Mildred Pierce (miniseries) admired the show's attention to detail and structure, but complained that the five-hour adaptation was "too damn long". He finishes with, "Winslet’s Mildred is a genuine star turn. How Joan Crawford would have loathed her." The series was shown out of competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in 2011. Mildred Pierce (miniseries) Mildred Pierce is a five-part miniseries that first aired on HBO on March 27, 2011. Adapted from James M. Cain's 1941 novel of the same name, it was directed by Todd Haynes, and starred Kate Winslet in the title role, alongside Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood,
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program The Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program is a category of the Daytime Emmy Awards dedicated to the court show genre. It was first introduced in 2008. Previously, court shows were grouped miscellaneously in the talk show category. In its first season, "Cristina's Court" became the first winner in this category in 2008. "Last Shot with Judge Gunn" won the award in 2012, only one season into its run. "Last Shot" is the first nontraditional courtroom series to receive the award. In 2013, "Judge Judy" won the award for the first time, making