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Both its signature series franchise Made In Hollywood
and the E/I (Educational/Informational) series Made In
Hollywood: Teen Edition have been renewed with total
U.S. Household clearances currently over 90 percent for both
series. Made In Hollywood will enter its 11th
broadcast season, while Made In Hollywood: Teen Edition
will begin its 10th season this fall.
Connection III’s Founder, President and CEO Cleveland O’Neal
III created Made In Hollywood and Made In
Hollywood: Teen Edition and is executive producer of
both series.
For 2015/16, the CBS
Television Stations renewed Made In Hollywood in New York (WCBS/WLNY),
Philadelphia (KYW/WPSG), San Francisco (KPIX/KBCW) and
Pittsburgh (KDKA/WPCW) and renewed both MADE IN HOLLYWOOD
and Made In Hollywood: Teen Edition in Los Angeles
(KCBS/KCAL), Dallas (KTVT/KTXA), and Sacramento (KOVR/KMAX).
The CBS Television Stations also renewed Made In
Hollywood: Teen Edition in Boston (WSBK), Miami (WBFS)
and New York (WLNY).
The FOX Television
Stations, Inc. renewed the 11th season of Made
In Hollywood in Chicago (WFLD/WPWR) and renewed the 10th
season of Made In Hollywood: Teen Edition in Chicago
WFLD/WPWR (FOX/MNT), Washington, DC (WTTG/WDCA), and Phoenix
(KSAZ/KUTP), picking up the E/I series in San Francisco
(KTVU/KICU), Houston (KRIV/KTXH), Minneapolis (KMSP/WFTC),
Orlando (WOFL/WRBW) and Charlotte (WJZY/WMYT).
In addition, the CW PLUS
renewed Made In Hollywood’s 11th season.
Connection III also sold the franchise to other U.S.
broadcast station groups including Sinclair, LIN, Hearst,
Gannett & Scripps.
“We are ecstatic that the Academy has
nominated Made
In Hollywood: Teen Edition for a Daytime Emmy Award as
Outstanding Children's Series, validated by our
across-the-board renewals from our broadcast station group
partners for the Made
In Hollywood
franchise,” said O’Neal. “We are very appreciative and
thankful for the continuous support from our station
partners going into
Made In Hollywood’s’s 11th season and the
milestone 10th season of Made
In Hollywood: Teen Edition
and delighted to continue our on-going
relationships,” said Bill Trotter, Connection III’s Head of
Domestic Distribution.
Made In Hollywood is an inventive
behind-the-scenes entertainment news magazine series
showcasing “how” and “why” movies are “made in Hollywood,”
featuring exclusive celebrity interviews and star profiles,
on-set coverage with directors, writers and producers and
previews of upcoming motion picture and DVD releases. Made
In Hollywood gives the viewer a look at how special
effects and tech wizards pull off the complex magic needed
to bring many of the year’s biggest blockbusters to life.
Featuring interviews with Hollywood’s premier talent,
including Hugh Jackman, Reese Witherspoon, Neil Patrick
Harris, Shailene Woodley, Jennifer Garner, Michael Keaton,
Matthew McConaughey, Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore,
Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington, Helen Mirren, Robert
Downey Jr., Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck
– the series appeals to the
large cross-section of viewers increasingly interested in
the morphing of reality programming with more traditional
news/magazine programs.
The E/I (Educational/Informational) sister series, Made
In Hollywood: Teen Edition is a 42nd Annual
Daytime Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Children’s Series
and was a
Cynopsis Kids
!magination 2012 Award Finalist
and a 2011 Parents’ Choice Approved Award
Winner. Made In Hollywood: Teen Edition segments
range from coverage of the Walt Disney Animation Studios,
Sony Imageworks and Dreamworks Animation teams, LucasArts,
producer Lauren Schuler Donner, actors Miley Cyrus, Shia
LaBeouf, Zac Efron, Raven-Symone and Dakota Fanning, casting
directors Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirschenson, Academy Award
winning composer Hans Zimmer and Grammy-winning songwriter
Diane Warren. This weekend series introduces the younger
demographic to behind-the-scenes filmmaking, special effects
techniques and career opportunities focusing on the
creative, technical and artistic skills of the motion
picture industries.
For more information on the franchise, please visit
www.connection3.com .
Connection III Entertainment Corp.(www.connection3.com
) is the award-winning, Emmy-nominated producer/distributor
of family friendly, multicultural media content whose global
reach has expanded annually for the past 15 years. The
multi-faceted media company has gained acclaim for the
development production and distribution of its original
motion picture & television programming distributed across
multiple platforms, with licensees and sponsors including
broadcast & cable networks (HBO, Lifetime, CBS, Starz,
ABC Family), major studios (Lionsgate, MCA/Universal),
local U.S. broadcast affiliates (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CW),
and national advertisers. Its nationally syndicated weekly
series franchise Made In Hollywood is available in
107 million homes with a gross average audience of 2.2
million viewers in the U.S., as well as in major territories
worldwide, including India’s Zee Network and Fox
International Channels in Turkey, Greece & Cyprus. |
