ITV Studios Lines Up Lifestyle Series for Raycom

MONTGOMERY/LOS ANGELES: America Today is a new weekly hour-long lifestyle series from ITV Studios that will air on Raycom Media’s local TV stations across the U.S. beginning this fall.

The initial order from Raycom is for 52 hour-long episodes, with a launch date slated for October 2010. The show will initially air exclusively on Raycom stations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Memphis and West Palm Beach, among others. Raycom owns and/or operates 47 television stations in 36 markets and 18 states. Raycom and ITV Studios will look to distribute the series to other U.S. stations.

America Today will feature national and local content focused on lifestyle, health and finance issues that Americans deal with every day.