{"id":18800,"date":"2022-09-30T10:43:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/orders-85-plus-new-hours-content\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:58:27","slug":"own-orders-85-plus-new-hours-of-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/own-orders-85-plus-new-hours-of-content\/","title":{"rendered":"OWN Orders 85-Plus New Hours of Content"},"content":{"rendered":"
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered more than 85 new hours of content by picking up additional seasons of four of its most popular unscripted series.<\/p>\n
The network has renewed Belle Collective<\/em>, Love & Marriage: D.C.<\/em>, Love & Marriage: Huntsville<\/em> and Put a Ring on It<\/em>. The series will air during OWN\u2019s established Friday and Saturday night unscripted programming blocks throughout 2023, beginning with Love & Marriage: D.C.<\/em> in January.<\/p>\n In 2022 to date, Ready to Love<\/em>, Belle Collective<\/em> and Put a Ring on It<\/em> are Friday night\u2019s top three original cable series with African American women over the age of 18, driving OWN to be Friday night\u2019s number one cable network for the demographic. All three achieved double-digit growth over the last year in total viewers.<\/p>\n Also to date in 2022, Love & Marriage: Huntsville<\/em> and Love & Marriage: D.C.<\/em> are Saturday night\u2019s top two original non-sports series across broadcast and cable with African American women over the age of 18. Love & Marriage: Huntsville<\/em> is OWN\u2019s number one series, while Love & Marriage: D.C.<\/em> is the network\u2019s number one freshman series across all key demographics.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the center of our programming is our purpose: to make sure our audience is reflected and sees themselves\u2013their stories, families and community\u2014in a nuanced and layered way,\u201d said Tina Perry, president of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. \u201cThe success of these shows tells us that we are meeting this goal, and it\u2019s deeply gratifying. We look forward to continuing our collaborations with Carlos King and Kingdom Reign Entertainment for both Belle Collective<\/em> and the Love & Marriage<\/em>\u00a0franchise, and with Will Packer, Will Packer Media and Lighthearted Entertainment for Put a Ring on It<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered more than 85 new hours of content by picking up additional seasons of four of its most popular unscripted series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2047],"class_list":["post-18800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-own-oprah-winfrey-network","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n