Lifetime’s ‘Steel Magnolias’ Draws 6.5 Million Viewers

Steel Magnolias has bloomed big for Lifetime. The telepic, starring Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad and Alfre Woodard, collected 6.5 million total viewers, ranking as the female-skewing cable network’s third-most-watched telecast ever. The remake from Latifah and Smash executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron posted Lifetime’s best delivery since 2006’s Life …