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"Touched by an Angel" co-star John Dye predicts "we'll get about 45 minutes for our hiatus this year." The hit series has become a real workhorse for CBS, with the leads having done 31 shows this season - counting four crossover episodes of "Promised Land." That's as opposed to other dramas with around a 22-episode season order.
But the show does have its uplifting rewards. This Sunday's episode is inspired by a real-life program in which juvenile delinquents are brought in as helpers in a center for special-needs kids. "It worked out so well, there was a zero recidivism rate among the youth offenders involved," says Dye. "And of course, the question was, who was helping whom?" The "Touched by an Angel" team lensed the episode in a Salt Lake City facility for handicapped children, and left all the equipment used as props, plus a computer. "It was the best week of work I ever spent," says Dye.
Gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug joins "Touched by an Angel" late this month, to guest star as the rival of a girl who puts her athelic career before her family.
"Touched by an Angel's" Roma Downey will go from angel to mother in a CBS telepic called "Borrowed Hearts," which rolls in Toronto May 16 - with Roma exec-producing.
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