E! to Debut Original Rom-Com Films in 2023, Sets New Unscripted Shows From Anthony Anderson, Joel McHale
12.05.2022 - 00:33
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Joe Otterson TV ReporterE! is getting into the original TV movie business.The NBCUniversal cabler has announced plans to begin programming original romantic comedy films beginning in 2023. The network has commissioned six films to start, though further details about the films were not readily available.The move into made-for-TV movies at the network comes amid shifting tides in the world of cable and linear television channels.
NBCUniversal and other legacy media companies are shifting considerable resources to their streaming efforts, leaving observers wondering what the future of traditional networks like E! will be. Hallmark and Lifetime have both found considerable success with their own slates of original films over the years.
Paramount Network was also set to become the home of weekly original films, though Paramount eventually abandoned those plans. E! is continuing to build out its unscripted offerings as well with the addition of several new shows.
Those include “Celebrity Beef” hosted and executive produced by Joel McHale, “Black Pop” executive produced by Stephen Curry, the travel series “Anthony Anderson and Mom: European Vacation,” and “Raising a F***ing Star.” Full descriptions of the new shows can be found below.New E! Unscripted Shows: “ANTHONY ANDERSON AND MOM: EUROPEAN VACATION” (WT) – PREMIERES 2023Anthony Anderson owes his mama Doris a lot. She gave up her own dreams of being an actress to raise him.
As a token of his appreciation, he’s treating his mom to the trip of lifetime – a six-week tour around Europe, to discover some of the continent’s wonders and experience a real, cultural vacation. However, spending this amount of quality time will be a real test for their relationship as the pair
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