Phylicia Rashad Joins the Cast of OWN Original Drama Series DAVID MAKES MAN
by Macon Prickett - June 26, 2018 Continuing its commitment to creating diverse, elevated original programming from the entertainment industry's leading talent, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network today announced the ensemble cast — including Emmy nominee Phylicia Rashad — for its new original drama series David Makes Man, the television deb... 
Iyanla Vanzant Returns With Dramatic New Episodes Of IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE This January On OWN
by Tori Hartshorn - December 18, 2018 Iyanla Vanzant Returns With Dramatic New Episodes Of IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE This January On OWN... 
READY TO LOVE Reunion Special to Air December 29 on OWN
by Tori Hartshorn - December 10, 2018 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network's hit dating series 'Ready to Love' keeps Atlanta ablaze with a sizzling reunion special to premiere on Saturday, December 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Host Thomas 'Nephew Tommy' Miles returns with cast members to reflect on a tumultuous season in which the sexy singles navigated ... 
IFC Center Announces Lineup for 2019 Split Screens Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 09, 2019 IFC Center today announced an impressive and wide-ranging lineup for the third annual Split Screens Festival (www.splitscreensfestival.com) taking place Wednesday, May 29 through Monday, June 3, 2019, at the IFC Center in New York City. The festival consists of special events offering a variety of l... 
Hallmark Channel Announces Biggest Original Holiday Programming in Network History
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 20, 2018 Hallmark Channel's highly anticipated, annual 'Countdown to Christmas' programming event is a social and cultural phenomenon as viewers flock to the network to get their yearly Yuletide fix and make it the #1 television network in all of Q4. As the country's leading provider of family-friendly enter... 
OWN's Queen Sugar Announces Remaining Directorial Line-Up in All Female Team Helming Season Three
by Tori Hartshorn - June 07, 2018 'Queen Sugar,' the critically acclaimed OWN drama series from Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay ('Wrinkle in Time,' '13th,' 'Selma'), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, announced today the remaining directors to complete the season three all-female ... 
OWN Expands Popular Saturday Night Lineup With New Series TO HAVE & TO HOLD: CHARLOTTE Premiering 6/1
by Tori Hartshorn - May 23, 2019 OWN announced today its new series “To Have & To Hold: Charlotte” is set to join the network's popular Saturday night lineup on Saturday, June 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The hour-long unscripted series, from Truly Original, is a candid look inside the lives of five high-powered African-American couples ... 
Hulu and Discovery Announce Partnership for Live and On-Demand Programming
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 12, 2018 Discovery Inc. and Hulu today announced an expansive distribution agreement that will extend Discovery's portfolio of high quality real life entertainment brands to Hulu's on-demand and live TV subscription streaming services. The new partnership makes Hulu the #1 streaming home for popular unscript... 
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival Opens March 22
by Julie Musbach - March 07, 2019 The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) marks 26 years of producing well over 500 extraordinary multicultural and multidisciplinary solo performers from around the globe.... 
Paloma Faith Joins the Cast of PENNYWORTH
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 19, 2018 Paloma Faith has joined the cast in the series regular role of “Bet Sykes,” a spirited, sadistic and sharp-tongued villain, in the upcoming EPIX drama series PENNYWORTH, from Warner Horizon Scripted Television and based on the characters from DC.... 
Paramount Network's AMERICAN WOMAN Scores Cable's Highest Rated Half-Hour Scripted Series Premiere Since January
by Tori Hartshorn - June 14, 2018 Paramount Network's AMERICAN WOMAN Scores Cable's Highest Rated Half-Hour Scripted Series Premiere Since January... 
Liesl Tommy to Direct the Aretha Franklin Biopic
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 10, 2019 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) announced today acclaimed stage director Liesl Tommy, the first black woman to earn a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play, is set to direct Respect, a feature film based on the life of music icon Aretha Franklin. As previously announced, Academy Awar... 
TNT Renews Juggernaut Dramas ANIMAL KINGDOM and CLAWS
by Tori Hartshorn - July 02, 2018 TNT Renews Juggernaut Dramas ANIMAL KINGDOM and CLAWS... 
QUEEN SUGAR Season Four Debuts June 12 On OWN
by Tori Hartshorn - March 14, 2019 “Queen Sugar,” the critically acclaimed drama series from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“A Wrinkle in Time,” “13th,” “Selma”), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, returns for its fourth season on OWN Wednesday, June 12 (9 p.m. ET/PT). Continuing... 
Anika Noni Rose to Star and Co-Executive Produce a Pilot for TNT
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 05, 2018 Beast Mode is written and executive produced by David Schneiderman with executive producers Stefanie Huie and MACRO's Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks... 
Craig Hunegs to Assume Role of President, Disney Television Studios
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 05, 2019 The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today announced that Craig Hunegs will assume the role of president, Disney Television Studios (DTV Studios), after the close of the 21st Century Fox, Inc. acquisition. He will report to Dana Walden, who, upon close of the 21st Century Fox, Inc. acquisition, will ... 
Former WNBA President Donna Orender Partners with Celebrity Contributors to Inspire Girls and Women in New Book
by Robert Diamond - July 09, 2018 ... 
Saweetie & TNT's CLAWS Team Up For MY TYPE Remix
by Tori Hartshorn - June 03, 2019 Critically acclaimed gold-certified rapper, entrepreneur, fashionista, songwriter and star Saweetie knows her type - and it's none other than TNT's Claws. ... 
Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet Teams up with New Philharmonic for a Classic Staging of THE NUTCRACKER
by Julie Musbach - November 14, 2018 Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet performs its 29th annual production of “The Nutcracker” at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 16at 1 and 5 p.m. New Philharmonic, under the baton of Maestro Kirk Muspratt, will perform Tchaikovsky's classic “Nutc... 
CASTANDLOOSE LIVE! Returns to Joe's Pub
by Julie Musbach - August 09, 2018 CastAndLoose Live! returns for its 8th full-length installment to present CastAndLoose Live! Boys Don't Cry When Transparent Danish Girls Join The Dallas Buyers Club, on Monday, August 27th, 2018 at 7:00pm at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC. ...
Anika Noni Rose to Star and Co-Executive Produce a Pilot for TNT
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 05, 2018 Beast Mode is written and executive produced by David Schneiderman with executive producers Stefanie Huie and MACRO's Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks... 
WACO Theater Center Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Homecoming...
by Robert Diamond - October 25, 2018 ... 
OWN's QUEEN SUGAR Season Premiere Delivers 2.1 Million Viewers and Ranks as #1 Cable Telecast for Women 25 - 54
by Macon Prickett - June 05, 2018 The season three premiere of OWN's popular drama series “Queen Sugar” (5/29/18) delivered 2.1 million viewers and ranked as Tuesday night's #1 cable telecast in OWN's key demographic of women 25-54 (L+3). The acclaimed drama from award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay and executive producer Oprah Winf... 
Submissions For The 8th Annual CAPE New Writers Fellowship Open For 2019
by A.A. Cristi - December 03, 2018 Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment opened submissions today for its eighth annual CAPE New Writers Fellowship (CNWF), a talent and professional development program that trains emerging writers to succeed in Hollywood. Pipeline programs like this are critical, particularly in light of this ... 
Starz and Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Partner for KIN
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 21, 2019 Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today announced the series development of “Kin,” a multi-generational family drama from writer Davita Scarlett (“Queen Sugar,” “Constantine”) and Hello Sunshine. Reese Witherspoon (“Big Little Lies,” Gone Girl, Wild) and Lauren Neustadter (“Are You Sl... |
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