However, pets aren't allowed in the group home, and when the puppy is discovered, broken-hearted Cindy has to turn him over to the local pound. ``The puppy was my family now,'' Cindy says.
She smuggles the dog, which she names Smudge, into her bedroom, and carries him along when she goes to her job at a local hospice. One day, on her way home, she finds a lost puppy in the rain. The home's caretakers, she says, ``are nice, but they aren't my family.'' ``Smudge,'' a new special from the TNT cable network, debuts this weekend and is sure to become an annual favorite during the holiday season.Ī tale that will touch young and old alike, ``Smudge'' is that rare creature in today's television world: a program the entire family can enjoy.īased on the award-winning children's book, ``How Smudge Came,'' by Nan Gregory, ``Smudge'' tells a story that will likely bring tears to your eyes.Ĭindy (played by Andrea Friedman), a young woman with Down Syndrome, lives in a group home. Story's impact comes from group-home setting Andrea Friedman stars as Cindy, a group-home resident who adopts a lost puppy on TNT's ``Smudge,'' which debuts Sunday.
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