--- description: The country singer signed a deal with NBC for a slate of 2-hour TV movies title: Dolly Parton Biopic Series is Coming to TV image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8afc62b5943e2a36/69877a7555a8593f73a854f2/dollyparton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dolly Parton to Bring Biographical Series to NBC by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 8:04 PM CUT  Dolly Parton performs during the Glastonbury Festival on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England. Dolly Parton performs during the Glastonbury Festival on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England.Jim Dyson—Getty Images by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 16, 2015 8:04 PM CUT Dolly Parton is headed to NBC. The Queen of Country has signed a development deal with the company for a slate of two-hour TV movies. The movies will be based on the songs, stories, and life of the country legend. NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt said they’ll be “uplifting” and for the whole family—a genre “largely untapped” on television. “I don’t know anyone in the world who doesn’t love Dolly Parton, and the idea of developing television movies inspired by her incredible life and the stories she has sung about for decades is exciting to all of us at NBC,” Greenblatt said. Parton herself is no stranger to television, having guest-starred on shows like _The Simpsons_ and Disney’s _Hannah Montana_, often playing herself. _This_ [_article_](http://www.insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/16/dolly-parton-signs-development-deal-with-nbc/?hootPostID=b003fef2bbb19315a81a5398ad1d3580 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ Dolly Parton Biopic Series is Coming to TV ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3672211/dolly-parton-tv-series/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3672211/dolly-parton-tv-series/"},"headline":"Dolly Parton to Bring Biographical Series to NBC","datePublished":"2015-01-16T20:04:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:39:33.963Z","description":"The country singer signed a deal with NBC for a slate of 2-hour TV movies \"inspired by her incredible life\"","url":"https://time.com/3672211/dolly-parton-tv-series/","keywords":["Television","NBC","country music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8afc62b5943e2a36/69877a7555a8593f73a854f2/dollyparton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8afc62b5943e2a36/69877a7555a8593f73a854f2/dollyparton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dolly Parton","caption":"Dolly Parton performs during the Glastonbury Festival on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England.","creditText":"Jim Dyson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3672211/dolly-parton-tv-series/","name":"Dolly Parton to Bring Biographical Series to NBC"}}]}] ```