EXCLUSIVE: CBS’ All Rise may be resurrected. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is in talks for a new season of the legal drama starring Simone Missick, I have learned.
The negotiations between the cable network and lead All Rise studio Warner Bros. TV come three months after the series was canceled by CBS in May and OWN…
EXCLUSIVE: Ashlee Brian(The Forty-Year-Old Version, Family Reunion) and Devika Parikh (Grey's Anatomy, Aquaman) have been tapped as series regulars for The Kings Of Napa, OWN’s new drama series from Claws executive producer/showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois, Warner Bros. Television and Harpo Films. Additionally, Curti…
EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Henry Simmons (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, NYPD Blue) and Joy Bryant (Parenthood, For Life) are set to star in season 2 of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s and Ava DuVernay's anthology drama series Cherish the Day.
Production on the ARRAY Filmworks, Harpo Films and Warner Bros…
OWN and Hulu are teaming for the first time on The Hair Tales, a docuseries that focuses on Black women, beauty and identity through the distinctive lens of Black hair. Tracee Ellis Ross executive produces along with Michaela angela Davis, who created the series concept.
In The Hair Tales, narrators and real-life…
Former 495 Productions exec Drew Tappon has been tapped to run unscripted programming at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Tappon replaces Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, who left the company in April, in the role. He becomes Head of OWN Unscripted Development, Programming & Specials and reports to OWN President Tina Perry.
The…
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will explore the rise and fall of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a two-part special event OWN Spotlight: The Legacy of Black Wall Street. The Legacy Of Black Wall Street follows the rise of the 36-block economic hub in Oklahoma’s Greenwood district up until its tragic destruction…
OWN has unveiled the premiere date and trailer for the second season of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s David Makes Man.
Set to premiere on OWN on June 22 from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT, David Makes Man‘s sophomore season finds David (Kwame Patterson) in his 30s, a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him…
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of Queen Sugar’s Season 5 finale
"Looking back over the season, as emotional as it was for people to watch it when it aired, it was very emotional even when we shot it," says Queen Sugar executive producer Paul Garnes of the fifth season of the Ava DuVernay created series and…
EXCLUSIVE:OWN has set the lead cast for The Kings of Napa, its new drama series about the power struggle between wealthy siblings in Napa Valley. Ebonee Noel (FBI), Rance Nix (Zero Issue), Karen LeBlanc (Ransom) and Yaani King Mondschein (For All Mankind)Â have been tapped to star in the series from Claws executive…
EXCLUSIVE: Tammy Townsend (K.C. Undercover) has been tapped as a new series regular on the upcoming sixth season of Ava DuVernay’s drama Queen Sugar, which is currently in production in New Orleans.
Paula Jai Parker (The Wayans Bros.), Marquis Rodriguez (When They See Us) and McKinley Freeman (Titans) have joined the O…
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has launched its first-ever initiative focused on providing tools and resources to empower Black women to own their health in 2021 and beyond. The network’s OWN Your Health campaign seeks to bring awareness, education, resources, and a sense of community to address the unique health concerns…
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is continuing its reality push and has ordered a new gospel-based non-scripted series in addition to renewing five existing franchises.
This comes after the Discovery-backed network expanded its Saturday unscripted programming block to Fridays last year.
Young & Gospel will follow the lives…
