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Disney+ is doubling down on the holidays. The streamer has unveiled three new unscripted holiday specials. Best in Snow is hosted by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess, Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays features the eponymous a cappella group and Run D.M.C's Rev Run is making The Hip Hop Nutcrack…

DJ Joey Speed is onstage. “I can’t stop!” he tells the adoring crowd. “I won’t stop! I’ll never stop!” Quick cut to the mature and out-of-breath rapper backstage: “I gotta stop.” Here’s the first full trailer for All About the Washingtons, Netflix’s autobiographical sitcom starring Run-D.M.C.’s Rev Run aka Joey…

Netflix has slotted August 10 for the premiere of comedy series All About The Washingtons starring Rev Run and his wife Justine Simmons. Created by Jeremy Bronson (The Mayor), ​All About The Washingtons is an autobiographical scripted family sitcom that follows ​Joey Washington​​ (Rev Run aka Joseph Simmons) and his…

Resourcefulness paid off for Amblin TV and ABC Studios, with the pilot presentation starring Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons & Justine Simmons, which they self-financed, leading to a 10-episode, straight-to-series order at Netflix. The multi-camera sitcom, created by Jeremy Bronson, creator of new ABC comedy series The Mayor…

With a writers strike averted, the broadcast TV business’ attention — which had been divided for the past month between pilot production and WGA negotiations — is focusing squarely on the ongoing pilot season, now in its final stage heading into the May 15-18 upfronts. Pilots are being screened this week, followed by…

One of the biggest multi-camera sales this past development season was a family comedy toplined and produced by reality stars Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons & Justine Simmons, which ABC landed in October in a very competitive situation with a put pilot commitment plus a big penalty. The multi-camera/hybrid project did not…

EXCLUSIVE: In a very competitive situation with multiple networks pursuing, ABC has landed a multi-camera family comedy toplined and produced by reality stars Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons & Justine Simmons. The project, which has received a put pilot commitment with a big penalty, hails from ABC Studios and Amblin…

The eight-episode weekly primetime talk show, developed and produced by CBS Television Distribution, is set for debut on OWN in early 2016. Longtime friends Tyrese Gibson and Rev Run, who collaborated on the New York Times bestselling book Man-ology, will lead discussions about relationships and love from a man’s…