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little man


People Magazine

Showtime (May 12, 8 p.m. ET)

In 2002 director Nicole Conn and partner Gwen Baba picked a surrogate mother to have their second child. The surrogate had a problematic medical history, and the fetus, its health imperiled, was delivered 100 days early. This is Conn's agonizing, honest account of their preemie son, who could be viewed as both a neonatal miracle and, as she puts it, a "manufactured medical disaster," surviving despite serious abnormalities. It's a testament to family love.