retelling of the biblical story of Ruth. Recently widowed, Ruth returns with her mother-in-law Naomi to Israel, a land in turmoil, where they struggle to build a new life.

There, Ruth meets and marries Boaz, of the Royal House of Judah, a Kinsman Redeemer who provides for Ruth and Naomi and leads them to a deeper understanding of the purposes and plans revealed in the covenant keeping faithfulness and love of the living God of Israel. This Biblical “Cinderella story” is taken straight from the archives of the royal Jewish bloodline and reveals the grand purpose of redemption through their child Obed, established in the glorious lineage of his grandson, King David, whose throne will be established forever at the marvelous advent of Messiah.

“…a heart grabber that lifts the spirit!”

~American Movie Classics

Box-office sensation and Academy Award-winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ) stars in this romantic action adventure about courage, taking risks, seizing the moment–and getting one more chance.

In 1939, test pilot Daniel McCormick (MEL GIBSON) has the world by the tail, and he’s having the time of his life. He has the perfect job–flying B-25s for the newly formed Air Corps. He has a terrific best friend–loyal buddy and truly brilliant scientist, Harry Finley (GEORGE WENDT). And he has his true love at his side – his childhood sweetheart and beautiful soul-mate, Helen (ISABEL GLASSER). Life has given him everything he wanted.

Almost.

Daniel can look danger in the face unflinchingly, but he has one problem: just thinking about emotions – much less declaring them – makes his throat close up without fail. The mere prospect of proposing marriage to Helen gets him weak-kneed. And every time he begins, Daniel decides he can wait until tomorrow to pop the question.

When tragedy suddenly strikes, Daniel’s tomorrows are snatched from him in one terrible instant. Now, he faces the very real possibility of life alone, knowing that he never truly declared his feelings for the woman he will always love.

Grief-stricken, Daniel volunteers for a top-secret cryogenics experiment conducted by his friend Harry – an experiment that accidentally puts him into frozen slumber for more than 50 years. He awakens in 1992, lost, alone and not knowing how to behave. Through a tender friendship with a fatherless young boy (ELIJAH WOOD) and the boy’s mother (JAMIE LEE CURTIS), Daniel finally learns that, while time waits for no man–true love waits forever.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional.

Clancy Miller is an abused girl who runs away to elude social workers seeking to remove her from her home. Out on the streets, she meets Nick, an ill-tempered, homeless war vet. A corrupt mayor, desperate for re-election, offers Nick a reward to keep the girl out of site; his secret plan – to ‘rescue’ the girl in grand fashion in order to gain favor with the voters.

However, a scuffle with a loan shark sends Nick and Clancy on the run to the nearby countryside. There, an unlikely relationship develops, as the angelic girl copes with the hard exterior of her newfound guardian. Meanwhile, the mayor’s ambitions heighten, as the prospects materialize for a statewide ‘manhunt’ and a military-style rescue operation that will play out as the TV news cameras roll.

Faith is found when tested.

A thrilling adaptation of Bill Myer’s bestselling book

Michael Steel is a hot commodity in Hollywood. He’s been built stellar career in spite of industry blacklisting for his faith. And in ten days, he’ll walk the “red carpet” at the Academy Awards, having been nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor in a Motion Picture.

But, in the realm of the unseen…

Satan makes a wager with God, nominating Michael for his most diabolical part yet. God agrees, and in the days leading up to the awards Michael must prove that he can live out the truths of Matthew 5, 6 and 7.

And things begin to unravel…

While a conniving agent and his long-time chauffer try their best to control his chaotic Hollywood lifestyle; his deceptive co-star Cassandra has other ideas.

Struggling to cope with his career, his crumbling marriage, and a crisis of faith, Michael seeks advice and refuge with his sister Annie. Her words and actions guide Michael through the tumultuous tumble his life has become.

And while Michael prepares for the most important event of his life, he must also make a choice that will change his life forever.

Obedience is better than sacrifice

Abraham brings the Old Testament to life in this epic, moving tale of abiding faith. Richard Harris (“Unforgiven,” “Camelot”) and Barbara Hershey (“Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Portrait of a Lady”) star as Abraham and Sarah, the prosperous shepherd and his barren wife who, as told in the book of Genesis, heed a divine command to leave their home for the promise of future generations and dominion over a new homeland.

Time and again God tests Abraham during the difficult journey, forcing him to share Sarah’s pain at remaining childless, wage war against hostile tribes, and witness the destruction of Sodom. When Sarah bears Isaac, the child of her old age, Abraham is asked to demonstrate his trust in, and obedience to, the living God by presenting his only child as sacrifice.

When life becomes reality

Sarah Collins (Rebecca St. James) is a young woman on the elevator of success, poised to attain her dream of an executive corner office. There’s only one thing that’s going to keep her from getting it, an unexpected pregnancy.

Sarah is now faced with a moral and potentially career ending choice.

She is torn between keeping the life growing inside her and her legal right to abort the baby. In the midst of her turmoil, a mysterious stranger foretells the coming of three visions that will challenge her heart.

With financial pressures mounting and her dream career at stake, what will Sarah choose?

Two men chasing dreams of glory!

Chariots of Fire, winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture), is based on the inspiring true story of two runners competing for Olympic glory in their own fashion – and for their own reasons.

Paris Olympics, 1924. Scotsman Eric Liddell is motivated by his Christian faith and competes for the glory of God. His teammate Harold Abrahams, a Jewish Englishman, is driven to prove that Jews are not inferior people. Fierce competitiveness and loyalty drive two men toward a goal only one of them will attain. United in the camaraderie of competition the two men discover the complexity of deeper motives…and how much they truly have in common.

Our mission is to help people experience Christ – rather than man’s creation of religion – so they can take the Christ Experience back to the community and the world. Kerry Shook is one of today’s most gifted communicators offering a clear, contemporary and creative teaching style. Kerry is the senior pastor of Woodlands Church, one of the fastest-growing churches in America.

The Kerry Shook Ministries web site is located at: www.kerryshook.org.

Immanuel, God is with us!

The Nativity follows Mary and Joseph on a quiet, authentic journey through doubt, pain, and confusion – into the mystery and wonder of that first Christmas miracle. This tender love story amid the drama of faith in crisis inspires a deeper trust in God’s faithfulness to His covenant promises.

The announcement of Mary’s miraculous pregnancy will test the young couple’s faith in each other – and in God. After deep personal struggle Joseph decides to break off their engagement quietly, until God reveals to him that this son will be called “…Jesus, for He will save his people from their sins.” With that, Joseph obediently devotes himself to Mary, and to supporting, protecting and raising this gift from God, wrapped in swaddling cloth and laid in a manger.

A different kind of Christmas story

The Children’s Carol tells of a time when all the sounds and events of the world speak against the holiday. London is being bombed, the evil of Nazi rule is spreading across Europe, and the war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain.

This is the year two young English orphans seek refuge on the mountain; and the year Olivia Walton’s faith is tested by the horrors of oncoming war and events in her community. This is a Christmas story of courage, faith, and the victory of the human spirit over the shattering impact of war. After this Christmas, the world will never again be the same.

What if the world threw you a birthday party and you weren’t invited?

Starring Jefferson Moore, Christina Fougnie and Matt Wallace.

A spoiled schoolgirl (Christina Fougnie), her overworked executive mother (Amy Hess) and a disillusioned young minister (Matt Wallace) each receives an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a kind, but mysterious drifter named Jess.

In a world that seems to have forgotten the true meaning, this charming film invites you and your family to rediscover Christmas this year.

The power of family love in times of crisis.

An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to Hetty King, the indomitable and sometimes intolerable King family matriarch, and chronicles the family’s efforts to stay together and support one another through difficult times.

Against the backdrop of World War I the King family prepares for their traditional Christmas dinner. The reunion is marred by the fact that one of its youngest members, Felix, is missing in action; making differences of opinion about the war effort glaringly obvious.

During an attempt to persuade a famous performer and former student to perform in the Avonlea Christmas Musicale, Hetty injures her back and must undergo life-threatening surgery. While hospitalized, homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate her relationships and her accomplishments in life.

Addressing serious issues while remaining true to the spirit of Christmas, this wonderful and accomplished cast comes together in an uplifting drama that illustrates the frailty of life and the strength of family in turbulent times.

Family is still life’s greatest treasure

A Wind at My Back Christmas reunites many of the original cast as the Sutton and Bailey families are growing up and returning home for the holidays. As Christmas draws near even New Bedford is not immune from the looming prejudices in Europe; wartime tensions find their way into the heart of the small town and threaten to divide the Bailey and Sutton families.

Grace and May have gone to Europe to recover Van’s belongings and may not return to Canada in time for the holiday traditions. Toppy is in a tizzy because she is directing the town Christmas pageant but Jim Flett has written a flop.

Max and Honey have differences of opinion over the older boys; Fat wants to quit school and join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hub, planning to become a priest, comes home for Christmas and brings a surprise – a girl named Anna Schiller. Maisy, who harbors a secret crush on Hub, is devastated.

When Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Wells comes to town looking for Anna it throws the Bailey and Sutton families into turmoil. It’s a story that weaves together real fears, human compassion, respect, and faith that family is still life’s greatest treasure.

Secret of Giving, starring Country Music superstar Reba McEntire, is the touching story of Rose Cameron, a woman whose grit and spirit — and the aid of a mysterious lone rider — enables her not only to pick her self up, but to restore the faith of a whole town in time for Christmas.

It’s the early 1900s and Rose Cameron (Reba McEntire) is a young widow with an overdue mortgage, only a few cattle to sell, and her 5-year-old son, Toby (Devon Alan), running a fever that seems to rise by the hour. Rose seems at the end of her rope when Harry Withers (Thomas Ian Griffith), a lone rider, shows up on her farm.

Things go from bad to worse when Rose can’t convince the banker, Gotch (Ronny Cox), to forestall foreclosure proceedings on her farm. Harry steps up to help, igniting a spark between he and Rose. But when an old acquaintance from back when recognizes him and threatens to reveal his true identity, Harry strikes a deal with Gotch that may put his own future in jeopardy, but will brighten the holiday season for much of the town.

Campmeeting blesses viewers with life-changing messages from world renowned speakers, and provides amazing worship by famous musical artists.

The Campmeeting web site is located at: http://www.inspirationcampmeeting.com/.

Ancient Secrets of the Bible is a Dove Award winning series that examines the Bible’s most mysterious and controversial stories.  Get real answers to questions such as- did the story of David and Goliath really happen?  Was there a great flood and is Noah’s Ark still buried under a glacial ice pack on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey?  Does the Ark of the Covenant exist and if so, where is it?  With expert testimony, Biblical evidence, scientific experiments and dramatic re-enactments this collectors’ series promises great entertainment for the entire family.

Ancient Secrets of the Bible wins “Bronze Crown Award.” Read more …

God’s “Yes!” isn’t always what we expect…

The True Story of Amy Newhouse

Amy Newhouse is a never-give-up competitor, a high-achiever with popularity, a loving family, a volleyball State championship, and a handsome boyfriend. But Amy wants something different, something more for Pampa High School.

When Amy returns from a mission trip to Africa she is changed…more determined than ever to see revival in this beaten town. Amy will no longer back down or give in, and her determination begins to affect those around her.

Amy starts a club to challenge the rampant violence, drugs, and alcohol that threaten her school. She begins praying for the town every night. But when she starts a prayer group and invites the outcast, Jordan, her popularity begins to wane.

Challenged to consider what matters most she digs in and decides to carry on. But just as she begins to see progress, Amy learns that she must face the toughest challenge of her life…

…battling cancer.

Undaunted, Amy continues to pursue God, and to pursue revival at Pampa High School. In the process, Amy challenges the whole community to turn to God and ask for a “Yes!” to their prayers. Amy spreads joy and understanding to all she meets including the young girl who shares her room at the hospital. She never doubts God will answer her prayer. However, what she learns is that God’s “Yes” is not always what we want or expect.

God gave Amy a “Greater Yes!”

A Greater Yes demonstrates how one person’s faith affects the beliefs of so many.

A pure feel-good film Starring Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey stars as Pete Appleton, a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1950s’. Pete’s on top of the world with his first motion picture  just released to theaters and his romance with a beautiful starlet (Amanda Detmer) heating up.

His triumph turns to dismay when Pete he gets in a car accident and wakes up on shore the next morning suffering from amnesia. Wandering into the nearby small town of Lawson, Pete is mistaken for Luke Trimble, a lost hero of World War II who, like most of the area’s young men, never returned from the war a decade earlier. “Luke” has soon reunited with both his father (Martin Landau) and his one-time girlfriend (Laurie Holden), and finds that his reappearance has given the citizens of Lawson an emotional boost that’s sorely needed.

When he refurbishes and reopens his family’s decrepit movie theater, the Majestic, Luke revitalizes Lawson just as his memory of his true identity begins to reassert itself.

Through a journey of self-discovery, Pete learns about the power of love and helps to heal a community of its pain and loss.

Little House on the Prairie Mary-Thon

Don’t miss the Little House on the Prairie Mary-Thon Friday, April 20th starting at 12p ET.

12p – The Award

When the school teacher, Miss Beadle announces a special exam and vows a beautiful dictionary to the best score, Mary vows to win it. To study in private late at night, she takes her lantern and books to the barn with terrible consequences.

1p – Four Eyes

After having problems seeing the blackboard at school, Mary gets a pair of glasses. She loves her glasses, but is soon teased by some of the childern at school. Mary decides to remove and hide her glasses, but something she sees may change her mind.

2p – I’ll Ride the Wind

Charles and Caroline give their reluctant approval when they discover that their eldest daughter, 13 year-old Mary, has accepted a neighbor boy’s proposal of marriage. All wonder if the marriage plan is the best for the couple when they learn the boy has decided to refuse a longed-for college scholarship to wed Mary.

3p – Whisper Country

When Mary is hired as a teacher in a small backwoods community called Willow Run, she is met with pure hatred from its town leader, Miss Peel, an elderly woman who is fiercely opposed to the school.  Miss Peel’s determination to drive Mary from town proves to be a severe test to the Ingalls girl’s resolve and character.

4p – I’ll be Waiving as You Drive Away Part 1

Just as Mary falls in love with newcomer Seth Barton, her eyesight begins to worsen. Charles takes her to an optometrist, but learns Mary will soon go blind. Charles struggles to tell his daughter the bitter news.

5p – I’ll be Waiving as You Drive Away Part 2

Mary is sent to a blind school in Iowa, where she meets her husband-to-be, Adam Kendall. Mary refuses to accept Adam’s help at first, but he eventually helps her learn to deal with her blindness.

6p – The Wedding

Mary joyfully accepts the marriage proposal of Adam Kendall. Charles and Caroline Ingalls arrive in Winoka for the wedding, but discover that Mary, who has doubts that two blind people can safely raise children, is having second thoughts about the marriage.

Pop Culture

INSP: To what extent do you believe entertainment really shapes our thoughts and affects us, specifically young people, with a particular view of humanity based on the shows we watch?

Earl Hamner: I think it can. I have to think about that.

In extension of what I was just saying, a continual image of immature, dopey, callow people, I think is damaging. People lose faith in their own ability when they see that kind of image projected over and over.

Like last night, on one of the local public television stations here, there was an old Frank Sinatra concert. And he was a consummate artist; he had respect for his work and for himself.

I know he was a showbiz personality, but yet he – the image of himself he projected was of somebody who loved his song, who loved people, who celebrated the inherent beauty of being alive. It was a really inspiring.

I think it was an hour and a half I sat there and listened to the whole thing. My wife and I sat and watched together this whole celebration of music and affirmation.

And then, this morning on the Today Show I tuned in and there was a group, a musical group, and I think it was called The Five Morons.

And when they sang it wasn’t real singing, it was a scream. The lead singer screamed his way through lyrics that were unintelligible. And you know, I liked Elvis Presley, old Elvis rolled around on the stage and he was fun, but this was a sort of writhing, twisting, gyrations.

As I watched it, I thought, Sinatra spoke of a gentler kinder world.

This young person – who didn’t look more than nineteen or twenty – maybe speaks for today’s society. Maybe he finds it unintelligible; the only way he can be heard is to scream. The only way to attract attention is with excessive sexual innuendo.

I’m not a prude, I just – these are just observations from the contrast between watching Sinatra, which gave me great pleasure, and the horror of watching something called Five Morons this morning.

And also, the crowds were so thick that they extended – you know Rockefeller Center is there at 49th and 5th, and they extended for blocks back to 39th street. Literally multitudes of people watching this, this –

I can’t even call it entertainment – a circus, an ugly circus.

INSP: Do you think there’s something about John-Boy, or the Walton family, that connects with people, even those people outside the Rockefeller Center, with wholesome values? People want wholesome values, but what are those? What is wholesome?

Earl Hamner: What is wholesome to me is the ten commandments; to do unto others as you would do unto yourself; to believe in something beyond your own self; self-respect, love for your fellow man – you know, a healthy mind and a healthy body. (Laughs) I don’t know – these are things I respect.

As a person, in experience, several different ways – “To thine own self be true,” all of those things that sound like platitudes.

But the reason that they are repeated over and over is because there’s strength in them; they’re lessons to live by.(Chuckles) I sound like a Baptist preacher, don’t I?

INSP: (Laughs) Well that’s good; I’ve been in a Baptist church for a while!

And I think there is that search, even in that crowd at Rockefeller Center that you were describing.

Earl Hamner: And I think they’re all searching.

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Relevant! After 40 Years…

INSP: In October of 2010 INSP brought The Waltons back to television after a couple of years off the air. New generations are falling in love with The Waltons and I wonder, why do you think people connect with the show as much now as they did when it was on back in the 70s?

Earl Hamner: Back in the 70s there was a great deal of turmoil in the world, a great deal of uncertainty. And a lot of institutions were being questioned, and people felt vaguely uneasy. I think that climate exists today.

There’s discord in the country; there’s a lot of division between the rich and the poor, a lot of division in the political parties. We’re at war. It’s a time of great anxiety as it was in the 70s.

I think in those times people look for support, they look for affirmative entertainment, and they look for affirmation of the traditional values. Our country has a substantial sense of values.

I receive a great many letters from – I hate to call them fans, because fans sounds like some group of people who sort of set out just to get your autograph. These are people. These are genuine citizens, actually, not just of our country but from all over the world.

I just had two letters today – one was from South Africa and another was from the Ukraine – asking for a personally autographed photo of me, laughable.

But it’s the climate that is the genesis for a great deal of the interest in The Waltons. I think that one thing I can gather from the fan mail is that people see the series either in terms of what their life has been like, or is like. Or, the way they wish it could be; the loving family, the support of the community, interesting people, people who love each other, decent people, and good citizens.

Sometimes I get letters from people who say, “I watched your show last night, and that was a wonderful lesson you taught us.” And I thought, when this first happened, what lesson were they talking about, I was just writing a story.

But when that happened over and over again, it came to me that people were drawing lessons, and that it was not me setting out to teach. But there were lessons inherent in the way of life that The Waltons led; the strong characters, and the support they gave each other, and the climate they created in which young people could grow into valuable and meaningful lives.

INSP: What are some of the themes in television (and culture in general) that you think are different today – that cause people to wonder “What’s wrong with this society?”

Earl Hamner: The images that we send forth are so negative. And I hate to say it, our television, most television – certainly not of INSP – the images of people, of men and women, of children, everything, are so negative.

They are pictured – and I’m ashamed of television for projecting that image of rudeness, grossness, lack of manners – I know we, constitutionally, have the right to free speech, but sometimes I think that goes too far in the grossness of the expression, and the image of man.

I think in the earlier years in television we elevated the taste of people – we taught, without trying to teach, that we have some ability to be noble, to be worthwhile.

Today I don’t see those images.

People are pictured as sick on the medical shows; or as criminals on all those police shows; or as idiots on most of those reality shows. You turn on a television show and see somebody there simply because they are losing weight – I have to turn it off.

I think the image of mankind that is projected is a very damaging one to our society.

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An INSP Special Event

Every year, over 1 million children fall victim to sex trafficking and join the millions of others already being held captive as slaves. Statistically, a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation every 2 minutes. “Tainted Love” exposes modern-day slave trading and human trafficking, talks to victims and experts, and celebrates the efforts of modern abolitionists fighting to set them free.This new original series tells the tragic and hopeful stories behind the shocking numbers.

Showtimes
Sunday, April 29th 1a & 1:30a ET

For more information about Tainted Love including photos and videos visit Halogen TV

Is it time for you to Jump Shipp?

Award-winning entrepreneur Josh Shipp intervenes in a person’s life each week in “Jump Shipp,” a new reality series about avoiding the dreaded quarter-life crisis. By offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live out their dreams, Josh proves that sometimes, quitting is for winners.

Showtimes
Friday, April 27th 1a & 1:30a ET
Sunday, April 29th 12:30a ET

For more information about Jump Shipp including photos and videos visit Halogen TV

Waltons Cast Favorites Marathon

Did you ever wonder which Waltons episodes were the cast favorites? Well so did we…which is why we put together a marathon featuring all of their favorites.

Don’t miss the Waltons Cast Favorites Marathon Friday, April 20th starting at 7p ET.

7p – The Anniversary

Favorite Episode of Olivia (Michael Learned)

John and Olivia spend their 25th anniversary in a gazebo under the stars.

8p – The Gift

Favorite Episode of Jason (Jon Walmsley)

Guest Star Ron Howard. He wants to join his father’s band even though he has been diagnosed with leukemia.

9p – The Burn Out

Favorite Episode of Erin (Mary McDonough) and Elizabeth (Kami Cotler)

The Walton Home Burns and the children are split up with neighbors as John rebuilds.

11p – The Star

Favorite Episode of Ben (Eric Scott) and Jim Bob (David Harper)

A mysterious star crashes through the Baldwin sister’s roof and Grandpa think it means he’s going to die.

12a – The Abdication

Favorite Episode of Mary Ellen (Judy Norton)

News comes that England’s King will leave the throne for love and a movie crew arrives on Waltons’ Mountain.

A Network Television Premiere

A minister undergoing a crisis of faith stumbles into a mystery when he returns to his small hometown, Kipling. Corbin Bernsen, from LA Law and Psych, wrote and directed Rust in which he stars as James Moore, who has turned his back on his religious calling. When he returns to Kipling, he discovers that a childhood friend has been convicted of setting a fire that killed a family–but Moore can’t believe his friend could have done it.

As he digs into the events, he starts to rediscover a sense of purpose–but will he uncover the truth in time?

An Amazing True Story

This eye-opening story follows abolitionist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) as his passion and perseverance lead him to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century.

In a time of personal crisis, Wilberforce is inspired and encouraged in his long fight to abolish slavery by the former slave ship master, John Newton (Albert Finney), who wrote the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace” following his conversion to Christianity. As a zealous believer in God and a British member of Parliament, Wilberforce battled through discouragement and illness for two decades to end the slave trade in England.

Celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas!

Gather the family for a heartwarming celebration. The INSP countdown to Christmas features back to back lineups of your favorite classics…a gift of music, love and laughter celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.

Making your merry Christmas merrier! Starting December 23rd at 12:30p ET!

Schedule:

1:30p – The Brady Bunch: The Voice of Christmas

Carol develops laryngitis and may not be able to sing at Christmas services, prompting Cindy to ask a department store Santa for a miracle. Meanwhile, the older siblings decide that, given Carol’s illness, Christmas should be postponed until she gets well, leading Alice to teach them the true meaning of Christmas.

2p – The Waltons: The Children’s Carol

The Children’s Carol tells of a time when all the sounds and events of the world speak against the holiday. London is being bombed, the evil of Nazi rule is spreading across Europe, and the war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain.

4p – A Town Without Christmas

Starring Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk, Rick Roberts and Ernie Hudson. A child’s letter to Santa Claus captures the nation’s attention and brings the boy and his divorcing parents closer together as they re-discover the spirit of Christmas and the strength of their family bond.

6p – The Christmas Secret

Starring Richard Thomas and Beau Bridges. A College professor becomes obsessed with proving that reindeer can indeed fly. His research takes him to Alaska. What he finds there is both amazing, curious, and points the professor to the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas.

8p – The Waltons: The Children’s Carol

The Children’s Carol tells of a time when all the sounds and events of the world speak against the holiday. London is being bombed, the evil of Nazi rule is spreading across Europe, and the war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain.

11p – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Mike’s Dream – A Christmas Tale

Guest Star Diane Ladd – On Christmas Eve, Dr. Mike’s adoptive children’s biological mother Charlotte Cooper, who died at the onset of the series, returns and takes Dr. Mike on a journey through Christmases past, present and future. Meanwhile, feuding in-laws search for the pregnant bride and her groom, who married against their families wishes.

12a – The Perfect Gift

A spoiled schoolgirl, her overworked executive mother, and a disillusioned young minister each receives an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a kind, but mysterious drifter named Jess.

Wind At My Back from the very beginning

They were desperate times for families everywhere. A mother fights against all odds to keep her family together.

A saga of struggle, courage, and family. Watch Wind At My Back from the very beginning on March 11th starting at 1p ET on INSP!

Wind At My Back Marathon Lineup:

1p – Four Walls and a Roof – Part 1

Faced with Bankruptcy, Honey and Jack Bailey are forced to move their family to New Bedford and live with Jack’s estranged family. But tragedy strikes when Jack is accidentally killed and Honey is turned away by her mother-in-law, May Bailey. She is forced to give up her children when they are divided amongst relatives.

2p – Four Walls and a Roof – Part 2

Hub and Fat Bailey try to come to terms with living with their fierce Grandmother, May Bailey and her kindly daughter Aunt Grace while Honey finds work in another city. The boys try to run away and live in hiding at the Bailey summer cottage. Hub almost kills himself when he splits his leg with an axe and May must finally come to terms with allowing the boys to visit their mother.

3p – No Way of Telling

Hub and Fat fantasize about making a fortune so they can be reunited with their mother, but with sobering conclusions. They come face to face with the down-on-their-luck vagrants; victims of the Depression whom they fear are murderers. Meanwhile, Honey’s attempts to save money become all tied up in her brother Joe’s dreams. She loses everything. Honey and the boys learn there is “no way of telling who is good and who is bad in this world.”

4p – A Family of Independent Means

Honey is forced to realize her limitations when she is fired and is unable to find another job. She realizes she is deceiving herself at ever being independent. Her boys try their hand at earning money in hopes of softening their mother’s plight and become caught up in winning the prize at the local Fall Fair’s Human Pyramid only to lose everything by missing the event when Aunt Grace gets lost driving them to visit their mother.

Starring Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis and Bruce Dern

Clayton Driscoll was an assistant boy’s basketball coach when he accepted his first official coaching assignment in the tiny, backwater Oklahoma town of Middleton. Upon discovering that the team he is set to coach is a girl’s team, Clayton’s enthusiasm immediately sours.

The group of strong-willed young women on the team fight for equality and a share of the dream taking on the town prejudice and their own self doubt. Believe in Me is a heart-warming story of a team, a town, and a man who wouldn’t give up.

Getting the girls to believe in themselves is half the job – finally believing in himself is the rest.

Saddle up Saturday Marathon on INSP

Hunker down for all the six shootin’, bronco busting action this Saturday.

Don’t miss back-to-back classic westerns on Saturday, March 10th starting with Bonanza at 6p ET followed by The Big Valley at 10p ET.

Saddle Up Saturday Lineup:

6p – Bonanza: The Hopefuls

Jacob Darien is leading his family of Quakers through Virginia City, when he is accosted by town roughnecks. Adam Cartwright steps in with the help of his new traveling companion, Sam Bord. Adam offers to escort the wagon train across the Ponderosa, unaware that Sam is planning a robbery.

7p – Bonanza: Showdown

Sam Kriby, a young bank robber, decides to get a job at the Ponderosa ranch with the Cartwrights in an attempt to prevent the local Sheriff from learning the whereabouts of his accomplices—known as the feared Pardo gang.

8p – Bonanza: Desert Justice

When a brutal U.S. Marshal arrests one of the Ponderosa’s workers for murder and plans to transport him to Los Angeles for trial, a doubtful Hoss and Adam come along in the stagecoach, along with a Dr. and his beautiful daughter, to make sure the Marshal doesn’t kill him before they get there.

9p – Bonanza: The Avenger

Hoss and Joe desperately look for a way to prevent brother Adam and Ben from being hanged for a crime. A stranger, Lassiter, comes to town in an attempt to find the truth and prove Adam and Ben’s innocence.

10p – The Big Valley: Boy into Man- Guest stars Richard Dreyfus, Diane Ladd

15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings and repeatedly turns down all the offers of help from the Barkleys. He is also refusing any help in the effort to who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.

11p – The Big Valley: The Brawlers- Guest Star Claude Akin

Irish immigrants claim a section of land on the Barkley ranch which they insist they bought and paid for in San Francisco. Their leader and Nick clash immediately, Heath on the other hand is sympathetic and thinks they are honest people who are mistaken and not squatters.

12p – The Big Valley: The 25 Graves of Midas- Guest Star Anne Baxter

Nick and Heath travel separately to a mining town to investigate a tragedy at a collapsed mine they partly own. When Nick arrives, he finds a town still in pain from the collapse and Heath in jail due to a case of mistaken identity.

1p – The Big Valley: The Long Ride

While in High Ridge visiting a friend, Audra witnesses three murders and goes into shock. Victoria brings her back to Stockton via stagecoach and the trip home is a test of wills between the passengers and a mysterious stranger who follows the coach.

Starring Angelina Jolie, Dana Delaney, John Schneider and Michael York.

Based on a true story, this Civil War-era epic centers on the exploits of Sarah Ashby McClure (Dana Delany) and her sister Euphemia (Annabeth Gish) as they try to make their way on the male-dominated West Texas plains.

When their home is threatened by Mexican forces and Native American warriors, the sisters lead their family and friends to safety.

In the face of adversity, the sisters discover their inner strength and the strength of their family bond is strong enough to endure any obstacle put in their path.

Be our Sweetheart and watch INSP on Valentine’s Day!

All your favorite characters experiencing the ups and downs of love.
Valentine’s Day on INSP starting at 12p ET!

INSP Valentine’s Day Romantic Lineup

12p – The Waltons: The Love Story

John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas) finds himself in love for the first time when a young girl in need of love and attention returns to her remarried father’s home on Walton Mountain.

1p – The Waltons: The Matchmakers

John Walton, helps Cupid when shy and lonely Ike Godsey takes a liking to his cousin Corabeth. Is Walton’s Mountain about to lose its most eligible bachelor?

2p – Wind at my Back: The Agony Column

Grace is left in charge of Max’s radio show when he has to attend a meeting. After a guest cancels, Grace reluctantly reads from a magazine love column, disguising herself as a New York psychologist “Dr. Veronica Love.” Her alter-ego is an instant hit with New Bedfordites. Before the truth can be told, Dr. Love is schedule to attend a charity luncheon and appear nightly on CRNB and address the many love-related problems of the town.

3p – The Big Valley: Winner Lose All

Guest Star Katharine Ross – Heath falls in love with Maria who is returning home from school in the East. She is the daughter of Don Alfredo, a Spanish land owner and nobleman, who is in a property dispute with a neighbor. Don Alfredo also believes that Heath’s lineage is impure and the dispute soon endangers the romance.

4p – Little House on the Prairie: The Love of Johnny Johnson

Laura has a crush on a new boy in school named Johnny Johnson; however, Johnny is interested in Mary, who finds no interest in him. Laura believes Mary is trying to steal him from her, and they fight about it while Charles tries to keep the peace.

5p – The Brady Bunch: The Honeymoon

Mike and Carol’s Wedding Day festivities progress smoothly until the girl’s pet cat Fluffy and the boy’s dog Tiger wreak havoc on the family-blending ceremony. Mike and Carol commence their honeymoon by scolding their children, leaving everyone feeling uneasy about the day’s events until Mom and Dad come up with a way to patch things up.

5:30p – The Brady Bunch: Alice’s September Song

Alice is swept off her feet by an old flame named Mark Millard and Sam the butcher (her usual bowling date) smells a rat. With the help of Mr. Brady, he wins back his “favorite little lamb chop.”

6p – Happy Days: Be My Valentine

Guest Star: The Brady Bunch’s Christopher Knight- It is Valentine’s Day, and at Arnold’s, as the gang exchange cards and gifts, Joanie daydreams about the romantic songs that they could sing to each other.

6:30p – Happy Days: They Call it Potsy Love

Potsie contends he can’t properly sing a love ballad unless he has a real girl to sing to, so the boys persuade Joanie to sit in while he sings to her during rehearsal. Joanie is mesmerized by the song and seeks to reveal her love to Potsie.

7p – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: What is Love?

Feuds and jealousies are aroused when the townsfolk begin trying out for roles in a rustic production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike’s plans to spend the entire day alone with Sully are dashed when he is called to Denver for an Indian Affairs meeting.

8p – Just a Walk in the Park

Starring George Eads, Jane Krakowski, Brenda Vaccaro- A dog-walker is invited to house-sit a penthouse apartment for one of his rich clientèle. While there he meets a dog-loving neighbor and sparks fly. The only trouble is that she assumes he is the rich owner of the apartment, an assumption that this romeo is hesitant to correct.

10p – Little House on the Prairie: The Spring Dance

Caroline is puzzled when her plan to provoke Isaiah Edwards(Victor French) to jealousy doesn’t result in an invitation to the annual spring dance for his anxious gal, Grace Snide rand things look bleak until Charles reminds her what happened when she tried the same tactic with him years before.

11p – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Best Friends

When Sully doesn’t ask Dr. Mike to the Sweethearts Dance, and she sees him visiting Dorothy, her suspicions grow, and Dr. Mike feels betrayed by her new friend and the man she thought cared for her. Meanwhile, Colleen tries to help her friend Becky, but she is instead accused of stealing Becky’s boyfriend.

12a – The Big Valley: Day of the Comet

Audra comes upon a man she finds camping out on Barkley land. She is intrigued by his cynical, poetic manner and befriends him. Audra soon learns he is being pursued by men out of his past.

1a – The Big Valley: The Velvet Trap

Nick Falls for a mysterious woman, not knowing she is a gunslinger’s lady-friend. The outlaw is in relentless pursuit of the woman and intent on revenge for her leaving him. When Nick stands between the two, it may cost him his life.

Starring Jane Krakowski, George Eads, and Brenda Vaccaro

Adam (George Eads) makes his living as a dog walker for the wealthy New Yorkers who live near the Central Park district. So dedicated is Adam to his work that his family and friends are worried that he will never emerge from his professional shell and find a suitable wife.

At present, Adam is apartment-sitting for one of his best customers, millionaire executive A.J. Preston. While thus employed, the hero “meets cute” with fellow dog fancier Rachel (Jane Krakowski), who jumps to the obvious conclusion and assumes that Adam and A.J. Preston are one and the same. Smitten by Rachel and afraid to tell her the truth, Adam keeps up the charade until he is forced to reveal his real identity.

Based on the novel by the Best Selling Author Jim Stovall

In what seems to be the final days of their already strained marriage, Stanley and Lisa Walters (Jason London & Meredith Salenger) are presented with a strange gift – an old oil lamp from a far off land.

Along with the lamp comes a mysterious messenger (Louis Gossett Jr) and a question that causes them to search the depths of their hearts for what’s truly important in life.

If you could have anything you wanted, what would YOU ask for?

Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen and Bruce Dern.

All Systems are “go” for Charles Farmer. He’s faced bank foreclosure, neighborhood naysayers and a government alarmed by his huge purchase of high-grade fuel, but now he is ready to blast into space with his homemade rocket he built in his barn.

Billy Bob Thornton portrays Charlie in this charmer about chasing dreams…and about what it means to be a family.

10,000 pounds of rocket fuel alone can’t lift Charlie into the heavens. He needs a launch/recovery crew, and he has one of the best: his wife and children, dreamers all. They have liftoff. Our spirits uplift. The Astronaut Farmer reminds us that gravity cannot hold down our dreams.

Starring Kimberly Elise, Nicole Ari Parker and Camryn Manheim

A Story of courage, strength, and perseverance.

The touching story about the true life of Loretta Claiborne, a world class athlete. Loretta, whom did not walk or talk until she was four, faced ridicule and humiliation while growing up.

Her hard-working mother, refuses to cater to Loretta’s shortcomings and instead nurtures her daughter’s fighting spirit.  Picked on at school and resented by her pretty older sister, Loretta sometimes resorts to using her fists in frustration. In grade school, a teacher encourages Loretta to excel in running, the one activity that brings her joy. 

She starts to win track meets and everything seems fine. But There are still many problems she faces as she goes on through life…

Out on the prairie it is all about hard work, tenacity, and football!

On Super Bowl Sunday, celebrate the biggest game of the year with INSP’s Little House Tailgate Party.

Before you get pulled into the big game, get your prairie on with some of Walnut Grove’s most legendary rivalries.

Insp’s Little House Tailgate Party, Sunday February 5th starting at 1p ET!

The Schedule

1p – Founder’s Day

When Walnut Grove’s Founders Day celebration comes around, the entire town is looking forward to the games and activities. However, as the day wears on, the citizens of the town are about to see how competitive Charles and an aging stranger can be.

2p – The Race

After earning money to have her horse shod for the annual race, Laura learns that the Oleson’s have purchased an expensive racehorse for Nellie. On the day of the big race, everyone else withdraws because of the Oleson’s animal, leaving Laura and her tired horse to race Nellie and her high-stepping speedster.

3p – The Winoka Warriors

Guest Stars John Ireland, Merlin Olsen, and Patrick Labyorteaux -Young Tom Carlin is convinced that his blindness makes him useless, and his father Frank Carlin (John Ireland), sees no reason to educate the lad – until he takes part in one of history’s strangest football games between rich kids and poor kids.

4p – Fight Team Fight!

A former football star, settles back into his childhood town of Walnut Grove with his wife and son, and he shows an active interest in coaching the boys’ football team. Although his intentions are good, he ends up overexerting the kids with long practices and a philosophy that values winning at all costs.

Starring Sean Astin, Ned Beatty and Jon Favreau.

A true story inspiring fans worldwide

Rudy is an account of the life of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.

It appeared as though all the odds were against Rudy achieving his dream: his grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players.

Encouraged by his persistence and spunk, Rudy inspires the team and is allowed to dress for one game where he is triumphantly carried off the field by his fellow teammates.

Starring Mariel Hemmingway and Chris Sarandon.

From the beloved author of Little Women comes the classic tale of two street kids.

One who becomes the recipient of a kind benefactor and the other who goes on the run on the street. The first gets taken to a school run by kindly teachers where he learns virtue and honesty. When the second boy arrives at the school, he encourages destructive behavior.

Can Jo’s school endure the problems and help the street-boy change his ways?

It’s time to celebrate with America’s favorite family!

Be there to experience the wedding of Olivia Walton and the graduation of John-Boy in this back to back New Year’s eve Wedding and Graduation event starting at 8p ET!

The Waltons: The Graduation

The Walton family spends a great deal of money to purchase a new suit for John-Boy’s high school graduation. But when their cow suddenly dies, the Waltons desperately need money. Will John-Boy stubbornly hold on to his graduation suit, or will he do the Right Thing and sell it back?

The Waltons: The Wedding

Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding. Dr Curtis Willard arrives to be the town doctor. Mary Ellen begins to have second thoughts about her engagement. What will Mary Ellen do? Who will she marry…if anyone at all?

Starring Richard Thomas as John-Boy, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Will Geer and Ellen Corby.

The series comes home to INSP!

INSP welcomes Little House on the Prairie to the family with a viewers’ choice marathon on New Year’s Day.

You won’t want to miss a single episode. Discover the inspiring, unconquerable courage of the Ingalls family in these exciting and touching adventures starting at 1p ET on New Year’s Day!

The Schedule

1p – Country Girls

Mary and Laura begin school at Walnut Grove. While Caroline must deal with the snippy Harriet Oleson, the rich part-owner of Oleson’s Mercantile, Laura must deal with her spoiled daughter, Nellie. As one problem winds into another, Laura finds a difficulty greater than dealing with Nellie: a looming essay for Parents’ Day causes worry for little Laura, who wants to give a beautiful essay, but is unable to write the words on paper. When she finds that she can only write a few words, she makes up a speech about her Ma, which has a great effect on her family. It is her speech that truly shows the closeness of the Ingalls family.

2p – The Lord is my Shephard Part 1 & Part 2

Guest star: Ernest Borgnine
The Ingalls family is delighted by the birth of a new baby boy, Charles Fredrick Ingalls. Unfortunately, Laura becomes jealous and refuses to pray for her new brother’s good health. Mercifully, Laura’s prayer is answered when the young boy dies soon afterward and Laura is crushed with guilt. Following a sermon by Reverend Alden about miracles, she decides to run away and pray for a miracle. Believing that her late brother meant more to her father than herself, she pledges herself to God on a mountain offering to take his place in Heaven so that the baby may come back to life. With the help of a heaven-sent stranger, she realizes how much she really means to her father.

4p – Christmas at Plum Creek

When Christmas comes around, all the Ingallses are caught up in the secrecy and excitement. Charles and Mary take secret jobs to obtain a gift for their loved ones. Laura meanwhile is left out of the fun when she can’t find anything to give or any way to raise money. While she succeeds in making the Christmas a memorable experience for everybody by selling her beloved horse Bunny to Nels Oleson so she can buy Ma a stove. Carrie remembers the true meaning of Christmas.

12a – The Richest Man in Walnut Grove

Hansen’s Mill closes when a major customer declares bankruptcy, leaving Lars unable to pay Charles two months’ back pay. The Ingallses have a large tab at the Mercantile, forcing the family into a spirit of cooperation and sacrifice to pay off the bill. The whole family pitches in: Mary sews to earn money, Caroline helps with the farm work, and Charles finds work digging a well. On the day Charles presents the funds due, Nels remarks how mightily impressed he is by the family’s resolve.

1a – The Collection

Guest stars: Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
When Rev. Alden falls ill while collecting, ex-convict Caleb Hodgekiss offers to collect the money himself. However, Hodgekiss is actually scheming to keep the money for himself, until he sees how the money is intended to be used.

Be sure to watch Little House on the Prairie weekdays at 4p, 9p, and 10p ET on INSP!

Celebrate Christmas with Dr. Mike, Sully, and the whole family!

Two fan favorite Christmas episodes from the beloved series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman are sure to put you and your family in the Christmas spirit!

A First Christmas

Guest Star Tricia Yearwood – As Colorado Springs prepares for the Christmas season, Loren fears that a new Jewish immigrant and his family will put him out of business by undercutting his high prices. Loren warns that “these people” are bad for their town. Dr. Mike begins to wonder what has happened to the true meaning of Christmas.

Fifi’s First Christmas

As the town prepares for Christmas, Dr. Mike receives an unexpected gift from her mother – a miniature poodle named Fifi who raises havoc throughout Colorado Springs. Meanwhile, the Reverend Johnson runs into difficulty recruiting townsfolk for the living Nativity he wants to stage to celebrate the holiday.

Starring Henry Czerny, Colette Stevenson, Aiden Devine, Richard Donat, and Ken James

Promise the Moon is the story of rugged ranch hand, Roy Leckner (Henry Czerny), who tries to fulfill his employer’s dying wish to find his long lost son, bring him home and groom him to run the family’s failing cattle ranch. Roy locates the young man (Shawn Ashmore) who he discovers has been institutionalized since birth.

When the town’s local businessman, Sir Robert Butler, plots to take over the property, it looks like Roy has little chance of saving the ranch. However, Butler’s former secretary, Jane Makepeace (Colette Stevenson), joins forces with Roy to battle her greedy ex-employer.

Rescuing the boy from the insanity of an institution and teaching him cattle ranching forges an awkward liaison between the two. Despite their attempts to maintain their distance, a romance blossoms between Roy and Jane.

One boy’s letter to Santa…

…changes “A Town Without Christmas”

Starring Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk, Rick Roberts, and Ernie Hudson.

In the little town of Seacliff, Washington, a kid known only as “Chris” writes a letter to Santa that captures the nation’s attention. It seems “Chris” has plans to leave this world by Christmas so he will no longer be a burden to his divorcing parents. A race begins to find him before he harms himself.

M. J. Jensen (Patricia Heaton), a smart and serious TV reporter, is assigned to the story by her competitive boss (Ernie Hudson). On her way to Seacliff she meets David Reynolds (Rick Roberts), a struggling writer returning to his hometown for his own reasons.
Once in Seacliff, M. J. and David discover that “Chris” isn’t the only kid with a family in turmoil. In fact, the whole town is embroiled in the very public battle between the Mayor and his wife over the annual Christmas pageant.

Seacliff has fallen on hard times and the Mayor has canceled the event, saying he doesn’t have the funds to support it. His wife believes the pageant is imperative, because you can’t have “…a town without Christmas!”

When M. J. and David join together to find “Chris,” they’re supported by an interesting cast of characters…all with a striking resemblance to an unlikely angel named Max (Peter Falk)!

In the search for the missing boy the residents and visitors to Seacliff may just rediscover the true spirit of Christmas – and the strength of family bonds!

Starring Richard Thomas, Taylor-Anne Reid, Maria Pitillo, and Beau Bridges

As a child, Jerry McNeal (Richard Thomas) was rescued from certain death by a creature he described as a flying reindeer.

Now an adult and a professional zoologist, Jerry is determined to prove that reindeer with the power of flight do, indeed exist! In pursuit of this mission, however, Jerry winds up neglecting his wife, Debbie (Maria Pitillo), and daughter, Grace (Taylor-Anne Reid).

Ultimately, Jerry’s obsession takes him to the North Pole where a jovial elfin chap named Nick (Beau Bridges) may or may not be able — or willing — to satisfy our hero’s insatiable curiosity.

In this magical story Jerry sets out to prove that reindeer can fly, and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family, and Christmas.

Before we knew them well…

…they were Young Whippersnappers on the wild, western frontier in one of America’s favorite TV dramas.

At one point or another, these young “stars” made a guest appearance alongside your favorite characters.

Whippersnapper is a term used to describe a young, bold person.

Watch the INSP Young Whipper Snappers Marathon on Friday, November 25th starting at 2p ET!

The Schedule

2p – MILTON BERLE as Josiah Freeman
A Flock of Trouble

Nick is tricked into winning a flock of sheep in a card game. His first instinct is to get rid of them immediately, but his neighbors’ reactions start to rankle and he finds himself increasingly unable to back down as a matter of principle.

3p – ADAM WEST as Major Jonathan Eliot
In Silent Battle

War hero Jonathan Eliot intrigues Audra, but her brothers feel there is something strange about him. Little does she know, he is an emotionally troubled and dangerous man, with delusions of what a woman should be.

4p – REGIS PHILBIN as Reporter
The Challenge

Victoria and her long-time friend, Senator Bannard, fall victim in a plot by a rival politician bent on using an innocent photo to end her friend’s career. Victoria sets out to expose the source of the deception and restore her integrity.

5p – CHARLES BRONSON as Tate
Earthquake!

Victoria, a surly ex-Barkley ranch hand, and a pregnant Indian girl fight for survival when an earthquake traps them in a church cellar. When it is found that the cellar may connect to tunnels from a closed up Barkley gold mine, not all the searchers really want the rescue to succeed.

6p – LESLIE NIELSEN as Sgt. Maj. Earl Conway
Town of No Exit

Heath arrives in a dying desert town, only to find himself a visitor in a madhouse. His hosts are five deranged people who play bizarre and deadly games with their infrequent guests. Heath’s role in their hellish fantasy: the accused–on trial for violating a woman and murder.

7p – WILLIAM SHATNER as Brett Skyler
A Time to Kill

Jarrod has an old friend from law school pass through Stockton who has ample funds, no job and time on his hands. A Secret Service agent soon follows and tells Jarrod his friend’s “income” is suspected to come from bank robbery and counterfeiting-Jarrod tries to unearth the truth.

8p – RON HOWARD as Tommy
Night of the Wolf

Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf and, believing he is going to die, leaves Stockton without any explanation to the family. His journey leads him to re-examine his life and attitudes-and the help of a woman and her son give him hope for the future.

9p – RICHARD DREYFUS as Lud Akely
Boy Into Man

Also Guest stars Diane Ladd- 15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings and repeatedly turns down all the offers of help from the Barkleys. He is also refusing any help in the effort to find the mother who abandoned them.

11p – DENNIS HOPPER as Leon Grell, Cloris Leachman as Fay
Plunder at Hawk’s Grove

Also Guest Stars Cloris Leachman- Heath is sent to a town threatened by a potential dam break. When the townspeople are forced to abandon their property, Heath is left in charge of a few men to protect against looters. As greed challenges the hearts of the men they make a plan to challenge Heath.

12a – GEORGE KENNEDY as Jack Thatcher
Barbary Red

Also Guest Stars Jill St. John- Nick celebrates his birthday at a waterfront saloon where he is drugged and shanghaied for sea duty. Jarrod suspects an old client of his, beautiful Barbary Red, is behind Nick’s disappearance. Eugene and Heath help him investigate his hunch.

1a – BRUCE DERN as John Weaver
The Prize

While returning to the ranch with a horse he just purchased, Heath becomes side tracked and ends up taking home a baby after the mother dies. The father, an outlaw, eventually heads for the Barkley’s to take custody-and into a bounty hunter’s trap.

The series comes home to INSP!

Starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Lindsay Greenbush

What began as the best-selling novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder became the most beloved pioneer family of all time.

Follow Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, and Carrie Ingalls as they settle into a quaint little house on the banks of Plum Creek, near the small town of Walnut Grove during the late 1800s.

Loyal fans – Relive the laughter, tears, and hardships of the Ingalls family as they plant their roots on the American Frontier.
New viewers – Discover the inspiring, unconquerable courage of the Ingalls family in these exciting and touching adventures! Experience timeless themes of love, morality, and rich family values that will capture your heart!

One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock…

jukeboxes…sock hops…poodle skirts…

…rockin’ and rollin’ all week long, those Happy Days are here again – on INSP!

Starring Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Tom Bosley, and Marion Ross, Happy Days revolves around Richie Cunningham and his family and friends living in 1950s Middle America.

Richie is a wholesome Jefferson High School student who will do anything to get a date! He and the guys spend plenty of time with the rest of the gang down at Arnold’s, the local burger joint.

Arthur Fonzarelli, better known as “the Fonz,” is just the opposite – a rough-around-the-edges, motorcycle riding, high school dropout famous for his slicked hair, leather jacket, and the catchphrase “Aaaayyyy!”

Join Richie and the gang for many hilarious, memorable, and classic adventures. Step back to a simpler time and relive the fun, music, and laughs of those good old Happy Days!

Here at INSP we are thankful for you!

To us you are family, and this Thanksgiving we saved a seat at our table just for you!

All day we are serving up special episodes of the The Waltons, The Brady Bunch, The Big Valley, and Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. Tune in Thanksgiving day starting at 1:30p ET on INSP!

Thanksgiving Day Marathon Schedule

1:30p – The Waltons: Grandma Comes Home

Grandma returns to Walton’s Mountain and Grandpa prays a prayer of thanksgiving at the dinner. *This is the last show in which Will Geer Grandpa appears.

2:30p – The Brady Bunch: The Un-Underground Movie

Greg is making a movie about the Pilgrims for school and involves the whole family. However, when the kids start arguing over what parts they want to play, Greg may be tempted to scrap the whole project.

3p – The Big Valley: Palms of Glory

Every property owner in the Valley is in danger of losing their land due to the legal trickery of a ruthless railroad baron who backs up his action with an army of 200 men. .Into this tense scene rides an iron-willed young man who defiantly tells the Barkley’s he is the “illegitimate son” of the dead family patriarch.

4p – The Big Valley: The Jonah- Guest Star Wayne Rogers

The Barkley’s hire a ranch hand to help bring-in the fruit harvest. The Man has the reputation of having bad luck follow him. After a series of mishaps the other ranch-hands want the man fired, but there is a surprise in store for everyone. *The main character prays on his knees to God for help to not have “bad luck” anymore. It is raining and it stops and a rainbow appears. Man says to Audra “You brought me a change of luck. Audra says: A change of faith.

5p – Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman: Thanksgiving- Guest Stars Johnny and June Carter Cash

While in Denver, Dr. Mike and Sully meet Kid Cole and Sister Ruth and invite them home for Thanksgiving, but they are waylaid by stage coach robbers en route, putting their four lives in danger. Back at the homestead, the children plan to surprise Mike and Sully with Thanksgiving dinner.

6p – Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Tempest

As Dr. Mike and the other residents of Colorado Springs are preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday and the grand opening of Preston’s new hotel, they are completely unaware that a dangerous storm is approaching which will threaten all their lives.

7p – The Brady Bunch: The Honeymoon

Mike and Carol’s wedding is a true family affair, complete with six children, two pets and a maid. And after the wedding ends in chaos, their honeymoon becomes a family affair too.

7:30p – The Brady Bunch: The Un-Underground Movie

Greg is making a movie about the Pilgrims for school and involves the whole family. However, when the kids start arguing over what parts they want to play, Greg may be tempted to scrap the whole project.

8p – The Waltons: The Thanksgiving Story

The anticipated joy of Thanksgiving turns to sorrow for the Walton family when John Boy suffers a head injury that prevents him from taking his college scholarship examination but also threatens his life.

10p- Inspiration Today

11p – Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman: Giving Thanks

Ignoring the spirit of Thanksgiving, Jake and Loren steal water from the Cheyenne’s “secret” water supply and then profit by bottling and selling it. They soon learn they should have listened to the Indians in the first place when their trespassing puts everyone in danger. Meanwhile, Sully and Dr. Mike take their first awkward courting steps.

12a- The Big Valley: Palms of Glory

Every property owner in the Valley is in danger of losing their land due to the legal trickery of a ruthless railroad baron who backs up his action with an army of 200 men. Into this tense scene rides an iron-willed young man who defiantly tells the Barkley’s he is the “illegitimate son” of the dead family patriarch.

One Man’s Quest to Save Christmas Inspires a Community

As World War I begins to take its toll on the country, Alfred Gilbert, a successful toymaker, is asked by the government to re-tool his factory to help produce goods for the war effort. The shift from toys to guns changed many things, including his community and himself.

Gilbert’s strength and faith are tested when he learns that his brother has been declared missing in action in the war. All this turmoil moves Gilbert to confront the government over plans to encourage people not to celebrate Christmas in order to save resources for the war effort.

Faith and perseverance help Gilbert to earn the name of The Man Who Saved Christmas when he reclaims the Christmas spirit in this humorous and heartwarming look at the uplifting powers of the holidays.

Starring Richard Thomas, Maureen O’Hara, and Annette O’Toole

Richard, Keri, and six-year-old Jenna are a loving family helping to make ends meet by acting as caretakers in an apartment building as Richard starts his brand new business. Keri learns about another caretaking position in one of the grand old homes in town and persuades Richard to accompany her on the interview.

Although stately homeowner Mary Parkin seems a bit aloof, she likes the young couple and offers them the position. Keri, Jenna, and Mary become good friends but Richard spends long hours hard at work and grows more distant.

When he finds an exquisitely carved Christmas box tucked away in the attic, containing letters that reveal a surprising clue to Mary’s past, a bond of affection finally develops between them.

In the busy weeks before the holidays, Richard learns a valuable lesson from Mary about the true meaning of Christmas and the special bond that a family shares.

An INSP Musical Presentation

Starring Jane Powell, Howard Keel and Jeff Richards

Millie is a young bride living in the 1850′s Oregon wilderness whose plan to civilize and marry off her six rowdy brothers-in-law to ensure the success of her own marriage backfires when the brothers, in their enthusiasm, kidnap six women from a neighboring town to be their brides.

Vowing to remain on their best behavior, the boys make no outward advances towards their reluctant female guests. The angry townsfolk come charging up the mountain, demanding the return of the stolen girls (who, by this time, have “tamed” their men). A happy ending is ultimately had by all in this delightful concoction.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is full of boisterous fun and romance that harkens back to the glory days of the movie musical.

Presenting the INSP Premiere of the Michael Landon, Jr. Film

Starring Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff and Logan Bartholomew

Following a treacherous westward journey, Missie and Willie LaHaye have set up a homestead where they’ve begun to raise a family. Their roots now firmly planted in the far West, Missie begins to realize her passion for teaching as Willie cares for the couple’s young daughter Kathy while expanding the family ranch with a little help from sons Jeff and Matthew.

When the frontier railroad comes to town, the joy of a long-promised visit from Missie’s father Clark is interrupted by a family tragedy.

When tragedy strikes, the faith and love of this family is challenged in a story you and your family will never forget!

We have everything we need. Will we do everything it takes?

Premiering this October, 58:The Film is the inspiring true story of the global Church in action. Witness bravery and determined faith in a journey from the slums of Kenya to the streets of New York. Confront the brutality of extreme poverty and meet those who live out the True Faith of Isaiah 58 and create stunning new possibilities for the future.

Travel from the sun-scorched plains of rural Ethiopia to British shopping centers, from Brazilian ganglands and the enslaving quarries of India to western churches, businesses and conferences.

58:The Film invites audiences to discover the incredible work of God through His people in our hurting world. Meet ordinary people, hear their stories, and see their struggles and their victories as 58:The Film shows the relentlessly loving God at work through His Church bringing hope to the darkest challenges of our day.

Experience eye-opening reasons to lift our expectations of the future.

We love Grandmas! And we henceforth declare October 12th “Hug Your Grandma” Day!

Now that’s cause for celebration! So don’t miss our marathon featuring the best episodes from America’s favorite Grandma!

And to help you celebrate – click the image below and send your Grandma a “HUG”!

The Schedule

1:30p – The Waltons: The House

Grandma challenges her Grandpa in a desperate emotional battle to hold on to the past.

2:30p – The Waltons: The Quilting

Mary Ellen stubbornly defies Grandma when she rebels against a solemn mountain custom.

3:30p – The Waltons: The Bequest

Grandma inherits some money and with it a host of heretofore unknown family problems.

4:30p – The Waltons: The Beau

A former suitor of Grandma’s learns of her widowhood and comes to visit her. Jim-Bob and Yancy Tucker go into business together.

5:30p – The Waltons: The Caretakers

Grandpa becomes upset with John, and his stubborn pride leads him to pack, take Grandma by the hand, and leave home.

6:30p – The Waltons: The Awakening

Grandma resents reaching the age of 68, and Mary Ellen resents being a little girl, fearing a boy to whom she is attracted will feel she is too young.

7:30p – A Walton’s Family Reunion: Part 2

In the fall of 2010 The cast members of

Presenting an INSP Special Series–Miracles Around Us

Real stories. Real people. Miracles Around Us is the ultimate reality television series that retells actual stories and documented cases where the lives and destinies of everyday people have been changed forever by events that defy most viewers’ personal experiences.

The shows are recreations of moments in the lives of otherwise unremarkable fathers, mothers, children, grandparents, and even family pets. Viewers will be fascinated by these accounts detailing instances when the predictable, scientifically plausible operation of the world was overruled, suspended, or otherwise altered dramatically.

Tune in for this special series and see how faith has touched the lives of these ordinary people to achieve the extraordinary.

An INSP premiere of the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Movie Event

Starring: Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Chad Allen, Erika Flores, Shawn Toovey, and Georgann Johnson.

Join Dr. Mike, Sully, and the whole family in this follow up to the beloved Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman series as they adventure to Boston for Colleen’s graduation from Harvard Medical School.

Having transferred from The Women’s Medical College to the male dominated university since the series finale, Colleen has to dig deep and overcome harsh criticism from the medical board and her own father-in-law who resents the fact that she continues to pursue medicine despite his misgivings as she works to actualize her dream of becoming a doctor.

Dr. Quinn’s strength and courage won her mother’s admiration, now she faces the biggest challenge of her life as she cares for her mother who is struggling to battle a fatal heart condition. Her mother leaves her estate to Michaela to start her own hospital in Colorado Springs presenting new opportunities and new challenges.

As a finale to the series, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within depicts the Cooper children finding their futures in Boston while Michaela returns to Colorado Springs to begin a new chapter in her life.

Starring John Wayne and Forrest Tucker

John Chisum, a virtuous, patriarchal, and aging land baron with an eventful past locks horns with greedy Lawrence Murphy, a malevolent land developer who will stop at nothing to take control of Lincoln County for his own personal gain.

Murphy’s men tip off cattle rustlers who devise a plan to steal Chisum’s horses. Chisum and his sidekick Pepper stop the bandits with help from a newcomer to the area, William Bonney, aka “Billy the Kid.” A notorious killer, Billy has been given a second chance by Chisum’s kind-hearted neighbor, rancher Henry Tunstall.

Murphy is buying up all the stores in town and using his monopoly to gouge prices. He also installs his own sheriff and deputies; and brings in a lawyer, Alex McSween, to shore up his team and make things nice and legal.

Chisum, Tunstall, Bonney and a nomad buffalo hunter named Pat Garret join forces to stand against the underhanded Murphy and his criminal band, and to protect the town and their ranch assets from his murderous greed.

Eventually McSween’s principles lead him to switch sides and join with Chisum and Tunstall. The two ranchers set up their own bank and general store in town under McSween’s control.

Don’t miss this classic western showdown between good and evil!

INSP wants to know…

“What kind of name is Zebulon?”

No matter how he got his name, there’s no denying that Grandpa Walton is the heart and soul of TV’s greatest family. INSP presents eight full episodes, taking a spin with the man behind the name!

7pm — THE STATUE

The one where Grandpa wins a statue in a church raffle. Grandma gets angry because the statue looks like Grandpa’s old girl friend and the family decides to throw the thing in Drucilla’s Pond.

8pm — THE INTRUDERS

The one where Grandpa convinces a rival lumber company to float its logs down the river. The Walton logs travel by road and arrive first, winning a contract that keeps the Waltons in business

9pm-11pm — THE CONFLICT (2-Hours)

The one where Grandpa leads the fight for the Walton clan in a land dispute with the government and goes nutty when John-boy gets shot.

11pm — THE SEPARATION

The one where Grandpa works for the Baldwin sisters to get money to pay the electric bill, but Grandma thinks he’s visiting the Baldwins for other reasons and the fireworks between them begin.

12am — THE LAST MUSTANG

The one where Grandpa’s tall tale of a wild mustang on Walton’s Mountain proves true. The horse is captured and Grandpa has to convince the law to set it free again.

1am — THE BIRTHDAY

The one where Grandpa has a mild heart-attack and wants John-boy to pick him out a tombstone. Meanwhile, Grandma insists that Grandpa’s bed is moved outside to a tent and he starts to feel much better.

Starring Academy Award® nominee Albert Finney with Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, and Aileen Quinn

This is the fun and thrilling film adaptation of the Broadway smash hit, which in turn was based on the perennial cartoon favorite, “Little Orphan Annie.”

Based on one of the most popular comic strips of all time and adapted from the smash Broadway musical, Annie is set in Depression-era New York City, where a spunky little girl lives in an orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan.

Annie’s hopes soar when multi-gazillionaire Oliver Warbucks decides to take in an orphan for a week to “upgrade his image.” Once she gets herself chosen, Annie and her adopted dog, Sandy, gradually charm Warbucks into adopting her…

But what she really wants is to find her real parents.

Warbucks’ search for Annie’s missing parents turns up only the villainous Rooster and his corrupt girlfriend, Lily, who conspire with Miss Hannigan to relieve Warbucks of both the girl and a hefty reward.

It is left to Sandy, the other orphans, and Daddy Warbucks to rescue Annie before it’s too late.

Starring: Florence Henderson, Robert Reed and Ann Davis

This is the story of Carol, a single mother of three girls – Marcia, Jan and Cindy – and architect Mike Brady, a single father of three boys – Greg, Peter and Bobby – who get married and blend the two families into one. Added to the mix are housekeeper Alice and dog Tiger. The Brady’s experience the same obstacles as any family, from adjusting to their new extended family, to sibling rivalry. The comedy series famous for its catchy theme song truly has become a pop culture icon, and is still enjoyed by viewers of all ages.

Starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker and Pernell Roberts.

The Cartwright’s thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of Ben Cartwright’s sons was born to a different wife, with none of the mothers still alive. Join Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe as they protect their ranch while helping neighbors and strangers through the many trials they face on the Nevada frontier. These were the days where family values and the fight for justice were backed up by six-guns that always had right on their side.

Mark Twain’s timeless classic of envy and discovery

Tom Canty is born in the London slums on the same day Edward Tudor is born in the ranks of royals, destined to be the King of England.

Tom has a difficult time remembering his last meal and lives to avoid confrontation with his father, yet dreams of life steeped in riches and creature comforts.

Edward, beloved son of the often-merciless King Henry VIII, dreams of playing with children his own age and to “clothe myself in rags and revel in mud, with no one to forbid it.”

One day Tom, running from his drunken father, slides unnoticed under the guarded gates and onto the grounds of the royal palace. He is met there by Prince Edward, who discreetly leads him through a side entrance and up to his stately room.

The two boys become fast friends, sharing their dreams and, in a purely whimsical act, exchange clothes. They stand in front of a mirror and are truly amazed … they cannot tell each other apart.

Other than the smudge of dirt on his face, Tom looks exactly like the Prince did before they exchanged clothes and the Prince looks like Tom would have had he never gone out to play!

In a moment of carpe diem, the Prince heads for an open window. “Let us enjoy this opportunity,” Prince Edward announces. “You are the Prince until I return.”

The Prince is thrust into the street and immediately forced into a slum life, including hunger, John Canty’s wrath, and improper imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.

Tom encounters bars of a different kind. The gates around the palace serve as jail to a young boy whose every movement is choreographed, observed, and judged.

Will the Prince overcome John Canty’s wrath and the skepticism of those who label him a liar when he professes his true identity?

When the king dies will Tom be able to continue his masquerade as Prince, while fending off the nefarious Lord Hertford?

The final chapter of the “Little House” saga.

Starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle, Dean Butler, Victor French

The citizens of Walnut Grove learn that land swindlers are about to take over the town. Without legal grounds to fight, the citizens decide that while the swindlers can have the land, they can’t have the town that’s on it!

Charles and Caroline Ingalls decide to celebrate his first vacation in two years, since taking his job in the big city, by paying a visit to Laura, Almanzo and granddaughter Rose in Walnut Grove.

On the train Charles accidentally steps into a luxury parlor car occupied by Nathan Lassiter and his henchman. The land baron is cordial, but immediately dismisses Charles to attend to the business at hand: he’s recently acquired the rights to the Mesabi iron range in Minnesota.

While he owns the land, there are several towns in the area that pose a problem. So, Lassiter sends his henchman ahead to Walnut Grove to scope out the town before going there himself to spring his surprise and claim all rights to the land underneath.

Once Lassiter arrives in town he promptly visits the Sunday church service and demonstrates his ownership of every square inch of dirt under Walnut Grove, announcing that with a U.S. Army regiment to back him up he’ll evict everyone who doesn’t go to work for him.

Laura expresses her frustration by smashing all the windows of her house so that Lassiter can’t get to them. This gives another town resident, who already works for the iron mines, an idea – Lassiter can have the land under Walnut Grove, but he won’t get one useful stick of the city.

Don’t miss this explosive, emotional finale to the Little House on the Prairie series.

At times you walk alone…

Nineteen-year-old Lisa Bishop and her boyfriend are packed and ready to drive away from Three Rivers for good.

But first Lisa stops to see the grandmother who raised her, Elizabeth Leroy Bishop, for money. Elizabeth doesn’t want Lisa to make a hasty move. She’s willing to give Lisa the money, as promised, but first the young woman will have to sit patiently as her grandmother tells the story of her life.

Having grown up in Three Rivers, Elizabeth insists the place was even more boring in the early 1950s. The daughter of the town doctor, Elizabeth had plans to leave town and pursue a more adventurous life.

Until her best friend Frances gently prods Elizabeth to take a greater interest in men, like next-door neighbor Will Bishop, who clearly is in love with her. But Elizabeth hasn’t the slightest interest in the opposite sex…

Then she is sent on an errand to greet the new associate minister at the railroad station; Ben Phillips is a dreamboat! When Elizabeth shows Ben around town there are undeniable sparks, and after some slow-moving, old-fashioned courting, they become an item.

But when Will Bishop, who has loved Elizabeth for years, finally works up the courage to propose marriage, but he is too late. Elizabeth, who thinks of Will only as a dear friend, is already madly in love with Ben and marriage seems to be in the immediate future.

Those plans are put on hold when Ben commits to serve as a military chaplain in Korea.

Will Elizabeth realize her dreams to leave Three Rivers? Will her story be enough to change Lisa’s mind? Will the hardships and sorrows of life destroy the dreams of these two women?

The Big Valley–An INSP Exclusive

Though wealthy and prestigious, the Barkleys use their power to help the less fortunate homesteaders who struggle to make ends meet and make a way on a piece of the new land.

This series is set in 1870s California, in the gorgeous San Joaquin Valley and chronicles Stockton’s richest and most powerful family, The Barkleys.

Victoria Barkley is the family matriarch, a strong-willed widow leading an adult brood in the management of the Barkley Ranch, which includes cattle, mines, citrus groves, and logging camps. Victoria’s close-knit family brood consists of four adult children: two sons Jarrod and Nick, daughter Audra, and step-son Heath.

Jarrod, a prominent lawyer, handles all of the family’s legal issues and manages his two law offices in Stockton and San Francisco. Nick, a strong, sturdy rancher, oversees the hands-on, day-to-day operations of the family’s holdings. Nick is aggressive, out-spoken, and at times hot-headed. Victoria’s youngest child is her beautiful daughter Audra. Audra is protected by all of the family members. Audra is very sensitive, caring, loves horses, and is a very talented rider.

Heath, Victoria’s step-son, helps Nick manage the family’s possessions. Heath tends to be quiet and reserved, yet sincere – standing up for what he believes in and proudly wearing the Barkley name.

The Barkley family members bond together like glue when troubles arise, and successfully face the challenges of land disputes, squatters, bank robbers, horse thieves, kidnapping, injuries, and illness. They share strong family values, joy, laughter, and the pain of heartache as they deal with life’s problems.

Starring Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Chad Allen, Erika Flores, and Shawn Toovey

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman has joined the INSP family. Be sure to watch weeknights at 7p & 11p ET.

With the combination of Jane Seymour and guest stars like Diane Ladd, Jane Wyman, Johnny Cash, John Schneider, and Kenny Rogers, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an exciting anchor to a truly inspiring new Fall Lineup on INSP! Seymour plays a strong-willed woman who is one of the first female physicians to practice on the American frontier.

In the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman pilot, Dr. Michaela “Mike” Quinn (Seymour), daughter of a doctor, leaves her stable life in Boston — answering an ad for a town doctor in Colorado Springs. The townsfolk are shocked, however, that the new medicine man is a woman.

Joe Lando plays Byron Sully, an enigmatic man whose closest companions are the Indians and a wolf. He becomes Mike’s friend as she struggles for acceptance. Allen, Flores and Toovey play three orphaned children adopted by Dr. Mike when their mother (guest star Diane Ladd) dies.

From the Producers of Wind at My Back

Love, Trust …The Power to Overcome

Twelve-year-old Christopher seeks a diversion from his mother’s new marriage by means of a wild black pony that runs through the valley – a relationship that ultimately brings the family closer together.

A tragic accident takes Sarah’s husband, leaving her family desperate and alone on the rugged Colorado pioneer. When the man responsible for the accident stands up for what’s right, Sarah arranges a marriage of convenience to provide for her family.

But twelve-year-old Christopher resents his new stepfather, the man responsible for his father’s accidental death, and withdraws…

…finding comfort in the unconditional love of a wild black pony that runs through the valley.

When Sarah refuses her son to have any more contact with the animal her new husband, seeking approval from Christopher, decides to purchase the pony against her wishes.

Sarah looks on this relationship with disfavor, until the horse saves Christopher’s life–an act of devotion that inspires the family and increasingly becomes the link between trust and family togetherness.

From the Producer of Anne of Green Gables!

The Antics and Misadventures of Sara Stanley

After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives in Prince Edward Island. While there, she must cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty & Olivia, and with the mischievous antics of her jealous cousins. Soon Sara must make a heart wrenching decision: whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father.

Through the combination of the episodes “The Journey Begins” & “Proof of the Pudding,” this digitally-mastered movie was created as an introduction to the award-winning “Road to Avonlea” series.

After her father is accused of embezzlement, Sara Stanley, a young socialite, is sent to live with her deceased mother’s relatives in Prince Edward Island. There she must adjust to life in the small rural town of Avonlea, learn to cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty and Olivia, and learn to get along with her cousins who become victims and cohorts in Sara’s antics and misadventures.

Everything comes to a head when the adults are called away and her older cousin, Felicity, is left in charge – not knowing what troubles will ensue.

While just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support.

~George Washington

“America’s Christian Heritage” is an original one-hour Inspiration Networks special focusing on the Christian history of the founding of our nation and the progression of those early attitudes and institutions. America was founded as a Christian nation by Christian men and women fleeing religious persecution in their homelands.

The earliest principles of democracy and freedom in America were based on the laws of God and the teachings of the Bible. Our systems of legislation and jurisprudence depended on the guidance of Almighty God, and our early leaders were vocal in their adherence to the Christian faith in matters of government.

“America’s Christian Heritage,” hosted by Janet Parshall, was shot on location in Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia. Feature segments include: the history of the Supreme Court; early Presidents; the Pledge of Allegiance; our founding Patriots; and the Constitutional Convention are just a few of the topics explored in depth.

The myth of Separation of Church and State is carefully explained, and some of America’s most renowned public figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are featured.

The road to Paradise is a journey of the heart

Starring Crystal Bernard and Brian Dennehy

In this inspirational family story a preacher named Debbie Laramie and her son, Hayden are sent from a big city “mega” church to Paradise, a small rural community that is in desperate need of direction.

The fact that the preacher is named Debbie only complicates things. Seeing that the town is stuck in complacency and turns its back on its neediest neighbors Debbie begins building a new vision for her congregation…

… A vision that embraces everyone, even the poor and outcast, and when Debbie invites Trevor Goodman, an elderly black man living on the streets, to sing at the church service she realizes the deep rooted veil of indifference may be too strong to lift.

But as the church begins to embrace Debbie’s methods, the congregation begins to find their own sense of inspiration, tolerance and consideration … then something happens that might cause the church’s charter to be revoked.

Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington

Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman

With Matthew Broderick, Andre Braugher, and Cary Elwes

Winner of three Academy Awards®, Glory is the story of the Union Army’s first black fighting unit in the American Civil War. The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was made up of black soldiers–some Northern freemen, some escaped slaves–and led by whites, including Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), the son of Boston abolitionists.

The unit faced virulent racism, not only from their Southern adversaries but from Northern whites who resisted arming black soldiers and doubted their ability to fight effectively. But in the bloody attack on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina, the members of the 54th distinguished themselves in an almost suicidal battle.

Their heroic actions helped throw open the gates of the Union Army to 180,000 blacks who risked their lives for emancipation and citizenship, and may have helped turn the tide of the war.

Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Stefanie Powers

George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky, who has been away at school for the last two years.

He’s also surprised to see that his wife Katherine has returned. She had left him some years before without really explaining what he had done, but she does make the point of saying that she’s returned to take their daughter back to the State Capitol with her.

“GW” is highly respected by everyone around him, including the farmers who are pouring into the territories with free grants of land – and the Indians, who are under threat of being relocated to another reservation.

Things take an uproarious turn for the “worst” when “GW” faces off, not only with his hot-tempered wife, but with his daughter and her suitors; homesteaders and cattlemen; and the government over land disputes with the local Comanche.

Between his wife, his headstrong daughter, the crooked land agent and the thieving government Indian agent, “GW” tries to keep the peace and do what is best for everyone.

“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.”

~Thomas Jefferson

But the freedom we enjoy in our country has come at a tremendous price—bought and paid for by the blood of courageous citizens.

“The Price of Freedom!” is an Inspiration Networks original patriotic special. Both inspirational and educational, this special features David and Barbara Cerullo on location at some of our nation’s most important monuments in Washington, DC.

Our nation’s capital is filled with memorials to those who have given their blood and tears…ingenuity and toil…sacrifice and selfless love…loneliness and heartbreak…as costly payments to secure our freedom. As gratitude for the liberty we enjoy, we must thank those who have gone before us; and we must continue to defend our precious freedom—whatever the cost.

Join David and Barbara for this inspirational look at our nation’s heritage and the challenges we still face us today!

Starring:

James Cagney, Walter Huston, and Joan Leslie

This movie biography was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and was the platform for James Cagney to dance and sing his way to a well-deserved Academy Award for his outstanding portrayal of Vaudeville composer and performer George M. Cohan.

Academy Awards, 1943
• Won: James Cagney – Oscar, Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Won: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD) – Oscar, Best Sound, Recording

• Won: Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld – Oscar, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

• Nominated – Oscar, Best Picture

• Nominated: Walter Huston – Oscar, Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Nominated: Michael Curtiz – Oscar, Best Director

• Nominated: George Amy – Oscar, Best Film Editing

• Nominated: Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph – Oscar, Best Writing, Original Story

The Story:
In the early days of WW II, Cohan comes out of retirement to star as US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a show titled “I’d Rather Be Right.”

On opening night he’s summoned to meet the President at the White House, where Cohan is presented with a Congressional Gold Medal (in fact, this happened several years previously). Cohan is overcome, and as he chats with Roosevelt he recalls his early days…
The film flashes back to Cohan’s birth on July 4 – while his father is performing on the Vaudeville stage.

Cohan and his sister join the family act as soon as they can learn to dance, and soon “The Four Cohans” are performing successfully. But George gets a bit cocky as he grows, and is eventually blacklisted by theatrical producers for being troublesome. He leaves the act and hawks his songs around unsuccessfully to producers.

In partnership with another struggling writer, Sam Harris, he finally interests a producer and they are on the road to success. During this time he meets and is married to Mary, a young singer/dancer.

As his star ascends, he persuades his now struggling parents to join his act, eventually vesting some of his valuable theatrical properties in their name. Cohan retires, but returns to the stage several times, culminating in the role that lands him in the presence of President Roosevelt.

As he leaves the White House, Cohan performs a dance step down the stairs (which Cagney thought up before the scene was filmed and performed with no rehearsal). Outside, he joins a military parade, where the soldiers are singing ‘Over There’. Not knowing that he’s the composer, they jokingly invite Cohan to join in, which he does.

Writers: Rod Peterson and Claire Whitaker
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Music: Alexander Courage.

Mary Ellen Walton gets married!

On Waltons Mountain our family ties were strengthened by hardship. The walls of our house protected us from wind and weather, and we managed somehow to survive grief, and illness, and disappointment. Who then could have believed we would find ourselves so defenseless against romance.

Mary Ellen and David Spencer, a young intern at Rockfish Hospital, quite unexpectedly announce they are getting married…the children are excited and Grandpa to shouts, ‘Whoopee!’

Later, during an engagement party, Dr. Curtis Willard pulls into the driveway and announces he’ll be the new doctor on Walton’s Mountain! He saw the need in The Blue Ridge Chronicle and jumped at the chance to start his own practice.

After convincing the committee (John-Boy, John, and Reverend Fordwick) that he has the cash for the down payment on Dr. Vance’s office and they hire him, Curt immediately gets off on the wrong foot!

When he realizes he needs help “sweet-talking” his patients, Curt asks Mary Ellen to help him at the office, and right away puts his foot into his mouth by telling Mary Ellen she’ll start by straightening out Dr. Vance’s “cock-eyed” filing system – Mary Ellen promptly informs him she organized the system!

Toward the end of the “Hard Luck Dance” fundraiser Curt asks Mary Ellen for one last dance. She hesitates, afraid of what people may say. “There’s nothing for people to talk about,” Curt says. Unless she feels the ‘chemistry’ that he feels. Curt kisses her as Erin watches from the bushes.

During the wedding rehearsal at the church Reverend Fordwick asks Mary Ellen if she will take David as her true and lawful husband. She is unable to say ‘I do’ and runs from the church confused, realizing that something is missing in her love for David. She gives back the engagement ring that David gave her.

What will Mary Ellen do? Who will she marry…if anyone at all?

We would always remember that day when our friends and neighbors gathered on the mountain at the site of the first Walton homestead. It somehow seemed fitting that the days leading up to Mary Ellen’s marriage had been filled with turmoil. All of us who knew and loved her had learned to expect the unexpected.

INSP is pleased to present…

A Walton’s Memorial Day Marathon

honoring America’s heroes with stories of courage, faith, and sacrifice. Join us as we pay tribute to those who gave their all for freedom.

DAY OF INFAMY – Starts 1p ET

It’s Christmas 1941 and Mary Ellen is planning to go to Hawaii to be with Curt. When the news of Pearl Harbor arrives, the family learns of Curt’s death.

THE TAILSPIN – Starts 2p ET

Jim Bob admits that he has been visiting recruitment offices in the area. In desperation at his son’s lying and back-talking John reluctantly signs his recruitment papers

THE VALEDICTION – Starts 3p ET

Jim Bob graduates as the class valedictorian and Erin learns that Ashley Longworth Jr. has married in London. All the Walton boys leave for the War.

THE TRIUMPH – Starts 4p ET

Jim Bob comes home on leave, they all gather at the Waltons to celebrate the end of the war in Europe.

THE LAST TEN DAYS – Starts 5p ET

Ben’s captor takes him on an unexpected trip and turns him in to the American forces. Jason decides to seriously court Toni and Ben calls Cindy. World War 2 ends.

THE FOX – Starts 6p ET

Grandpa likes to tell outlandish tales of his days with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American War, but balks at attending a reunion of the Rough Riders.

THE LEGEND – Starts 7p ET

John’s old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of Reckless.

THE HERO – Starts 8p ET

Acting on a suggestion of Grandma’s, John-Boy organizes a memorial to the Jefferson County Doughboys of WW I. Sheriff Ep Bridges, a decorated hero, shows little interest.

THE FIRST CASUALTY – Starts 9p ET

Dr. Curt Willard is drafted to serve in the US Medical Corps. G. W. Haines is killed in a training accident. Yancy Tucker excitedly announces that he is enlisting, only to be turned down because of flat feet.

Third movie in the Left Behind series!

President Gerald Fitzhugh lives in a different world – everyone does.

It has been a year and a half since the world was hit with the most widespread devastation it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation hundreds of millions of people simply vanished off the face of the earth. The world was in chaos like it had never been before.

One man rose to the challenge. One man had the strength and conviction to unite a shattered world. One man gave the world hope. That man was Nicolae Carpathia. Now he rules the entire world.

President Fitzhugh, like most of America, whole-heartedly supports Carpathia’s new global leadership – but there are those who do not.

Two unrelated groups, one a dangerous militia movement and the other an underground group of born-again Christians, each have their own plan to bring Nicolae down. Their reasons for resistance differ, but Fitzhugh has labeled both as dangerous terrorists and he’ll stop them without mercy.

Until an assassination attempt against Fitzhugh forces him to look closer at Nicolae and his new World Government. He coerces Buck Williams, an international journalist with an inside track to Carpathia, to help him. Buck is a Christian and believes that Nicolae is actually the prophesied Antichrist, but Fitzhugh wants facts – not stories.

With time running out both Fitzhugh and Buck must make the toughest decisions of their lives. Will Fitzhugh sacrifice the lives of millions to ultimately save America? Can Buck lead Fitzhugh to the real truth about Nicolae before it’s too late?

And after the smoke clears … who will survive World War III?

2 hour episode first aired September 20, 1979

Writers: Rod Peterson & Claire Whittaker
Director: Harry Harris
Music: Alexander Courage

“It was one spring day during the war that our mother came back to us, and with her arrival it seemed that everything began to look brighter. In Europe and North Africa the Allied forces were gaining strength; giving new hope to those of us on the home front. There were dark days still ahead, but for now it was peaceful on the mountain and my family rejoiced in being together again.”

When the Assistant Manager of the Pickett plant quits Erin Walton fills in, only to experience the glass ceiling when she asks JD to hire her permanently, with a big raise.

Meanwhile, Sheriff Bridges turns to John Walton, head of the Draft Board, when new recruit Tommy Satterfield goes AWOL. If Tommy doesn’t return, and soon, he’ll face jail time. John decides to confront the issue head-on and pay a visit to the Satterfields. When Tommy, who is hiding out back, finally comes out John persuades him to honor his duty to his country.

Later, news comes that the troopship taking Tommy overseas has been attacked and Tommy killed. Calvin, Tommy’s father, doesn’t take the news very well. Emboldened by whiskey Calvin heads to the Walton house, shotgun in hand, and threatens to kill one of John’s sons in revenge.

Olivia Walton brings an unexpected telegram with news that John-Boy, on active service with the Stars and Stripes, is posted as missing.

Will this change things for Calvin Satterfield? Will Calvin exact his revenge? Will John find a way to console another father and together confront their grief?

Don’t miss this moving portrayal of the hardship and heartache experienced by the families who loved and supported the heroes of our Greatest Generation.

In celebration of Dads everywhere!

Walton’s Fans Have Spoken!

Tune in to see which episode will be the Fan Favorite! Four special episodes of The Waltons, featuring John Walton, Sr. — ranked #3 on the “TV Guide Top 50 Dads of All Time” list!

THE HUNT – Starts 1p ET

The one where John-Boy joins the men on a turkey shoot, but he decides not to shoot the turkey and later has to shoot a bear to save his dad’s life.

THE CHOICE – Starts 2p ET

The one where John makes plans to expand the mill, thinking that when Jason leaves school he’ll join him full-time and call the business “Walton and Sons Lumber Yard”, but Jason has other plans.

THE BOY FROM THE CCC – Starts 3p ET

The one where the Waltons find a runaway boy from the slum area of New York City, and John helps turn the boy’s life around while also comforting Elizabeth when her raccoon dies.

THE PIN-UP … ?? – Starts 4p ET

THE LAST STRAW … ?? – Starts 4p ET

THE STRAY … ?? – Starts 4p ET

Which one will be the final episode?

Well, YOU helped us decide! So TUNE IN on Father’s Day – Sunday, June 19th and find out!

INSP is pleased to present…

From country girl to gospel superstar

On the anniversary of her death INSP remembers a legend; from her friendship w/ Elvis, through untold struggles, to the good times that build an amazing life.

An in-depth look at the life of one of music’s most celebrated artists. Follow Dottie’s journey to becoming a world renowned singer and songwriter; her commitment to sharing the Gospel and her life of ministry through music.

Dottie discovered early in life she had a gift for singing and songwriting. But when she told her parents of her desire to use her gift to share the Gospel, her alcoholic father forced her to leave home for good at the tender age of 12.

Years of struggle and commitment followed and Dottie Rambo became one of the 20th century’s most prolific songwriters, penning such beloved classics as “We Shall Behold Him,” “I Go to the Rock,” and “Build My Mansion.” Dottie’s story is an inspirational journey of overcoming obstacles and facing fears to honor the gifts she was given, and to bring hope and healing to the world through music.

Writers: Rod Peterson and Claire Whitaker
Director: Ralph Senensky
Music: Alexander Courage.

“Tonight we proudly welcome home Miss Ellen Corby as Grandma Walton.”

“A house alone has little meaning, it’s the people that live there who bring it to life and give it character. All during my grandmother’s absence our house, and everyone in it, seemed to long for her return. Grandpa never stopped hoping that she would come home, and finally there came a day when his prayers were to be answered”.

Grandpa is too excited to eat breakfast as he prepares to bring Esther home from the hospital. Mary Ellen explains that Grandma still cannot speak after her stroke. After Zeb leaves, the family prepares the house for Grandma’s return.

When Jason hears the truck’s horn blaring off in the distance he yells out, “Grandma is coming home!”

At the supper table Grandpa offers a prayer of rejoicing that he’s reunited with his wife. After supper, John joins his mother on the porch to remember his childhood with his brother Ben. John says, “There is nothing to be afraid of in silence. Just being near each other is what really counts.”

Later, after John, Zeb and Olivia have gone to town, Grandma answers the ringing telephone with Erin on the other end. When Erin hears nothing but mumbles she immediately calls Sheriff Bridges, asking him to find her parents.

Without anyone knowing, Jim Bob takes Grandma on a ride in the car he’s just fixed.

When John, Olivia, and Grandpa get Erin’s message and return home they cannot find Grandma. Jim Bob drives up with Grandma just as Elizabeth and Ben (covered with mud) arrive. John chides the children for not being responsible to care for their Grandma.
Esther unsuccessfully tries to explain that she is fine and enjoyed her ride in Jim Bob’s car.

As Olivia and Grandma snap green beans Esther tries to explain how she feels. Unable to understand Olivia finally hears, ‘Need me?’ and asks Esther, ‘You don’t think anybody needs you?’

Don’t miss this tender, heart-warming episode of The Waltons.

Great adversity ignites the human spirit.

Starring: Danny Glover, Ed Harris, John Malkovich, and Sally Field in the triumphant performance that earned her an Academy Award.

Set in 1935 Waxahachie, Texas, Places in the Heart tells the story of one woman’s fight for her family, her home, and her future.

When Sheriff Royce Spalding is accidentally killed by a drunken gunman, his wife, Edna, is suddenly thrust into the role of provider for her two small children, Frank and Possum. Then “Mose,” an out-of-work black man begging for every meal in the racist South, happens along with a scheme to plant cotton on her forty acres. It is the only chance Edna has to keep her family together.

Meanwhile, Mr. Denby, from the bank that holds the mortgage on the farm, is quick to extend a “hand of charity” to Mrs. Spalding by depositing his blind brother-in-law, Mr. Will, with her for safekeeping. A tornado offers their first challenge. Emerging from the storm cellar, blind Mr. Will asks “How bad is it?” “Well,” Mose responds, “everything’s a little bent, but it’s still here.”

Next, the bottom falls out of the cotton market and Edna’s only chance to make the mortgage payment is that she be first to bring her crop to the cotton mill and claim the $100 first prize. But in order to get there, she’ll have to face the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, which objects to Mose’s efforts to best a white man to the prize money.

It’s the season for New Life!

It’s the season of Triumphant Victory!

Bill Gaither hosts this Easter presentation featuring never-before-seen-on-TV footage!

Exclusively on INSP!

The Gaither Easter Marathon, featuring four popular Gaither Gospel Hour episodes, including Jerusalem, Israel Homecoming, Amazing Grace and Alaskan Cruise – Majesty. Guests include legendary performers and today’s top artists.

INSP and Gaither Productions are pleased to present this exclusive Easter weekend TV special featuring music and themes for The Passover. This four-hour marathon is filled with unique elements for exclusive presentation on INSP – clips never before shown on TV, as well as rare, behind-the-scenes footage.

Jerusalem – Bill reminisces about the Gaither Homecoming videotaping and shares some never-before-seen photos and video clips taken during their visit to the Holy Land. Stories and miracles of centuries ago come alive with new significance in the very places where Christ’s life, death and resurrection unfolded. This unforgettable celebration of the Hope of the Ages will stir the depths of your soul in Jerusalem.

Israel – An historic first for Bill and Gloria Gaither! A moving visit to Jerusalem — the Holy City of God — the cradle of Christianity. Don’t miss this live concert in David’s Citadel (part of the original city of Jerusalem), one of the most unique and sacred venues in the world. The entire countryside where Jesus lived, walked and died is showcased with stirring performances at the Garden Tomb, the Southern Steps and the Jordan River.

Amazing Grace – See the Homecoming Family backstage in the halls of the Grand Ole Opry. Bill shares what it meant to sing Gospel music in the same building where the pioneers of country music launched their careers.

Majesty – Viewers will hear the untold story of how the Alaskan Cruise videotaping almost didn’t happen! The Gaither Homecoming family sings its way through Alaska’s majestic landscape in this rare and beautiful Alaskan Cruise experience. In this musical journey, gospel music’s finest voices gather for a concert on the ship’s deck to celebrate and to worship the Creator of all this beauty!

Don’t miss this amazing Easter celebration! Only on INSP!

Family is life’s greatest treasure

Wind at My Back – 2-Hour Special Presentation:

You’ve watched them struggle. You’ve watched them grow. You’ve watched them overcome adversity. Now, witness the final chapter that brings it all together in an unforgettable, 2-hour special event.

This 2-Hour Special reunites many of the original cast as the Sutton and Bailey families are growing up and returning home for the holidays. As Christmas draws near, even New Bedford is not immune from the looming prejudices in Europe; wartime tensions find their way into the heart of the small town and threaten to divide the Bailey and Sutton families.

Grace and May have gone to Europe to recover Van’s belongings and may not return to Canada in time for the holiday traditions. Toppy is in a tizzy because she is directing the town Christmas pageant but Jim Flett has written a flop.

Max and Honey have differences of opinion over the older boys; Fat wants to quit school and join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hub, planning to become a priest, comes home for Christmas and brings a surprise – a girl named Anna Schiller. Maisy, who harbors a secret crush on Hub, is devastated.

When Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Wells comes to town looking for Anna it throws the Bailey and Sutton families into turmoil. It’s a story that weaves together real fears, human compassion, respect, and the faith to believe that family is still life’s greatest treasure.

Beginning April 20th Wind at My Back moves to 7p ET!

A REEL Inspiration Special Presentation

More than 50 hours of interviews with 20 top Christian scholars from around the world have been edited into this powerful, two-hour presentation of Biblical evidence for Jesus Christ: His birth, life, miracles, death, and resurrection!

His Tomb is Empty presents compelling evidence that Jesus is who He claims to be…the eternal Son of God and our Savior.

Invite a skeptical friend or loved one to watch this special with you!

A Waltons Family Easter

Olivia feels odd after church, her legs seem very weak. The family takes her directly home, and after a brief visit from the Baldwin sisters Olivia feels worse and takes to her bed.

Olivia’s situation worsens when she discovers that she can’t feel her legs, so they call for Dr. Vance, who is reluctant to tell her his diagnoses … infantile paralysis—polio.

When John finally tells the children, who are stunned, Erin takes the news the hardest and refuses to go in and see her mother in fear that she will be “different” in some way.

Hope springs anew when Olivia moves her feet during one of Mary Ellen’s dancing lessons and she proclaims she’ll be walking by Easter. However, when positive signs don’t continue, discouragement sets in.

As Easter grows closer her fruitless attempts to walk make her decide to use the wheelchair. John-Boy, however, is of the opinion she’s trying too hard. When Grandma says it is God’s will, John-Boy’s faith in God is put to the test and he runs to the mountain.

A REEL Inspiration Special Presentation

Original air date: 11/03/1977
Screenplay: Rod Peterson & Claire Whitaker
Director: Ralph Senensky

Mary Ellen’s baby is due soon and everyone on Walton’s Mountain is excited. The Baldwin sisters are planning a baby shower. Elizabeth is choosing a name. Ben and Ike have started a pool at the General Mercantile to see who’ll guess the baby’s due date.

Mary Ellen insists she’ll have the baby at home. John and Grandpa agree, against the better wisdom of Curt and Olivia, who believe she’d be better off at the hospital.

Later Mary Ellen is summoned into a brewing storm to deliver a baby for a young backwoods girl named Cassie. When Mary Ellen enters the cabin she finds Cassie’s baby stillborn.

A very superstitious Cassie simply will not believe that the baby was born too early to survive. Cassie warns Mary Ellen that looking on her dead baby is a bad omen; “Look upon the face of death, never feel your baby’s breath.”

Mary Ellen is unnerved and dashes out of the cabin into the stormy night. As she stumbles down the rain swept road she sees ball lightening dancing along a fence rail … another omen.

After one false labor, family excitement surrounding Jason’s job accompanying the “Vaudeville” show at the movie house, disgust over the baby pool Ben and Ike are running, and an intense labor … Mary Ellen finally delivers the next generation right there on Walton’s Mountain!

But this isn’t the end of the trouble for the Waltons. Olivia leaves Mary Ellen to hang the clothes while she goes in to check on John Curtis. When she enters the room where the baby sleeps, she finds the basinet empty and the curtains billow in the breeze of a wide open window.

Is Cassie’s omen yet to pass? Will they find John Curtis?

Don’t miss this REEL Inspiration presentation of a touching special episode — The Waltons: The Grandchild

Academy Award Winner Anthony Quinn

This epic masterpiece is the story of one man’s struggle to find his faith. Barabbas, a violent criminal accused of murder, is pardoned when Pontius Pilate induces the crowds to release him, rather than Jesus. For the rest of his life the guilt-ridden Barabbas tries to run from the Savior’s sacrifice, seeking to justify his existence and to determine his place in the scheme of things. Along the way he encounters the self-righteous pomposity of Pilate, the stoning of Sara, the gladiatorial brutality of Torvald, and the burning of Rome.

During his quest Barabbas descends into the brutal world of the gladiatorial arena, where he believes he’ll win his freedom. Here, amid the cruel and vicious reality of gladiatorial conquest, Barabbas confronts his guilt and discovers true freedom by following the man who was crucified in his place.

A life-changing encounter with the risen Jesus!

Powerful. Gripping. Intelligent

The life of Jesus the Christ

This 1961 classic stars 50’s “teen idol” Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus, and features Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner Rip Torn as Judas, with Oscar nominee Robert Ryan as John the Baptist. This powerful and critically acclaimed story is directed by Oscar nominee Nicholas Ray (director of the 1955 James Dean classic, Rebel Without a Cause) and is told in a strikingly beautiful visual style, filmed in Super-Technirama Technicolor©.

From the 1961 theatrical trailer:

More than any motion picture you have ever seen, King of Kings is a surpassing emotional experience; the gripping story of people whose lives and aspirations were strikingly similar to our own. This is the searching drama of a world torn by barbaric tyranny and violent human conflict. Out of the shadows of ruthless power and idolatry came Jesus of Nazareth, who feared none, not even death.

This is the story of Jesus, the Christ: His Power. His Passion. His Greatness.

It was a time of fear.

It was a time of love.

It was the time of…

KING OF KINGS

Starring: Oscar Winner – Geoffrey Rush; Oscar Winner – Uma Thurman; Oscar Nominee – Liam Neeson and Golden Globe Winner – Claire Danes

One simple act will change a man…forever

Les Misérables is a legendary tale of adventure, obsession, romance, freedom…and redemption amid the turbulence of early 19th century France.

Jean Valjean is released from prison, having served 20 years hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread. But the brutality of his imprisonment has left him without conscience; a man who will lie, steal, cheat and survive off his wit and sheer brute strength…a man who expects nothing but cruelty from others.

Until one Bishop’s simple act of kindness…

Bishop: Now Don’t Forget, Don’t ever Forget, you’ve promised to become a new man.

Bishop: Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil. With this silver I have bought your soul. I’ve ransomed you from fear and hatred, and now I give you back to God.

Valjean is left reeling, wrestling with his own conscience…and with the Bishop’s God.

Twenty years later, on the eve of revolution in France, Valjean has come to terms with forgiveness…but his past has yet to release him.

The relentless inspector Javert has been in an obsessive pursuit of Valjean since his release from prison.

Will Javert have his revenge? Have twenty years of forgiveness and reconciliation with God changed the reckless hatred Valjean had for everything the prison did to him?

Will forgiveness be enough this time?

Based on “Left Behind” series Book #1

Life Changes In a Nanosecond…

“How do you describe both a beginning and an end, we should have known better, but we didn’t…what does it matter what we think we know, in the end there’s no denying the truth.”

~Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron)

In one chaotic moment millions of people around the world disappear.

Cities and communities are overwhelmed by chaos and mass confusion as cars, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control, fires erupt and people stare in stunned disbelief at piles of rumpled clothing that were once a friend or loved one.

Shock gives way to fear, unleashing a wave of hysteria. Some believe it’s an alien invasion, but Rayford Steele knows his wife’s warning was true – Jesus has come for His people and Rayford has been Left Behind.

Could this be the rapture so many radical Christians believed?

Could this be the first sign initiating God’s plan to bring the world to an end?

In a world without God’s people, the darkest days are yet to come…

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The popular INSP promo video

Featuring the song “I Like You,” by Nikki Kelly

This is the on-air promotion created for our Valentine’s Day Weekend Celebration. On Saturday we aired a movie double feature: Fireproof and Facing the Giants. On Sunday, an encore presentation of Forever Young. And on Valentine’s Day each of our family dramas had a romantic theme.

Listen to the complete song!

His mother gave him the courage…

Faith helped him believe…his brilliance changed lives.

Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kimberly Elise (The Great Debaters, The Manchurian Candidate) star in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, based on the true story of renowned brain surgeon Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, who overcame the obstacles of circumstance to change the course of medicine forever.

Young Ben Carson didn’t have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home and surrounded by poverty and prejudice his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother (Kimberly Elise) never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had; she fueled his imagination, challenged his intelligence and, most importantly, she nurtured his belief in God. This gift of faith would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons.

Eventually Dr. Benjamin S. Carson would become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, a best-selling author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In honor and celebration of Black History Month, INSP is pleased to air this truly uplifting and inspirational film.

The Biggest Sunday of the year!

Before you watch the Big Game…

A Walton’s Family Reunion Part 12p ET

A Walton’s Family Reunion Part 22:30p ET

The Waltons: The Conflict3p ET

And be sure to tune in AFTER the Big Game for…

The Waltons: The Conflict

Original airdate: 09/12/1974
Screenplay: Jeb Rosebrook
Director: Ralph Senensky

A Part of INSP’s “All Waltons” Tailgate Party Game Day Event!

Let the showdown begin!

As the family returns home from a picnic they notice new road construction, and upon arriving home are greeted by Boone, Wade and Vera Walton. Boone and Wade appeal to the Walton men to come to Martha Corinne Walton’s defense, her land is about to be taken to make way for the new Blue Ridge Parkway.

The government construction crew has no plans to halt their work, and in spite of efforts from State Senator Lucas Avery to persuade Martha Corinne to take a new government house, the Waltons prepare to defend the homestead!

Will John succeed in his negotiations with Senator Avery to stop construction? Will John-Boy succeed in avoiding violence, or will the show-down erupt and shatter the serenity of Walton’s Mountain? Will Senator Avery’s appeal to the governor be too little, too late?

don’t miss The Conflict! A Special “second chance” airing AFTER the game @ Midnight ET

The Waltons: The Hunt

Original airdate: 01/05/1972
Screenplay: John McGreevey
Director: Robert Butler

A Part of INSP’s “All Waltons” Tailgate Party Game Day Event!

Let the shooting commence!

John-Boy decides it’s time to take on the responsibility of providing for the family, so he volunteers for the annual turkey shoot. This exercise in manhood quickly becomes a test when John-Boy has a turkey in his sights and it’s time to pull the trigger. Will John-Boy be a man…or a coward?

In the meantime, Mary Ellen discovers that her friend and favorite pitcher, G.W. Haines, seems to be interested in the frilly Martha Rose Coverdale! When Mary Ellen arrives at Ike’s store to get the catcher’s mitt she’s been saving for a beautiful dress catches her eye. She could buy the dress and remake herself in the image of Martha Rose…or she can stay true to herself and trust that’s enough for G.W.!

Will John-Boy take the shot and discover the manhood he set out to find? Will Mary Ellen buy the mitt and remain true to her tom-boy personality?

Don’t miss this special airing of a soul-searching episode of The Waltons.

A Triumphant Love Story from the Ashes of Adversity

Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams), Lana Wood (Diamonds are Forever), Eleese Lester (Friday Night Lights), Carman and newcomer Sherri Morris (as Ruth) star in this triumphant story of love rising from the ashes of adversity. Loyalty, compassion and faithfulness highlight a poignant retelling of the biblical story of Ruth. Recently widowed, Ruth returns with her mother-in-law Naomi to Israel, a land in turmoil, where they struggle to build a new life.

There, Ruth meets and marries Boaz, of the Royal House of Judah, a Kinsman Redeemer who provides for Ruth and Naomi and leads them to a deeper understanding of the purposes and plans revealed in the covenant keeping faithfulness and love of the living God of Israel. This Biblical “Cinderella story” is taken straight from the archives of the royal Jewish bloodline and reveals the grand purpose of redemption through their child Obed, established in the glorious lineage of his grandson, King David, whose throne will be established forever at the marvelous advent of Messiah.

“…a heart grabber that lifts the spirit!”

~American Movie Classics

Box-office sensation and Academy Award-winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ) stars in this romantic action adventure about courage, taking risks, seizing the moment–and getting one more chance.

In 1939, test pilot Daniel McCormick (MEL GIBSON) has the world by the tail, and he’s having the time of his life. He has the perfect job–flying B-25s for the newly formed Air Corps. He has a terrific best friend–loyal buddy and truly brilliant scientist, Harry Finley (GEORGE WENDT). And he has his true love at his side – his childhood sweetheart and beautiful soul-mate, Helen (ISABEL GLASSER). Life has given him everything he wanted.

Almost.

Daniel can look danger in the face unflinchingly, but he has one problem: just thinking about emotions – much less declaring them – makes his throat close up without fail. The mere prospect of proposing marriage to Helen gets him weak-kneed. And every time he begins, Daniel decides he can wait until tomorrow to pop the question.

When tragedy suddenly strikes, Daniel’s tomorrows are snatched from him in one terrible instant. Now, he faces the very real possibility of life alone, knowing that he never truly declared his feelings for the woman he will always love.

Grief-stricken, Daniel volunteers for a top-secret cryogenics experiment conducted by his friend Harry – an experiment that accidentally puts him into frozen slumber for more than 50 years. He awakens in 1992, lost, alone and not knowing how to behave. Through a tender friendship with a fatherless young boy (ELIJAH WOOD) and the boy’s mother (JAMIE LEE CURTIS), Daniel finally learns that, while time waits for no man–true love waits forever.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional.

Clancy Miller is an abused girl who runs away to elude social workers seeking to remove her from her home. Out on the streets, she meets Nick, an ill-tempered, homeless war vet. A corrupt mayor, desperate for re-election, offers Nick a reward to keep the girl out of site; his secret plan – to ‘rescue’ the girl in grand fashion in order to gain favor with the voters.

However, a scuffle with a loan shark sends Nick and Clancy on the run to the nearby countryside. There, an unlikely relationship develops, as the angelic girl copes with the hard exterior of her newfound guardian. Meanwhile, the mayor’s ambitions heighten, as the prospects materialize for a statewide ‘manhunt’ and a military-style rescue operation that will play out as the TV news cameras roll.

Faith is found when tested.

A thrilling adaptation of Bill Myer’s bestselling book

Michael Steel is a hot commodity in Hollywood. He’s been built stellar career in spite of industry blacklisting for his faith. And in ten days, he’ll walk the “red carpet” at the Academy Awards, having been nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor in a Motion Picture.

But, in the realm of the unseen…

Satan makes a wager with God, nominating Michael for his most diabolical part yet. God agrees, and in the days leading up to the awards Michael must prove that he can live out the truths of Matthew 5, 6 and 7.

And things begin to unravel…

While a conniving agent and his long-time chauffer try their best to control his chaotic Hollywood lifestyle; his deceptive co-star Cassandra has other ideas.

Struggling to cope with his career, his crumbling marriage, and a crisis of faith, Michael seeks advice and refuge with his sister Annie. Her words and actions guide Michael through the tumultuous tumble his life has become.

And while Michael prepares for the most important event of his life, he must also make a choice that will change his life forever.

Obedience is better than sacrifice

Abraham brings the Old Testament to life in this epic, moving tale of abiding faith. Richard Harris (“Unforgiven,” “Camelot”) and Barbara Hershey (“Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Portrait of a Lady”) star as Abraham and Sarah, the prosperous shepherd and his barren wife who, as told in the book of Genesis, heed a divine command to leave their home for the promise of future generations and dominion over a new homeland.

Time and again God tests Abraham during the difficult journey, forcing him to share Sarah’s pain at remaining childless, wage war against hostile tribes, and witness the destruction of Sodom. When Sarah bears Isaac, the child of her old age, Abraham is asked to demonstrate his trust in, and obedience to, the living God by presenting his only child as sacrifice.

When life becomes reality

Sarah Collins (Rebecca St. James) is a young woman on the elevator of success, poised to attain her dream of an executive corner office. There’s only one thing that’s going to keep her from getting it, an unexpected pregnancy.

Sarah is now faced with a moral and potentially career ending choice.

She is torn between keeping the life growing inside her and her legal right to abort the baby. In the midst of her turmoil, a mysterious stranger foretells the coming of three visions that will challenge her heart.

With financial pressures mounting and her dream career at stake, what will Sarah choose?

Two men chasing dreams of glory!

Chariots of Fire, winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture), is based on the inspiring true story of two runners competing for Olympic glory in their own fashion – and for their own reasons.

Paris Olympics, 1924. Scotsman Eric Liddell is motivated by his Christian faith and competes for the glory of God. His teammate Harold Abrahams, a Jewish Englishman, is driven to prove that Jews are not inferior people. Fierce competitiveness and loyalty drive two men toward a goal only one of them will attain. United in the camaraderie of competition the two men discover the complexity of deeper motives…and how much they truly have in common.

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Immanuel, God is with us!

The Nativity follows Mary and Joseph on a quiet, authentic journey through doubt, pain, and confusion – into the mystery and wonder of that first Christmas miracle. This tender love story amid the drama of faith in crisis inspires a deeper trust in God’s faithfulness to His covenant promises.

The announcement of Mary’s miraculous pregnancy will test the young couple’s faith in each other – and in God. After deep personal struggle Joseph decides to break off their engagement quietly, until God reveals to him that this son will be called “…Jesus, for He will save his people from their sins.” With that, Joseph obediently devotes himself to Mary, and to supporting, protecting and raising this gift from God, wrapped in swaddling cloth and laid in a manger.

A different kind of Christmas story

The Children’s Carol tells of a time when all the sounds and events of the world speak against the holiday. London is being bombed, the evil of Nazi rule is spreading across Europe, and the war seems very close to Walton’s Mountain.

This is the year two young English orphans seek refuge on the mountain; and the year Olivia Walton’s faith is tested by the horrors of oncoming war and events in her community. This is a Christmas story of courage, faith, and the victory of the human spirit over the shattering impact of war. After this Christmas, the world will never again be the same.

What if the world threw you a birthday party and you weren’t invited?

Starring Jefferson Moore, Christina Fougnie and Matt Wallace.

A spoiled schoolgirl (Christina Fougnie), her overworked executive mother (Amy Hess) and a disillusioned young minister (Matt Wallace) each receives an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a kind, but mysterious drifter named Jess.

In a world that seems to have forgotten the true meaning, this charming film invites you and your family to rediscover Christmas this year.

The power of family love in times of crisis.

An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to Hetty King, the indomitable and sometimes intolerable King family matriarch, and chronicles the family’s efforts to stay together and support one another through difficult times.

Against the backdrop of World War I the King family prepares for their traditional Christmas dinner. The reunion is marred by the fact that one of its youngest members, Felix, is missing in action; making differences of opinion about the war effort glaringly obvious.

During an attempt to persuade a famous performer and former student to perform in the Avonlea Christmas Musicale, Hetty injures her back and must undergo life-threatening surgery. While hospitalized, homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate her relationships and her accomplishments in life.

Addressing serious issues while remaining true to the spirit of Christmas, this wonderful and accomplished cast comes together in an uplifting drama that illustrates the frailty of life and the strength of family in turbulent times.

Family is still life’s greatest treasure

A Wind at My Back Christmas reunites many of the original cast as the Sutton and Bailey families are growing up and returning home for the holidays. As Christmas draws near even New Bedford is not immune from the looming prejudices in Europe; wartime tensions find their way into the heart of the small town and threaten to divide the Bailey and Sutton families.

Grace and May have gone to Europe to recover Van’s belongings and may not return to Canada in time for the holiday traditions. Toppy is in a tizzy because she is directing the town Christmas pageant but Jim Flett has written a flop.

Max and Honey have differences of opinion over the older boys; Fat wants to quit school and join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hub, planning to become a priest, comes home for Christmas and brings a surprise – a girl named Anna Schiller. Maisy, who harbors a secret crush on Hub, is devastated.

When Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Wells comes to town looking for Anna it throws the Bailey and Sutton families into turmoil. It’s a story that weaves together real fears, human compassion, respect, and faith that family is still life’s greatest treasure.

Secret of Giving, starring Country Music superstar Reba McEntire, is the touching story of Rose Cameron, a woman whose grit and spirit — and the aid of a mysterious lone rider — enables her not only to pick her self up, but to restore the faith of a whole town in time for Christmas.

It’s the early 1900s and Rose Cameron (Reba McEntire) is a young widow with an overdue mortgage, only a few cattle to sell, and her 5-year-old son, Toby (Devon Alan), running a fever that seems to rise by the hour. Rose seems at the end of her rope when Harry Withers (Thomas Ian Griffith), a lone rider, shows up on her farm.

Things go from bad to worse when Rose can’t convince the banker, Gotch (Ronny Cox), to forestall foreclosure proceedings on her farm. Harry steps up to help, igniting a spark between he and Rose. But when an old acquaintance from back when recognizes him and threatens to reveal his true identity, Harry strikes a deal with Gotch that may put his own future in jeopardy, but will brighten the holiday season for much of the town.

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God’s “Yes!” isn’t always what we expect…

The True Story of Amy Newhouse

Amy Newhouse is a never-give-up competitor, a high-achiever with popularity, a loving family, a volleyball State championship, and a handsome boyfriend. But Amy wants something different, something more for Pampa High School.

When Amy returns from a mission trip to Africa she is changed…more determined than ever to see revival in this beaten town. Amy will no longer back down or give in, and her determination begins to affect those around her.

Amy starts a club to challenge the rampant violence, drugs, and alcohol that threaten her school. She begins praying for the town every night. But when she starts a prayer group and invites the outcast, Jordan, her popularity begins to wane.

Challenged to consider what matters most she digs in and decides to carry on. But just as she begins to see progress, Amy learns that she must face the toughest challenge of her life…

…battling cancer.

Undaunted, Amy continues to pursue God, and to pursue revival at Pampa High School. In the process, Amy challenges the whole community to turn to God and ask for a “Yes!” to their prayers. Amy spreads joy and understanding to all she meets including the young girl who shares her room at the hospital. She never doubts God will answer her prayer. However, what she learns is that God’s “Yes” is not always what we want or expect.

God gave Amy a “Greater Yes!”

A Greater Yes demonstrates how one person’s faith affects the beliefs of so many.