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Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:38 PM on 29th March 2011
A few months ago it looked like Katie Holmes’s new mini-series The Kennedys would never see the light of day after an early avalanche of criticism.
But after being picked up by a rival U.S. network – when the History Channel backed out of buying the show – the show finally launched last night.
A delighted Katie Holmes brought along her husband for some extra star power – and even was spotted high-fiving her co-star Greg Kinnear at the Beverly Hills event.
Star couple: Katie Holmes was supported by her husband Tom Cruise at the premiere of her new TV series The Kennedys in Beverly Hills last night
Ready for my close up: Tom and Katie get ready to pucker up at the premiere
‘You’re doin’ great’: Tom whispers some words of encouragement to his wife on the red carpet
Perhaps the co-stars were saluting each other in celebration after the ReelzChannel picked up the U.S. broadcast rights.
The network said at the start of last month that it plans to show the mini-series between April 3 to April 10.
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It came after a host of other U.S. channels declined to screen the programme.
Last night’s launch also came days after the announcement that The Kennedys will air on BBC2.
Public couple: The appetite for TomKat seems to be as strong as ever as the pair grin for an army of cameras
Strike a pose: Katie, wearing a simple aquamarine dress and nude sandals, stood in that odd pigeon-toed pose favoured by modelsÂ
The eight-parter sees Katie as the then Jackie Kennedy and
Greg as John F Kennedy . Despite being ditched by the History Channel, BBC2
controller Janice Hadlow said it was ‘a perfect fit’ for the channel.
The History Channel’s parent company A&E Television Networks said
the project, did not fit the ‘History brand’ because of liberties taken with actual events.
The
real-life Kennedy family and associates were also said to be unhappy
about the Jon Cassar-directed series, claiming its scripts were inaccurate and overly
critical.
Hair raising: Tom tries his best ‘blue steel’ look as Katie towers above him
Golden girl: Katie’s ‘S’ for Suri necklace
Still, Katie seems happy that the finished product is finally airing, as she smooched on the red carpet with her husband. Â
She was wearing a simple crochetd aquamarine dress with nude sandals and an ‘S’ for Suri necklace dedicated to her and Tom’s daughter who’s five next month.Â
Talking about the Kennedys project after it wrapped last year to magazine Us Weekly, fashion fan Katie said:
‘It’s been really fun! Her clothes were magnificent. I
feel so lucky. We have these wonderful seamstresses who are creating
beautiful dresses that are obviously replicas of real things she wore.
Armani made two dresses for me to wear.’
That’s a relief: She was seen high-fiving co-star Greg Kinnear, perhaps in celebration after the show eventually got some interest from a U.S. network
Duo: The Kennedys was originally going to be screened on the History Channel, but was dropped over ‘historical inaccuracies’ before ReelzChannel got the rights
‘She not only had great style, but she was an artist and a writer,’ Holmes added. ‘She was an illustrator. She was an editor.
‘Her
great style was both appropriate for every event that she went to and
also classic, and also things that were wearable. I feel really lucky to
be playing her.’
Katie filmed some of her scenes as the iconic Jackie in Toronto, where she stayed with Tom and their daughter Suri as Tom shots the latest Mission Impossible movie.
Mission Impossible: The Ghost Protocol, which also stars Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner, is now in post-production ready for its Christmas release this year.Â
• The Kennedys, a four part movie event, premieres in the UK on the HISTORY channel on 7th April 2011
Co-stars: Kinnear as former U.S. President John F. Kennedy while Holmes plays the role of his wife Jacqueline
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes loved-up at premiere of mini-series The Kennedys