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After airing on ESPN for the past 27 years, the Scripps National Spelling Bee will have a new TV home within the E.W. Scripps corporate fold. The popular tournament will be shown in 2022 on Ion and Bounce, two free over-the-air networks operated by Scripps. In an announcement, the company said the switch will make the…

EXCLUSIVE: Bounce has handed a renewal to Johnson ahead of its Season 1 finale on Sunday. A dramedy told from the Black male perspective, the series shines a light on hot-button stereotypes and misconceptions. Filmed in Atlanta, it follows four Black men who met in grade school and have been best friends ever since…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Susan Johnson, the director of Netflix’s hit teen dramedy To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, has boarded Paramount Players’ Bounce based on the Megan Shull YA novel and starring YouTube personality JoJo Siwa. The feature is in early development. Bounce tells the story of a teenage girl who…

Bounce has greenlighted a pair of scripted series — one produced by Cedric the Entertainer and fronted by D.J. Hughley and another starring Vivica A. Fox — and Court TV unveiled a new show with Ashleigh Banfield as the sibling networks unveiled their 2020-21 slates at CTAM today. Along with the Hughley-led dramedy John…

Emmy-winning comedian, actress and writer Wanda Sykes will host the first Hollywood version of the Bounce Trumpet Awards, which celebrate African American achievements and contributions. The 28th annual awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre on Dec. 4 and debut on Bounce Sun. Feb. 23, 2020 at 9 PM ET as part of…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud is coming to TV. Bounce has ordered 10 episodes of the original comedy series for premiere Monday, May 6. The program will air at 9 PM ET every Monday night through the summer. The series is a co-production between Bounce and Lionsgate Television. Hosted by comedian Jasmin “Jazzy&#8221…

Bounce has renewed Saints & Sinners for a fourth season for premiere in summer 2019. The network today also announced a new licensing agreement with Hulu for the first three seasons of the hit drama series, making all previous episodes available for streaming ahead of the Season 4 premiere. The deal marks the first…

Olivia Pope is on the move. Bounce has landed off-network rights to Scandal, the D.C.-fixer series starring Kerry Washington, and will air it weeknights starting Monday. A new multiyear deal with Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International gives the Scripps-owned cable net rights to all seven seasons of the series…

Cheryle Harrison, Executive Vice President, Ad Sales & Digital Operations for Katz Networks, is adding the newly created role of General Manager of Bounce to her responsibilities. "As part of the initial core team that built and launched Bounce, Cheryle has been instrumental in the network's development, growth and…

Bounce has acquired the day and date repurpose rights to The Wendy Williams Show from Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury, and next month will begin weeknight airings of the syndicated talk show. Bounce calls the deal the first-ever repurposed programming arrangement done by a multicast network. Beginning Monday, March 5…

EXCLUSIVE: VH1 has ordered its second hourlong scripted series. The network’s pilot Bounce, starring Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise, Charlotte Ross, newcomer Taylour Paige and Logan Browning has, has been picked up to series. It joins VH1’s first hourlong scripted series, the Queen Latifah-produced Single Ladies. Related: V…

EXCLUSIVE: VH1 has greenlighted its first hourlong scripted pilot, Bounce. Newcomer Taylour Paige, Dean Cain and Kimberly Elise will star in the project, set in the world of professional basketball dancers, with Valery Ortiz and Katherine Bailess cast in supporting roles. Written by James LaRosa and be directed by…