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Kym Whitley To Host TMCF’s Leaders & Legends Gala

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Actress and comedian Kym Whitley will serve as host of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 36th Annual “Leaders and Legends” Fundraising Gala on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Washington, D.C. Hilton Hotel.

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  • WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Actress and comedian Kym Whitley will serve as host of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 36th Annual “Leaders and Legends” Fundraising Gala on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Washington, D.C. Hilton Hotel.
  • “We are grateful for Kym Whitley’s willingness to host our annual gala,” TMCF CEO & President Harry L. Williams said.
  • “As a HBCU graduate, Kym understands the mission of TMCF and how we work hard to continue the work of Justice Thurgood Marshall.
  • Whitley starred in her own docu-series, Raising Whitley on the OWN network, and in Netflix’s sitcom, Young & Hungry.

'Act Your Age' season finale July 29 on Bounce TV

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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ATLANTA, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bounce TV's newest hit series "Act Your Age" will wrap its record-breaking first season on Saturday, July 29 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. Video here.

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  • ATLANTA, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bounce TV's newest hit series "Act Your Age" will wrap its record-breaking first season on Saturday, July 29 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. Video here.
  • The 16-episode first season, produced in partnership with MGM, premiered in March and was seen by 2.14 million viewers in its debut telecasts, making it the most-watched half-hour series launch in Bounce history and the No.
  • 3 new comedy of the season, alongside NBC's "Night Court" and "Lopez vs.
  • In the season finale, Bernadette imagines a world where Angela and Keisha never moved into the penthouse.

Bounce renews 'Johnson' for season three, debuts Aug. 5, 'Act Your Age' summer run launches June 3

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Thursday, April 27, 2023
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ATLANTA, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bounce TV, the popular broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, announced today a jam-packed slate of new original programming, including the renewal of the hit series "Johnson" for a third season, the return of the new smash comedy "Act Your Age" and the premiere of a Juneteenth original documentary special celebrating a civil rights leader, "Xernona Clayton: A Life in Black and White."

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  • The second season saw the series touch on hot-button topics including fatherhood, classism and the ever-evolving relationship dynamics between Black men and women.
  • The premieres kick off the second half of the 16-episode first season of "Act Your Age," running weekly on Saturday nights through the summer.
  • Leading up to the summer run, Bounce will air the first seven spring episodes in double-features every Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT starting April 29.
  • Average delivery across the six episodes (Bounce 8p, 8:30p, 11p, 11:30p and ION 11p, 11:30p).

'Act Your Age' becomes a top-three new comedy of the season, summer run set to premiere June 3 on Bounce TV

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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The premieres kick off the second half of the 16-episode first season of "Act Your Age," running weekly on Saturday nights through the summer.

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  • The premieres kick off the second half of the 16-episode first season of "Act Your Age," running weekly on Saturday nights through the summer.
  • Bounce will air the first seven episodes in double-features every Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT starting April 29.
  • A spring season marathon is set for Saturday, May 27 starting at 5:30 p.m.
  • Comedy  includes series coded as situation comedy, comedy variety, and evening animation, excludes programs with less than 3 telecasts; based on M-SU 8-8:30P Strict Daypart 9/19/22 – 4/9/23)

'Act Your Age' reaches more than two million viewers in debut, becomes most-watched series launch in Bounce history

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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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ATLANTA, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The series premiere episodes of the newest Bounce (@BounceTV) original series "Act Your Age" were seen by 2.14 million viewers in their debut telecasts.

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  • ATLANTA, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The series premiere episodes of the newest Bounce (@BounceTV) original series "Act Your Age" were seen by 2.14 million viewers in their debut telecasts.
  • The first two episodes of "Act Your Age" premiered back-to-back on Bounce on Saturday, March 4 from 8 to 9 p.m.
  • ET, and their initial airing burst within 24 hours included a special presentation on Bounce's sister network ION.
  • "Act Your Age" becomes the most-watched half-hour series launch in Bounce history.

Series premiere of 'Act Your Age' set for Saturday, March 4 on Bounce, starring Kym Whitley and Tisha Campbell, with special guest star Yvette Nicole Brown

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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ATLANTA, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bounce, the popular broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, today announced that its newest original series, "Act Your Age," produced in partnership with MGM, will premiere on Saturday, March 4, with the first two episodes back-to-back starting at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.

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  • The premieres kick off the two-part, 16-episode first season, with the first eight episodes running weekly throughout the spring and the second half running over the summer.
  • "Act Your Age" stars Kym Whitley ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Next Friday," "Young and Hungry") and Tisha Campbell ("Uncoupled," "My Wife and Kids," "Dr. Ken") with special guest star Yvette Nicole Brown ("Community," "The Mayor," "Big Shot").
  • The multi-generational sitcom also features Mariah Robinson ("The Wrong Valentine") and Nathan Anderson ("Black-ish," "Richie Rich,") as the 20-something children of Angela and Bernadette, respectively.
  • Alyson Fouse ("Big Shot," "Everybody Hates Chris," "The Wanda Sykes Show") created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer.

ION, Bounce & Scripps News launch on YouTube TV in new agreement with Scripps Networks

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The popular networks ION, Bounce and Scripps News will launch on YouTube TV as part of its base service offering this week.

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  • ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The popular networks ION, Bounce and Scripps News will launch on YouTube TV as part of its base service offering this week.
  • As part of the multi-year distribution partnership with Scripps Networks, the national television network division of The E.W.
  • Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), YouTube TV will also continue its existing carriage of Court TV and has the option to launch Grit, ION Mystery, and Laff in the future.
  • We look forward to growing our relationship with YouTube TV and their parent company Google," said Jeffrey Wolf, chief distribution officer, Scripps Networks.