{"id":7499,"date":"2016-11-17T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/roma-downey-mark-burnett-mgm-to-launch-faith-based-network\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T18:08:32","slug":"roma-downey-mark-burnett-mgm-to-launch-faith-based-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/roma-downey-mark-burnett-mgm-to-launch-faith-based-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Roma Downey, Mark Burnett &amp; MGM to Launch Faith-Based Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: In partnership with FOX stations and affiliates, Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and MGM are rolling out Light\u00a0TV, the first-ever 24\/7 faith and family broadcast entertainment network.<\/p>\n<p>Light TV will launch in December 2016, debuting in markets such as New York City (WNYW), Los Angeles (KTTV), Chicago (WFLD), Philadelphia (WTXF), Dallas (KDFW), Houston (KRIV), San Francisco (KTVU), Washington, D.C. (WTTG), Atlanta (WAGA), Orlando (WOFL), Phoenix (KSAZ), Minneapolis (KMSP) and Charlotte (WJZY). It will air family and faith-based entertainment programming from MGM\u2019s library, including <em>Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader<\/em>, <em>Rocky<\/em>, <em>Hoosiers<\/em>, <em>Red River<\/em>, <em>Little Man Tate<\/em>, <em>The Nutcracker<\/em>, <em>Lilies of the Field<\/em>, <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em>, <em>The Black Stallion<\/em>, <em>All Dogs Go to Heaven<\/em>, <em>Pink Panther<\/em>, <em>Fame<\/em> and <em>Mr. Mom<\/em>. Light TV will also air acquisitions such as the series <em>Highway to Heaven<\/em> and <em>Heartland<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Downey, the president of LightWorkers Media, a division of MGM, said: \u201cThis is the beginning of our new, multiplatform faith and family network, where the demand is greater than ever for family-friendly entertainment. This is the last unclaimed vertical. As we have already seen from the success of <em>The Bible <\/em>series and our 20 million social followers, this audience is looking\u00a0for\u00a0inspiring and\u00a0uplifting programming that they can watch in a\u00a0trusted and\u00a0safe environment on any platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the combined experience of myself and Roma, plus MGM\u2019s family-friendly library, Light TV will become\u00a0an ideal platform\u00a0to reach the enormously, underserved family audience,\u201d added Burnett, the president of MGM Television and Digital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMGM continues to build on our strategy as a multicast network leader by adding Light TV to our group of networks,\u201d said John Bryan, the president of domestic television distribution at MGM. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with FOX and deliver positive, uplifting and free entertainment to families everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: In partnership with FOX stations and affiliates, Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and MGM are rolling out Light TV, the first-ever 24\/7 faith and family broadcast entertainment network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[186,254,255,1055],"class_list":["post-7499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-fox","tag-mark-burnett","tag-mgm","tag-roma-downey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roma Downey, Mark Burnett &amp; 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