VH1′s programming is about to get a lot more diverse: the network announced it has ordered an 8-episode docuseries tentatively titled TransAmerica.
Produced by Tyra Banks (America’s Next Top Model) and Gay Rosenthal (Behind The Music, Little People, Big World), TransAmerica will feature a transgender ensemble cast including model and advocate Carmen Carrera. According to a press release, “the series will follow these women as they navigate dating, family and professional ambitions on their own terms in a city known for being equally modern and traditional.”
The series will premiere in either late 2014 or early 2015.
“TransAmerica is a...
Produced by Tyra Banks (America’s Next Top Model) and Gay Rosenthal (Behind The Music, Little People, Big World), TransAmerica will feature a transgender ensemble cast including model and advocate Carmen Carrera. According to a press release, “the series will follow these women as they navigate dating, family and professional ambitions on their own terms in a city known for being equally modern and traditional.”
The series will premiere in either late 2014 or early 2015.
“TransAmerica is a...
- 5/15/2014
- by Andrea Towers
- EW - Inside TV
VH1 has greenlit the Tyra Banks and Gay Rosenthal-produced docuseries TransAmerica (working title), chronicling a group of beautiful Chicago women united by the shared experience of being transgender. The series will follow these women as they navigate dating, family and professional ambitions on their own terms. The 8-episode, 60-min series is scheduled to premiere in late 2014 or early 2015. “‘TransAmerica’ is a groundbreaking docuseries that will blow the roof off stereotypes and set the record straight as we experience the lives of these fun, stunning women. I am so happy to be a part of telling their fierce story,” said Executive Producer Tyra Banks. Meet the Cast: - Signed...
- 5/14/2014
- ShadowAndAct
VH1 has ordered the eight-episode hourlong docuseries TransAmerica (working title) from Tyra Banks (America’s Next Top Model) and Gay Rosenthal (Behind The Music) for a late-2014 or early-2015 premiere. The series chronicles a group of Chicago women who are united by the shared experience of being transgender and follows them as they navigate dating, family and professional ambitions. The cast includes: Carmen Carrera, who was recently signed to Elite Model Management and is on the path to becoming a supermodel and recognized as a leading advocate in the transgender community as constantly balances her career goals with her personal life; Giselle, a recent college graduate who is focused on continuing her education as she prepares for her upcoming sexual reassignment surgery; Natalia, a beauty consultant for Christian Dior cosmetics who is faced with the challenge of trying to reconnect with some of her family and gaining their support; Sidney,...
- 5/14/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Sundance Channel has renewed freshman series Push Girls for a second season to premiere in 2013, network Gm and Evp Sarah Barnett announced today. Series airs Mondays at 10 Pm and this season’s finale is set to air August 27. Push Girls, which premiered June 4, follows five women as they challenge society’s perception of what life is like in a wheelchair. Show is executive produced by Gay Rosenthal.
- 8/20/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
* Sundance Channel doc looks at lives of feisty women
* Nothing off limits for inspiring series
* Producer hopes series will change perceptions
By Jill Serjeant
Los Angeles, June 3 (Reuters) - Angela is a stunning model, Auti is a dancer who is trying for a baby, Tiphany is designing a clothes line and Mia works as a graphic designer.
And all four women are paralyzed from the neck or waist down and are about to shatter widespread notions of what it's like to spend life in a wheelchair.
"Push Girls", launching on the Sundance Channel on Monday, chronicles the lives of the ambitious and dynamic quartet in a way that producers say has never before been seen on U.S. television.
"Plenty of people have no idea what it's like to spend the day in the life of someone with a disability, let alone a spinal cord injury," said Tiphany Adams, 29, who...
* Nothing off limits for inspiring series
* Producer hopes series will change perceptions
By Jill Serjeant
Los Angeles, June 3 (Reuters) - Angela is a stunning model, Auti is a dancer who is trying for a baby, Tiphany is designing a clothes line and Mia works as a graphic designer.
And all four women are paralyzed from the neck or waist down and are about to shatter widespread notions of what it's like to spend life in a wheelchair.
"Push Girls", launching on the Sundance Channel on Monday, chronicles the lives of the ambitious and dynamic quartet in a way that producers say has never before been seen on U.S. television.
"Plenty of people have no idea what it's like to spend the day in the life of someone with a disability, let alone a spinal cord injury," said Tiphany Adams, 29, who...
- 6/4/2012
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
Sure, with "Game of Thrones," "Mad Men," "Girls," "Nurse Jackie," "Veep" and more, Sunday's overcrowded with great TV, but what to watch the rest of the time? Each Monday, we bring you this guide to five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Push Girls" Sundance Channel, Monday, June 4 at 10pm A "Sex in the City" for the wheelchair-bound, the Sundance Channel's new nonfiction series follows four beautiful, ambitious women -- Angela Rockwood, Tiphany Adams, Mia Schaikewitz and Auti Angel -- living with paralysis in Hollywood. The half-hour show, produced by Gay Rosenthal of "Little People, Big World," promises to challenge expectations of portrayals of disabilities on television. "Rizzoli & Isles," "Franklin & Bash" TNT, Tuesday, June 5th at 11:30pm TNT's ampersand buddy series return, with the female-led...
- 6/4/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The Sundance Channel is putting a new spin on the housewives craze. (Apologies for the bad pun). On April 17, the cable net will preview Push Girls, a new reality show from Gay Rosenthal (Ruby, Little People, Big World) that will focus on four Hollywood area women who live with paralysis. The 14-episode season will officially debut on June 5.
And who are the push girls? Angela is described as a “down-to-earth, stunningly gorgeous model who has recently become separated from her husband;” Auti is a dancer, rapper and “all-around powerhouse” who, at age 42, is hoping to have a baby with her...
And who are the push girls? Angela is described as a “down-to-earth, stunningly gorgeous model who has recently become separated from her husband;” Auti is a dancer, rapper and “all-around powerhouse” who, at age 42, is hoping to have a baby with her...
- 4/2/2012
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
Move over "Housewives": Bravo has a new slate of new TV shows in development. The network announced its new development slate of seven shows covering a variety of genres from food to pop culture.
"10 Things That Make Me Happy" will feature celebrities sharing their all-time favorite things, from T-shirts to family heirlooms. There will be three celebrities per episode who will each discuss why each item is so special to them. "Fashion Stories of NYC" will feature former "America's Next Top Model" judge and former Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley as he guides four up-and-coming design teams through creating their signature collections. "Alumni Project" is sort of like a real version of ABC's quickly-canceled "My Generation." The show will feature graduates from some of the top high schools in the Us, 15 years after their time in high school. "Female Entrepreneur Project" is a new competition series from the co-founders...
"10 Things That Make Me Happy" will feature celebrities sharing their all-time favorite things, from T-shirts to family heirlooms. There will be three celebrities per episode who will each discuss why each item is so special to them. "Fashion Stories of NYC" will feature former "America's Next Top Model" judge and former Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley as he guides four up-and-coming design teams through creating their signature collections. "Alumni Project" is sort of like a real version of ABC's quickly-canceled "My Generation." The show will feature graduates from some of the top high schools in the Us, 15 years after their time in high school. "Female Entrepreneur Project" is a new competition series from the co-founders...
- 3/28/2012
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Move over "Housewives": Bravo has a new slate of new TV shows in development. The network announced its new development slate of seven shows covering a variety of genres from food to pop culture.
"10 Things That Make Me Happy" will feature celebrities sharing their all-time favorite things, from T-shirts to family heirlooms. There will be three celebrities per episode who will each discuss why each item is so special to them. "Fashion Stories of NYC" will feature former "America's Next Top Model" judge and former Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley as he guides four up-and-coming design teams through creating their signature collections."Alumni Project" is sort of like a real version of ABC's quickly-canceled "My Generation." The show will feature graduates from some of the top high schools in the Us, 15 years after their time in high school. "Female Entrepreneur Project" is a new competition series from the co-founders...
"10 Things That Make Me Happy" will feature celebrities sharing their all-time favorite things, from T-shirts to family heirlooms. There will be three celebrities per episode who will each discuss why each item is so special to them. "Fashion Stories of NYC" will feature former "America's Next Top Model" judge and former Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley as he guides four up-and-coming design teams through creating their signature collections."Alumni Project" is sort of like a real version of ABC's quickly-canceled "My Generation." The show will feature graduates from some of the top high schools in the Us, 15 years after their time in high school. "Female Entrepreneur Project" is a new competition series from the co-founders...
- 3/28/2012
- by Chris Harnick
- Aol TV.
For the four paralyzed women starring in a new reality series, the show is about pushing right through stereotypes, disappointments and career obstacles.
Set to debut in April, "Push Girls" will give viewers an unscripted look into the lives of four gorgeous ladies who became disabled after enduring tragic car accidents or debilitating diseases, the Sundance Channel announced. Producers hope that by bringing the series into mainstream television, they'll demonstrate how strong people with disabilities are -- and that it's Ok to look and talk about their conditions.
"The indomitable spirit of this series will give viewers permission to stare at a world that they may previously have been too polite -- or too frightened -- to explore," Sarah Barnett, Sundance Channel's General Manager, said in a release.
When it comes to fear, that's something these ladies refuse to cart around in their wheelchairs.
"Most people would want to give up,...
Set to debut in April, "Push Girls" will give viewers an unscripted look into the lives of four gorgeous ladies who became disabled after enduring tragic car accidents or debilitating diseases, the Sundance Channel announced. Producers hope that by bringing the series into mainstream television, they'll demonstrate how strong people with disabilities are -- and that it's Ok to look and talk about their conditions.
"The indomitable spirit of this series will give viewers permission to stare at a world that they may previously have been too polite -- or too frightened -- to explore," Sarah Barnett, Sundance Channel's General Manager, said in a release.
When it comes to fear, that's something these ladies refuse to cart around in their wheelchairs.
"Most people would want to give up,...
- 1/18/2012
- by Emily Heinz
- Aol TV.
Los Angeles, California (X17online) - Shania Twain will be giving fans a look inside her life on her upcoming show Why Not? with Shania Twain for the Own Network. The best-selling country artist will open up about how she survived a childhood of poverty and her heartbreaking divorce after 14 years of marriage. According to Oprah's website, Twain's show will "follow her as she begins her climb back to the top, a personal journey filled with risk, revelations and unexpected adventures." The one-hour series will be produced by Gay Rosenthal Productions with Gay Rosenthal executive producing. Oprah will be launching the Own Network on January 11, 2011. Photo courtesy: Fox...
- 4/8/2010
- x17online.com
Sony Pictures Entertainment earned 11 nods to lead all studios and networks nominated for the 14th annual Prism Awards, which honor TV shows and movies that address issues related to drug, alcohol and tobacco use; mental illness; bipolar disorder; depression; and suicide.
Among the top feature film nominees are "Crazy Heart," "Brothers," "Julia," "Answer Man," "A Single Man" and "The Soloist."
Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Crazy Heart") are nominated for performance in a feature film along with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx ("The Soloist") and Tobey Maguire ("Brothers").
"The Simpsons," which has won in the past, is nominated once again for comedy series episode along with "Glee," "How I Met Your Mother," "Monk" and "United States of Tara."
Nominees for performance in a comedy series are Dan Castellanetta ("The Simpsons"), Toni Collette ("United States of Tara"), Hector Elizondo and Tony Shalhoub ("Monk") and Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother...
Among the top feature film nominees are "Crazy Heart," "Brothers," "Julia," "Answer Man," "A Single Man" and "The Soloist."
Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Crazy Heart") are nominated for performance in a feature film along with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx ("The Soloist") and Tobey Maguire ("Brothers").
"The Simpsons," which has won in the past, is nominated once again for comedy series episode along with "Glee," "How I Met Your Mother," "Monk" and "United States of Tara."
Nominees for performance in a comedy series are Dan Castellanetta ("The Simpsons"), Toni Collette ("United States of Tara"), Hector Elizondo and Tony Shalhoub ("Monk") and Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother...
- 2/18/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TV Land is reuniting Laverne & Shirley stars and real-life friends Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. The cable network is set to announce during its upfront presentation Friday in New York that it is developing a scripted pilot titled Penny and Cindy, which is described as a buddy comedy. Gay Rosenthal Prods. is producing the project. Jim Vallely (Golden Girls, Arrested Development) is the writer and executive producer.
- 3/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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