When you think of the premium cable network HBO, such iconic and well-branded themes come to mind: The Sopranos, Chris Rock and George Carlin comedy specials, and unforgettable scores of revolutionary miniseries which have captivated the imagination while serving as the basis for a national discourse on a variety of topics. Building upon that last quality, the nation’s #1 premium cabler will debut tonight a four part series on Alzheimer disease. 

The Alzheimer’s Project debuts tonight with the film “The Memory Loss Tapes,” which features seven patients in various stages of the disease. A 63-year-old computer genius, blogs through the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, noting wryly that he helped invent DVDs and now gets lost in his own front yard; and a 75 year-old woman lives in a nursing home and befriends her own reflection, believing it to be a new resident named Ruth.

Previous forays into such socially gripping and affecting real life drama are not new territory for HBO, and this most recent installment is why the network is still at the top of its game. Compelling entertainment with a lesson for all of us … presented as an unforgettable series about forgetting. | LINK

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