Sitcoms Mann & Wife and Sisters are both from Roger Bobb who executive produced Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns. The African-American targeted diginet also adds Ri-Karlo Handy as vice president of original programming.
UPFRONTS 2014
Bounce TV Slots Two New Sitcoms For 2015
Over-the-air digital network Bounce TV today unveiled two new original programs just as the upfront ad season gets underway. Both sitcoms are from creator Roger Bobb who executive produced Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns.
Mann & Wife stars Meet the Browns’ David Mann and Tamela Mann in what Bobb describes as a black Brady Bunch.
Sisters is about an aging R&B girl group whose members live together.
Both shows are set to premiere in 2015 and join a lineup that includes two returning originals.
Bounce TV, which targets African Americans and is cleared in 72% of TV homes, also hired Ri-Karlo Handy as vice president of original programming.
Renewed/Returning Original Series:
BRAND CONNECTIONS
Family Time — Bounce TV has renewed the half-hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans (The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, Love That Girl!) for a second season. Family Time centers on the life and times of The Stallworths, a working class African American family who wins the lottery and jumps from the ‘hood to “all good” overnight. This family-next-door consists of two loving parents: Anthony (Omar Gooding) and Lisa (Angell Conwell) Stallworth and their children Ebony (Jayla Calhoun) and Devin (Bentley Kyle Evans, Jr.). Trenton Gumbs (Love That Girl!) serves as a producing partner and season two premieres this fall.
Off The Chain — The family-friendly stand-up comedy series featuring the hottest African American comedians on the planet will return for a third season. Produced by Bounce TV Productions, season three premieres in the fall.
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