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Just as Bobby Brown did in 1985, Woody McClain is going solo in 2018. The actor, who played the R&B/pop singer in BET’s miniseries The New Edition Story, has signed to reprise his role in the network’s two-part followup, The Bobby Brown Story. Written by Abdul Williams and executive produced by Jesse Collins — both…

Beyoncé was the big winner Sunday at the 2017 BET Awards, taking a total of five trophies at the music-rich event in Los Angeles. She won for Female R&B/Pop Artist, Album Of The Year for Lemonade, and Viewers Choice, Video Director Of The Year and Video Of The Year for “Sorry,” the latter honor shared with Bruno Mars…

“Well, he’s cute enough.” That was Bobby Brown’s response when he heard Woody McClain would play him in BET ‘s miniseries The New Edition Story.  The cast and executive producer Jesse Collins sat down recently with Deadline’s Dominic Patten at an Awardsline Emmy screening series to talk about reviving the beloved R&B…

BET’s buzzy three-part biopic The New Edition Story has pulled record ratings, with Parts 1 and 3 of the miniseries the network’s highest-rated and most-watched telecasts in five years (since 2012’s Season 5 premiere of The Game). In Live+3, Part 1 drew 3.3MM viewers in P18-49, and 5.5MM total viewers in P2+ and Part…

The second season of WGN America’s Outsiders opened to 932,000 total viewers and 414,000 adults 25-54 last night. That was off slightly from the drama’s series premiere (1.055 million, 443,000 in 25-54), though the 2016 opener aired commercial-free. The Season 2 debut was up 13% from the Season 1 average viewership…

BET’s six-hour event series The New Edition Story about the iconic R&B boy band will air over three nights on January 24-26, the network said today. The biopic follows the group — Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Mike Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill — from their humble beginnings in Boston to global…