If you watched television at any point in the late 1990s, you no doubt came across Miss Cleo, the iconic spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call-minute service called Psychic Readers Network, which ran memorable TV commercials from 1997 to 2003. And tonight, August 10, you'll get to learn about the real-life woman — Youree Dell Harris — behind the famous TV personality with a pair of new films premiering on Lifetime.
An all-new biopic drama, Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall, will air at 8pm Eastern Time. Starring actress-rapper Robin "The Lady of Rage" Allen (Confessions of a Thug, Judas and the Black Messiah) as the eponymous TV psychic, the film "picks up in the late 90s’ when, single mom Youree Dell Harris finds herself desperate to take care of her family and takes a job at the Psychic Readers Network — only to become one of the networks most beloved personalities, Miss Cleo," reads the official synopsis. "But her challenges don’t end there and when the network faces allegations of fraud and deception, they turn their sights on Miss Cleo. For the first time ever, Miss Cleo’s side of the story will finally be told."
