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Police series On Patrol: Live will remain on the air through January after Reelz handed out a 90-episode renewal order. The cable network has greenlit the supersized order after the docuseries increased the network's primetime audience by 270% in 2022. Related Story We’ll Be Back: Ph…

Almost two years ago, Major League Wrestling founder Court Bauer had quite literally buried his face in the sand after learning that Tubi had walked away from their deal to broadcast his sporting events. “I was on vacation and I was just shell shocked,” Bauer recalls to Deadline. “We took the family…

Dolores Hughes, a star of the 2014 reality show Hollywood Hillbillies known as Mema, has died at 76. Hughes died of heart failure at a hospital in her hometown of Grayson, Georgia on Nov. 9, manager David Weintraub told media outlet TMZ. The Reelz reality show followed YouTube star Michael…

(UPDATED with Reelz statement) More than two years after pulling the plug on Live PD, A&E now wants to lock up and throw away the key on the revival series On Patrol: Live. “Without any authorization from AETN, Big Fish [the show's former producer] created a clone of Live PD featuring the same primary hosts, content…

On Patrol: Live, the follow-up to reality hit series Live PD, opened strongly on Friday night despite a technical glitch. The police-action series, which airs on Reelz channel, having previously been a hit for A&E, was the number one show on cable on Friday in the 25-54 demo with 397,000 viewers between these…

The successor to reality hit Live PD on A&E was dead on arrival for its scheduled start time tonight, roiling the fans eager to get more real-life police action. Those who tuned in for the anticipated 9 PM debut of the docuseries On Patrol: Live on Reelz instead saw reruns of Jail: Las Vegas. Lots of confusion and…

Live PD is making a return to TV. The hit reality show is coming back with a new name and network. On Patrol: Live (w/t), from the producers of Live PD, will premiere this summer, live, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 pm to 12 am ET on Reelz, with Dan Abrams back as host. Per Reelz, following live…

ViacomCBS' UK production studio has scored its first U.S. order – a ten-part music documentary series for Reelz. Viacom International Studios UK, which produces series for its sister network Channel 5 including BAFTA-winning Cruising with Jane McDonald, is producing The Story of the Songs for the cable network. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the strong ratings performance of Casey Anthony: Her Friends Speak on Reelz, the cable network is turning the special into a series franchise. Reelz has given an initial four-episode order to The Friends Speak, from Kinetic Content and Pyramid Productions. The series will debut with Jodi Arias: The…

Reelz announced its fall slate at TCA today, featuring a new true-crime series hosted by Geraldo Rivera, some Natalie Morales-hosted specials, and new series about mob killers and celebrity breakups. It also set premiere dates for those programs and others; read the details below. "Our new series and specials build on…

U.S. broadcaster Reelz is to air a documentary series about Charles Manson's family – funded by British distributor DRG. Manson's Bloodline is a four-part series that will tell the story of Charles Manson's grandson, Jason Freeman, and how he came to terms with his notorious grandfather's murder spree. It comes in…

Matthew Perry says he took the Ted Kennedy role in Reelz’s sequel to The Kennedys limited series, The Kennedys – After Camelot, because "it scared me,” calling it by far the most challenging role he has ever played. "As a man who has been forced to transform his life many times, I really admire the changes he made,"…