A&E Sets New Premiere Date for Coma Miniseries

For those of you who may have wondered what happened to A&E's 4-hour miniseries Coma, which was supposed to premiere this past Memorial Day weekend, the cable network cleared up that little mystery by announcing today that its modern day retelling of Robin Cook's thriller — and Michael Crichton's film adaptation — will now premiere this coming Labor Day weekend. The two day event will begin on Monday, September 3rd and conclude the following day.

Executive produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, the storyline in Coma follows a young doctor (Lauren Ambrose), who discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Mikael Salomon directs the John J. McLaughlin screenplay.

A&E hasn't (yet) uploaded a trailer to its YouTube Channel, but you can watch a preview video on its website.