{"id":14462,"date":"2021-02-10T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/spectrum-originals-bet-pick-womens-basketball-drama\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:00:11","slug":"spectrum-originals-bet-pick-up-womens-basketball-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/spectrum-originals-bet-pick-up-womens-basketball-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectrum Originals &amp; BET Pick Up Women\u2019s Basketball Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spectrum Originals and BET have picked up the women\u2019s basketball drama series<em> Long Slow Exhale<\/em>, produced by Paramount Television Studios.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows J.C. Abernathy (Rose Rollins), a successful head coach of a competitive women\u2019s college basketball team, who finds herself in the middle of a potentially career-shattering sexual abuse scandal. Sorting through the secrets to unravel the truth, she is forced to make decisions that will affect her, her family and the young female athletes that depend on her. After a nine-month exclusive run for Spectrum,<em> Long Slow Exhale<\/em> will air with a second window on BET.<\/p>\n<p><em>Long Slow Exhale<\/em> comes from executive producer, showrunner and creator Pam Veasey (<em>L.A.\u2019s Finest<\/em>, <em>CSI: NY<\/em>), director and executive producer Anton Cropper (<em>L.A.\u2019s Finest<\/em>, <em>black-ish<\/em>) and John Dove (<em>L.A.\u2019s Finest<\/em>, <em>Chicago P.D.<\/em>). Bruna Papandrea (<em>Big Little Lies<\/em>, <em>The Undoing<\/em>) and Casey Haver (<em>Tell Me Your Secrets<\/em>) will executive produce for Made Up Stories.<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Pope, head of Spectrum Originals, said: \u201cI\u2019m so happy that Pam and Anton are back home at Spectrum Originals\u2014along with Bruna, they are a true dream team. We couldn\u2019t be happier to welcome Rose into the family\u2014her strength, empathy and brilliance convinced us all that she was our J.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Traci Blackwell, executive VP of scripted programming at BET, said: \u201cWe look forward to partnering with Spectrum Originals and our sister brand Paramount Television Studios to give viewers more of the premium content and dynamic storytelling they love and expect from the brand. We are excited to have Rose join the BET family and, with this series, continue to expand the dimensions of Black women in leading roles on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Television Studios President Nicole Clemens said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be joining forces with Pam, Anton, Bruna, John, Casey and Rose in telling this story, which beyond its appeal as a compelling mystery drama, also explores so many issues at the forefront of our culture, told in the high-stakes, adrenaline-filled arena of elite women\u2019s college basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spectrum Originals and BET have picked up the women\u2019s basketball drama series Long Slow Exhale, produced by Paramount Television Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":14463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1642,4319,4320,4321,3123],"class_list":["post-14462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bet","tag-long-slow-exhale","tag-paramount-television-studios","tag-rose-rollins","tag-spectrum-originals","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spectrum Originals &amp; 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