HBO's Show Me a Hero Mini Series Release Schedule Confirmed

New York Times writer Lisa Belkin's masterpiece Show Me a Hero is getting the total upgrade via HBO. The bestseller, which chronicles notions of home, race and community through the lives of elected officials, bureaucrats, activists and ordinary citizens in Yonkers, NY.

Via HBO:

Lisa Belkin was a New York Times reporter in the late 1980s, when Yonkers, a city of 200,000 located just north of The Bronx and nearly 80% white, was suddenly confronted by a politically unpopular reality. A lawsuit undertaken by the U.S. Justice Department and the NAACP had proven definitively that Yonkers officials had used federal housing funds to purposely segregate the city for decades, and while elected officials vowed to appeal that ruling, even the city's own lawyers saw little chance it could be overturned on the merits.

The cast includes Oscar Isaac as Mayor Nick Wasicsko; Catherine Keener as longtime East Yonkers resident Mary Dorman; Alfred Molinaas Councilman Henry J. Spallone; Winona Ryder as Councilwoman Vinni Restiano; LaTanya Richardson-Jacksonas housing project resident Norma O'Neal; Bob Balaban as U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand AND Jim Belushi Yonkers Mayor Angelo Martinelli.

PART 1

Debut for Parts 1 and 2: SUNDAY, AUG. 16 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Other HBO playdates for Parts 1 and 2: Aug. 16 (1:05 a.m.), 17 (12:10 a.m.), 18 (5:00 p.m.), 19 (9:00 p.m.) and 22 (11:30 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates for Parts 1 and 2: Aug. 17 (9:30 p.m.), 20 (3:30 a.m.), 22 (3:30 p.m.) and 30 (4:00 p.m.)

PART 2

Debut for Parts 1 and 2: SUNDAY, AUG. 16 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

Other HBO playdates for Parts 1 and 2: Aug. 16 (1:05 a.m.), 17 (12:10 a.m.), 18 (5:00 p.m.), 19 (9:00 p.m.) and 22 (11:30 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates for Parts 1 and 2: Aug. 17 (9:30 p.m.), 20 (3:30 a.m.), 22 (3:30 p.m.) and 30 (4:00 p.m.)

PART 3

Debut for Parts 3 and 4: SUNDAY, AUG. 23 (8:00-10:00 p.m.)

Other HBO playdates for Parts 3 and 4: Aug. 23 (1:10 a.m.), 24 (10:30 p.m.), 25 (6:15 p.m.), 26 (9:00 p.m.) and 29 (12:40 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates for Parts 3 and 4: Aug. 24 (8:00 p.m.), 27 (3:30 a.m.), 29 (4:30 p.m.) and 30 (6:00 p.m.)

PART 4

Debut for Parts 3 and 4: SUNDAY, AUG. 23 (8:00-10:00 p.m.)

Other HBO playdates for Parts 3 and 4: Aug. 23 (1:10 a.m.), 24 (10:30 p.m.), 25 (6:15 p.m.), 26 (9:00 p.m.) and 29 (12:40 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates for Parts 3 and 4: Aug. 24 (8:00 p.m.), 27 (3:30 a.m.), 29 (4:30 p.m.) and 30 (6:00 p.m.)

PART 5

Debut for Parts 5 and 6: SUNDAY, AUG. 30 (8:00-10:00 p.m.)

Other HBO playdates for Parts 5 and 6: Aug. 30 (11:45 p.m.) and 31 (12:30 a.m.), and Sept. 1 (5:45 p.m.), 2 (8:45 p.m.) and 5 (11:15 p.m.)

HBO2 playdate for Parts 5 and 6: Aug. 31 (9:00 p.m.)

PART #6

Debut for Parts 5 and 6: SUNDAY, AUG. 30 (8:00-10:00 p.m.)

Other HBO playdates for Parts 5 and 6: Aug. 30 (11:45 p.m.) and 31 (12:30 a.m.), and Sept. 1 (5:45 p.m.), 2 (8:45 p.m.) and 5 (11:15 p.m.)