A+E Networks Fires Up More Superstar Content Connections For 2023-24

The Big Message Whatever service advertisers spend on AampampE The HISTORY Channel or Lifetime they39ll be involved in a programming lineup with a more diverse variety of top talent as stars hosts and in many cases executive producers offcamera We39re talking the likes of Morgan Freeman Mary J Blige and Kevin Costner At the same time all three channels will double down on what they do best biography and pop culture content at AampampE madeforTV movies and unscripted series from Lifetime and documentary series and hybrid scriptedunscripted miniseries at The HISTORY Channel quotIt39s about imagining what is possiblequot asserted Paul Buccieri President and Chairman of AE Networks Group quotWe want to create possibilities for you and your brandsquotHosts Buccieri joined by AE Networks Ad Sales President Peter Olsen pictured at topWhat Worked A snazzy wellpaced presentation that emphasized the range of talent involved and featured plenty of clip montages from upcoming programs Video walls behind Buccieri and Olsen featured talent head shots Individual vignettes highlighted talent discussing their new series or production creativity And for the first time AampampE went beyond promotion of its various channels to show off the work of its AE Studios unit whose growing output for other enterprises includes The Lincoln Lawyer at Netflix Big Sky on ABC and Big RV Remix for HuluWhat Also Worked An expanded showcase for HomeMadeNation graduating from a multihour daypart on several AE nets to its own 247 channel distributed via cable systems smart TV setsdevices and multichannel bundles Some celebrity power is headed for this lifestyle destination including a pair of series from Rachael Ray through her new production company and three from cake master Buddy ValastroWhat Didn39t Work A relative lack of details on 4UV For Diverse Voices AE39s ambitious new network touted at last year39s virtual event The service featuring original scripted and unscripted content assembled by people of color and people from other underrepresented communities postponed its scheduled debut last fall and this presentation while confirming its existence again didn39t offer a new launch timetable or elaborate on what39s coming contentwise with one exception Ancient Recipes with Sohla Also missing in action news of forthcoming original attractions at Vice TV LMN and fyiData Points More than 2500 hours of content will be generated by AE Networks during 202324 the most ever for a TV season according to Buccieri AE also will expand the number of free adsupported nets distributed through smart TV products and multichannel bundles now at 20News At HISTORY Channel Morgan Freeman will narrate and executive produce Black Patriots The 761 Battalion about the first African American tank unit to encounter combat in World War II Hybrid scriptedunscripted miniseries ahead include Costner39s The West and FDR a threenight Memorial Day presentation coexecutive produced by Bradley Cooper Separately the network will launch America 250 a multiyear project celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence39s formation in 2026 AampampE39s forthcoming series include Kings of BBQ detailing a new business coowned by Anthony Anderson and Cedric the Entertainer a set of Biography specials on hard rock legends and miniseries James Brown Say It Loud New Lifetime madeforTV movies will feature a Keyshia Cole biopic and Real Love adapted and inspired by Mary J Blige39s hit song Lifetime will partner with AampampE on simulcasts for specials involving Janet Jackson and pop group TLC Among the new series coming to HomeMadeNation Legends of the Fork one of Valastro39s three series 1000 Ways to Dine and Best In ChowParting WordsquotChoice is at an alltime high for viewers How they access content and when and where they watch it We39re leading the way to build out the FAST free adsupported TV ecosystemquot Peter Olsen AE Networks Ad Sales PresidentquotThe fastest growing and freshest take on lifestyle contentquot AE Networks Group President and Chairman Paul Buccieri on HomeMadeNationquotThis is a story I39ve been waiting to tell for 25 yearsquot Awardwinning actorproducer Morgan Freeman discussing his Black Patriots project for The HISTORY ChannelquotI39m excited Can you feel itquot Dan Aykroyd about his forthcoming HISTORY Channel series The UnbelievableClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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