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EXCLUSIVE: The critically acclaimed historical drama series Underground, which aired for two seasons on WGN America, is heading to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. OWN said today it has acquired the series to air beginning Tuesday, January 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The series, from Sony Pictures Television, will have a…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has expanded its holiday season programming with three new original Christmas movies set to air over three consecutive Tuesdays in December. A Christmas For Mary, starring Vivica A. Fox and Jackée Harry, will premiere on December 8; followed by Cooking Up Christmas, starring Greenleaf's…

EXCLUSIVE: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has acquired the highly evocative and timely documentary, OWN Spotlight: (In)Visible Portraits from Loving producer and first-time director Oge Egbuonu. Set air in 2021, the docu is described as a powerful celebration of Black women sharing their stories of struggle, resilience…

EXCLUSIVE: Holly Carter, a powerhouse producer of faith-based programming for mainstream audiences, is getting into business with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Carter has signed a first-look deal with the network to create and produce unscripted series and specials via her Relevé Entertainment, an All3Media America…

As OWN’s Greenleaf approaches its fifth and final season, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Lionsgate have put in development a spinoff of the critically praised hit megachurch drama, from creator and executive producer Craig Wright. The network revealed the spinoff news with a teaser spot. You can watch below. Wright…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is launching a new unscripted Saturday night block and has ordered two virtually-produced series. The Discovery-backed network is launching Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant and Girlfriends Check In as part of its Sisterhood Saturday Nights strand, launching May 16. Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has renewed four of its hit unscripted series that focus on love and relationships. Love & Marriage: Huntsville, Black Women Own the Conversation and Ready to Love have been picked up for second seasons, and Black Love has been renewed for a fourth season. All will air later in 2020. "We are…

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…