Dirty Dancing: Television Special is a 2017 English-language Drama Musical motion picture written by Jessica Sharzer and directed by Wayne Blair and produced by Stephen Meinen, Judy Cairo, Bill Hill and Adam Anders under the banner of Allison Shearmur Productions in collaboration with Lionsgate Television. Dirty dancing: television special features Nicole Scherzinger, Abigail Breslin, Colt Prattes, Debra Messing, Bruce Greenwood, Sarah Hyland and Seth Trey Loven. The movie is based on Dirty Dancing by Eleanor Bergstein. The music was composed by Mark Isham. Cinematography was done by John Lindley. The motion picture has a running time of 130 minutes. It was released on 24th May 2017. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Lionsgate Television. A musical re-imagining of the 1987 film, Dirty Dancing (1987).