February 26, 2002

CONTROVERSY ABOUNDS WHEN MAX COMPLETES
HIS SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL
ABOUT HIS ALTER-EGO, SCHUYLER,
ON "THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD," MARCH 10

"An Open Book" -- Max becomes embroiled in controversy when his newly completed all-too self-revealing novel about his alter-ego, Schuyler, falls into the hands of his colleagues, daughter and students, on THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD, Sunday, March 10 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Matthew Penn directed the episode, which was written by Grace McKeaney.

While Andrea is aghast at Max's thinly veiled description of their real-life affair, Nell is shocked and saddened to learn that he had been unfaithful to her mother. Meanwhile, Lorraine and Judith are outraged by his unflattering passages about them, and the student body yearns to know just how much of the drunken, philandering Professor Schuyler is based on the seemingly staid Max Bickford.

Max Bickford Richard Dreyfuss Andrea Haskell Marcia Gay Harden
Judith Hackett Bryant Regina Taylor
Nell Bickford Katee Sackhoff
Lester Bickford Eric Ian Goldberg Lorraine Tator Molly Regan
Dan Martinez Paul Calderon
Freddy Teddy Coluca
Hannah Toks Olagundoye
Claire Liz Morton
Rita Rebecca Moed
Kelly Samantha Quan
Kate Genia Michaela
Judith's assistant Craig Wroe

RATING: To Be Announced

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