Category: Drama

UMC (Urban Movie Channel) Announces ‘A House Divided’

Following the second season renewal of its hit original series, “Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy,” UMC (Urban Movie Channel) – the first and leading streaming service for Black film and television from AMC Networks’ RLJ Entertainment – announced today a new multi-generational family drama from Dan Garcia, the creator of UMC’s officially Daytime Emmy nominated series… Continue reading UMC (Urban Movie Channel) Announces ‘A House Divided’

Keke Wyatt to Guest Star in ‘I’ve Cried the Blues’ June 8th

R&B Singer Keke Wyatt Guest Stars in the Musical “I’ve Cried the Blues” at Warner Theatre on June 8th The Musical Story of a Lifetime (Washington, D.C.) February 28, 2019—Playwright Dennis Williams returns to the DMV with one of his most creative productions yet featuring R&B Singer Keke Wyatt. The highly anticipated I’ve Cried the… Continue reading Keke Wyatt to Guest Star in ‘I’ve Cried the Blues’ June 8th

‘The Bobby Brown Story’ Earns 3 NAACP Image Award Nominations

Grammy-Award winning singer Bobby Brown’s “The Bobby Brown Story”, a biopic mini-series that premiered on the BET Network in September, 2018, has been nominated for three 2019 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special. “The Bobby Brown Story” scored 6.7 million viewers with No. 1 ratings on BET, Facebook and Twitter. Brown… Continue reading ‘The Bobby Brown Story’ Earns 3 NAACP Image Award Nominations

Moesha and The Game to Bounce Starting February 18th

Bounce has licensed the broadcast television rights to the popular and NAACP Image Award-winning series Moesha and The Game in a multi-year agreement with CBS Television Distribution. Bounce lands all six seasons (127 episodes) of Moesha and all nine seasons (147 episodes) of The Game and will air the shows back-to-back weeknights with Moesha from… Continue reading Moesha and The Game to Bounce Starting February 18th

Hobbs & Shaw (Official Trailer)

Hobbs & Shaw | In Theaters August 2, 2019 https://www.HobbsAndShawMovie.com SUBSCRIBE for more!: http://bit.ly/28Okvch After eight films that have amassed almost $5 billion worldwide, the Fast & Furious franchise now features its first stand-alone vehicle as Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprise their roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs… Continue reading Hobbs & Shaw (Official Trailer)

Saints & Sinners Bounces for a Fourth Season

Bounce, the only emerging broadcast – or “multicast” – television network producing original scripted series, announced that Saints & Sinners has been renewed for a fourth season, to premiere in the summer of 2019. The network also announced a new licensing agreement that will make previous episodes of the hit original drama series and #1 most-watched… Continue reading Saints & Sinners Bounces for a Fourth Season

X On Demand Goes Live

First teased last fall – X On Demand (xod.tv) has finally gone live. The Netflix-style site, with a social twist, boasts a growing library of works by Black filmmakers, with at least one person of Black American/African decent in a leading role both in front of and behind the lens – prerequistes for a project… Continue reading X On Demand Goes Live

TV One’s THREE’S COMPLICATED Premieres Sunday, January 13

TV ONE ORIGINAL FILM THREE’S COMPLICATED  STARRING SHANOLA HAMPTON PREMIERES SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 AT 7 P.M. ET Hampton Makes Executive Producer Debut with Romantic Comedy Exploring Dating Taboo of Older Women and Younger Men, Starring Opposite Heartthrob Tyler Lepley     SILVER SPRING, MD – December 26, 2018 – TV One‘s latest original film, THREE’S COMPLICATED will premiere on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 7 p.m. ET/6C, followed by encores at 9 p.m.… Continue reading TV One’s THREE’S COMPLICATED Premieres Sunday, January 13

Cheo Hodari Coker Nets Amazon Deal

According to The Hollywood Reporter, former Netflix showrunner, Cheo Hodari Coker has signed a deal with rival Amazon. The former music journalist was previosuly showrunner for just recently canceled Marvel’s Luke Cage. Coker will develop and produce TV projects under his Fighting 99th Entertainment banner. “Amazon is the future, and their bespoke, specific approach to… Continue reading Cheo Hodari Coker Nets Amazon Deal

Starz Announces ‘American Gods’ will Premiere March 10th

Starz, a Lionsgate company, announced that the eight-episode second season of the epic series “American Gods” will premiere on Sunday, March 10th, 2019 at 8PM ET/PT on STARZ and will be available the same day on the STARZ App. Worshipers who wish to pledge devotion to the critically-acclaimed first season of “American Gods” can tune… Continue reading Starz Announces ‘American Gods’ will Premiere March 10th

Marvin Gaye And Gregory Hines Will Be Forever in 2019

In the spirit of the coming new year, the U.S. Postal Service today revealed several of the new Forever stamps and other stamps to be issued in 2019. Since 1847, the stamp program has celebrated the people, events and cultural milestones unique to the history of the United States. The 2019 stamp subjects continue this… Continue reading Marvin Gaye And Gregory Hines Will Be Forever in 2019

Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Pictures Inks Deal With Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures announces they have entered into a first-look production deal with Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Pictures. This soldifies her relationship with Universal as she stars in 2 of their upcoming films, Welcome to Marwin, coming out December 21st and a Harriet Tubman documentary, Harriet, which will show in 2019. The emphasis of the deal is to… Continue reading Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Pictures Inks Deal With Universal Pictures

TV One Launches CLEO TV On January 19, 2019

This January, TV One will launch CLEO TV, a new aspirational lifestyle and entertainment cable network targeting Millennial and Gen X women of color.  Derived from the name Cleopatra, one of the most powerful, trendsetting, rule-breaking and iconic women in history, CLEO TV will offer quality content that defies negative and cultural stereotypes of today’s… Continue reading TV One Launches CLEO TV On January 19, 2019

Xfinity X1 Gets Some Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar, a subscription-video-on-demand service operated by Bounce and featuring the biggest collection of the “baddest” African-American movies of all-time, is now available over the Internet on Comcast’s Xfinity X1. Xfinity X1 customers can subscribe to and access Brown Sugar’s extensive library of iconic black movies by saying “Brown Sugar” into their X1 Voice Remote, or… Continue reading Xfinity X1 Gets Some Brown Sugar

Bounce Lands Rights to Scandal

Olivia Pope is coming back to primetime. Bounce has licensed the broadcast television rights to the Peabody and EMMY® award-winning series Scandal in a multi-year agreement with Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. Bounce lands all seven seasons and 125 episodes of Scandal and will air the popular series Monday – Friday nights at 8:00 p.m.… Continue reading Bounce Lands Rights to Scandal

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