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Three-time Emmy winner Cicely Tyson is set for a leading role in Ava DuVernay’s OWN anthology series Cherish the Day. Tyson joins previously announced leads Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller in the series from Warner Horizon Scripted Television. It’s slated for a winter 2020 premiere. Created by DuVernay, each season…

Ava DuVernay has found her leads for the first season of the OWN anthology series Cherish the Day. Xosha Roquemore (The Mindy Project) and Alano Miller (Underground) will star in the series created and executive produced by DuVernay through her Array Filmworks. Hailing from Warner Horizon Scripted Television, it’s…

EXCLUSIVE: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Ozy Media are teaming on OWN Spotlight: Black Women OWN the Conversation, a four-part series to premiere exclusively on OWN this summer. Hosted by Emmy-winning presenter and Ozy co-founder Carlos Watson, the four one-hour episodes feature what OWN and Ozy describe as “intimate…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered additional episodes of its hit Saturday night dating series Ready to Love, from Will Packer Media and Lighthearted Entertainment, and docuseries Love & Marriage: Huntsville, from Kingdom Reign Entertainment and ITV America. The unscripted series are part of OWN’s successful…

It is an end of an era at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network as Erik Logan departs after seven years as president. An avid surfer, he is joining the World Surf League as President of Content, Media and WSL Studios. At OWN, Logan will be succeeded by the network’s EVP, business and legal affairs and board member Tina Perry who…

Ahead of Queen Sugar‘s Season 3 finale, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered a fourth season of Ava DuVernay’s critically acclaimed drama, with writer-co-executive producer Anthony Sparks set as new showrunner/executive producer. Sparks replaces current showrunner Kat Candler in the new season. The move continues…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered a second season of its hit romantic drama series Love Is ___ from Mara Brock Akil (Being Mary Jane, The Game, Girlfriends) and Salim Akil (Black Lightning). The renewals come amid strong ratings for the series, which premiered June 19 with 1.2 million viewers and a 1.2 rating…

Discovery Communications has paid $70 million to Oprah Winfrey's Harpo, Inc. to acquire an additional 24.5% stake in the companies’ joint venture, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. With the transaction, Discovery has increased its ownership stake in OWN to more than 70%. With the deal, Winfrey is cashing in on her…

On the heels of record ratings for its series debut, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network said today it has ordered more episodes of its Black Love docuseries. The exact number of additional episodes for the current four-episode series is still being finalized, according to a network spokesperson. The Tuesday premiere episode…

OWN has set the Season 2 midseason return for its praised drama series Queen Sugar. The second half of the season will kick off with a two-night premiere, Tuesday October 3 at 10 PM ET/PT, following a new episode of Tyler Perry’s If Loving You Is Wrong at 9 PM; and Wednesday, October 4 at 10 PM ET/PT. The series…

Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Story), Merle Dandridge (The Night Shift) and Desiree Ross (Falling Skies) are the first actors cast in OWN’s megachurch drama series Greenleaf, from Craig Wright and Lionsgate TV. Greenleaf focuses on the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has promoted Jill Dickerson to SVP programming and development, up from her current VP role. In her elevated position, Dickerson will continue to collaborate with producers in the development of nonfiction programming for OWN, as well as supervise editorial management of outside…