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Netflix has confirmed IndieWire’s report this weekend that the streaming giant has ordered a new series from Dolly Parton. The anthology series will use one of her songs as the basis for each episode, and Parton will serve as the series’ singer and songwriter, as well as an executive producer and an actor in the show.

“As a songwriter, I have always enjoyed telling stories through my music,” Parton said in a statement. “I am thrilled to be bringing some of my favorite songs to life with Netflix. We hope our show will inspire and entertain families and folks of all generations, and I want to thank the good folks at Netflix and Warner Bros. TV for their incredible support.”

Netflix ordered eight episodes for the first season, but no premiere date has been provided.

Parton has experienced great success adapting her music for television. Parton’s 2015 NBC TV...

Los Angeles — Despite suffering from incurable brain cancer, actress Valerie Harper is back at work.

The Up cable channel said Thursday that Harper is filming a TV movie in Canada. Shooting began this week and is expected to end Aug. 11. Up said the movie, titled "The Town That Came A-Courtin'," is expected to air in January.

The movie, described as an uplifting romance, is based on a novel by Ronda Rich and also stars Lauren Holly, Cameron Bancroft and Lucie Guest. Harper portrays the owner of a bed-and-breakfast who is trying to help kindle a romance between the widowed mayor of a Southern town and a successful author.

"When I learned that the remarkable Valerie Harper was interested in working, I was so excited, because that meant she was doing well," said Barbara Fisher, programming chief at Up. "We are thrilled to have this iconic talent in our film and...

Valerie Harper is obviously not letting terminal brain cancer get in the way of doing what she does best. The actress, best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on the '70s television classics The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, has started working on a new TV movie, The Wrap reports. Production began on Wednesday in Vancouver on The Town That Came A-Courtin,' a film adaptation of Ronda Rich's novel of the same name that will air on the Up cable network in January 2014. Harper will play Charlotte, the owner of a bed & breakfast. News of the project comes nearly five months after Harper, 73, revealed she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. At the time, doctors had...

Valerie Harper is living the remainder of her life to the fullest. Four months after revealing she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the 73-year-old Mary Tyler Moore Show actress began working on a new TV movie. On Wednesday, July 31, Up cable channel confirmed to The Associated Press that Harper is filming The Town That Came A-Courtin' in Canada. The film, based on a novel by Ronda Rich, is an "uplifting romance," according to Up. The network said they welcomed the "inspirational" actress to join the [...]...

Former "Rhoda" star Valerie Harper has joined the cast of "The Town That Came A-Courtin'," which began production in Vancouver on Wednesday. Also read; Valerie Harper Cancer Documentary Greenlit by NBC News Lauren Holly, Cameron Bancroft and Lucie Guest have also been cast in the film, which is based on author and columnist Ronda Rich's bestselling novel of the same name. In the film, Holly stars as as successful author and fiercely independent Southern woman Abby Houston, who finds herself being held captive in a remote cabin by an obsessed fan. Also read: Valerie...