Carly Rae Jepsen, RZA, I'm With Her, Raphael Saadiq, Bobby Sanabria, & More to Play Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2018May 8, 2018Lincoln Center today announced its annual Out of Doors season of free music and dance, invigorating Damrosch Park and the Lincoln Center campus from July 24 to August 12. One of the country's longest-running free outdoor festivals, now in its 48th edition, Out of Doors intertwines diverse social and cultural dialogues with multi-genre music programming, family events, dance, and spoken word by artists from New York City, across the United States, and beyond in this year's lineup.
OWN Announces Premiere Date for New Romantic Drama LOVE ISMay 8, 2018OWN announced today its new original one-hour romantic drama from award-winning producers Mara Brock Akil (“Being Mary Jane,” “The Game,” “Girlfriends”) and Salim Akil (“Black Lightning”) will premiere on Tuesday, June 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (after Tyler Perry's “The Haves and the Have Nots at 9 p.m. ET/PT). Brock Akil serves as showrunner on the series, which she and Akil created and executive produce through their company Akil Productions, in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television.
FremantleMedia North America Inks Exclusive Overall Deal with Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Ron NyswanerMay 8, 2018FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has signed a multi-year pact with Oscar®, Emmy®, and Golden Globe® nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner. His first project with the studio will be Bounty, a crime thriller, based on Louisa Luna's recently published and critically acclaimed novel Two Girls Down. Nyswaner will serve as showrunner. Peter Gethers and Jeffrey Levine will also serve as Executive Producers for Random House Studio, a division of FMNA.
WGN America Unveils Summer Premiere Date and Teasers for THE DISAPPEARANCEMay 8, 2018WGN America announced today that its latest gripping crime series “The Disappearance” will premiere on Thursday, July 12. The network also released three teaser trailers from the captivating mystery drama. The six-part event starring Emmy® winner Peter Coyote (Bitter Moon, Sphere), Camille Sullivan(“The Man in the High Castle”) and Aden Young (“Rectify,” Killer Elite) centers around the sudden disappearance of a 10-year-old boy that shakes a close-knit community to its core.
CNBC's THE PROFIT Is Back to Rescue Small Businesses on Tuesday, June 12May 8, 2018Serial entrepreneur and investor Marcus Lemonis is back putting his own money on the line to help save and grow struggling businesses across the country. Beginning Tuesday, June 12 at 10PM ET/PT, “The Profit” Season 5 returns with ten all-new episodes and ten small businesses in need of a life-changing investment. Marcus evaluates businesses with his 3 P's principle – People, Process, Product – that can be the difference between success and failure. Whether its poor leadership or mismanaging finances, it doesn't take long for Marcus to figure out what a business is doing wrong and establish a plan for success.
Bravo Media's Tenacious Trio Returns When MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NEW YORK Premieres June 12May 8, 2018 Bravo Media raises the stakes when Emmy-nominated “Million Dollar Listing New York” returns for its seventh season on Tuesday, June 12 at 10pm ET/PT with a special supersized episode. Powerhouse agents Fredrik Eklund, Ryan Serhant and Steve Gold are hungrier than ever to dominate the real estate market in the city that never sleeps. From exclusive TriBeca penthouses to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson's extravagant Connecticut estate, the agents are pulling out all the stops to expand their development deals, nab high-price listings and get them sold.
Chicago Sinfonietta Presents Praise + Punk in a Smashing Battle of the Bands Beginning this WeekendMay 8, 2018One of the most diverse classical musical organizations in the nation, Chicago Sinfonietta, is closing their 30th anniversary season with Praise + Punkin a smashing 'battle of the bands' against Mucca Pazza, an absurdist marching band, with special guest Apostolic Church of God Sanctuary Choir. The historic onstage rematch between Chicago Sinfonietta, the previous winner in 2015, and Mucca Pazza will be Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. at Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville, and Monday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
TBS Renews Epic Space Romp FINAL SPACE for Second SeasonMay 8, 2018Chookity Pok! TBS has renewed its original animated series Final Space for a second season. Born from a seven-minute pilot created by “Tennessee wonder child” Olan Rogers, the intergalactic space saga is TBS' youngest- skewing original series to debut on the network, reaching more than 20 million viewers across TBS' linear, VOD and digital platforms. The series pick-up is the latest in a string of renewals for the network, which saw every original series renewed for additional seasons in the last year.
Adult Swim Orders New Half Hour Comedy THREE BUSY DEBRASMay 8, 2018Adult Swim is moving to the suburbs with a group of fearless housewives that bring a whole new meaning to the role of homemaker. Three Busy Debras, is a new absurdist half-hour comedy that follows three disturbed housewives and their fellow residents of an affluent Connecticut suburb that exists outside of reality as we know it.
Greenwich Entertainment to Release SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD on July 27thMay 8, 2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is the deliciously scandalous story of ScottyBowers, a handsome ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after World War II and became confidante, aide de camp and lover to many of Hollywood's greatest male — and female — stars. In the 1940s and '50s, Scotty ran a gas station in the shadow of the studio lots where he would connect his friends with actors and actresses who had to hide their true sexual identities for fear of police raids at gay bars, societal shunning and career suicide. An unsung Hollywood legend, Bowers would cater to the sexual appetites of celebrities – straight and gay – for decades.
ALL NIGHT, CLAWS, BAYWATCH, & More New to Hulu This MonthMay 8, 2018Hulu is the only pay-TV service to offer live and on demand channels, original series and films, and a library of premium streaming TV shows and movies, all in one place. This includes content from the four major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, FOXand NBC, with local live broadcast affiliate programming immediately available in many markets, with more to follow; the biggest live sporting events from top pro and college leagues on channels including CBS Sports, ESPN, FOXSports, NBC Sports and TNT, as well as regional sports networks available in many markets; top news channels CNN, CNBC, FOXNews, FOXBusiness and MSNBC; popular lifestyle programming from Bravo, E!, Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel; and fan favorites like A&E, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Disney Channel, Freeform, FX, HISTORY, Lifetime, National Geographic, TBS, USANetwork, Viceland and more.
KIX Celebrates 30-Years Of Platinum Album BLOW MY FUSE With Two-Disc Special ReleaseMay 8, 2018On the 30th Anniversary of their platinum album, Blow My Fuse, Maryland hard rock icons, KIX will releaseFuse 30 Reblown on September 21, 2018, exactly 30 years after Blow My Fuse's original September 19, 1988 release date. KIX announced the release from the stage of the M3 Rock Festival where the band performed Blow My Fuse in its entirety last weekend to their hometown crowd.