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Showtime airs 'The Help' June 24

By April MacIntyre May 30, 2012, 16:18 GMT

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends\' lives -- and a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter\'s best friend\'s housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay ...more

Tune in alert as Showtime brings the exclusive, world television debut of Academy Award-nominated “The Help,” on Sunday, June 24th at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

One of the top films last summer, “The Help” topped the box office for 25 days in a row – the longest uninterrupted streak in over 13 years.

The film’s cast features Academy Award nominees Viola Davis and Jessica Chastain, alongside Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Cicely Tyson, and Oscar® winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Octavia Spencer.

From Showtime

Based on the New York Times best seller by Kathryn Stockett, and adapted for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor, the film comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast. The four-time Oscar-nominated film is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humor and hope — "The Help," honored with multiple Golden Globe® and Screen Actors Guild® Awards is a timeless, universal and triumphant story about the ability to create change.