Snoop Dogg Sets Unscripted Family Series at E!; NBCU Also Orders ‘Revival’ Comic Book Adaptation and More
An unscripted series about Snoop Dogg’s family will air on E! during the 2024-2025 television season.
The currently untitled project follows the rapper’s daughter, Cori Broadus, and her fiancé, Wayne Deuce, as they navigate relationship tensions ahead of their wedding and a health struggle that impacts Snoop and the rest of the family. Death Row Pictures and 101 Studios produce with Snoop, Shante Broadus, Sara Ramaker, David Glasser and Alexander Lipsitz serving as executive producers and Eliot Goldberg overseeing for 101.
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The news comes as part of a large slate of greenlights and renewals ahead of NBCUniversal’s upfronts presentation on Monday.
Another highlight from the announcement is the series order of “Revival,” a scripted drama adapted from the comic book of the same name, set to air on Syfy. The series follows single mother Dana Cypress who finds herself at the center of a murder mystery in a rural Wisconsin town where the recently deceased have risen from their graves. Blue Ice Pictures produces with Lance Samuels, Daniel Iron, Samantha Levine, Daniel March, Luke Boyce and Aaron Koontz as executive producers.
Oxygen has set seven new series and specials, beginning with the summer premiere of “The Girl on the Milk Carton” (working title), which will air in the summer and tells the story of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews, who disappeared in 1984 and became one of the first missing children whose face appeared on a milk carton. Wild Dream Films produces.
“Dateline: The Smoking Gun” (working title) and follows detectives as they pursue one crucial piece of evidence in the cases they’re working on. NBC News produces.
“The Alissa Turney Project” (working title) explores Sarah Turney’s theory that that her father killed her sister, Alissa, after she went viral on social media for sharing her suspicions. Story Syndicate produces.
“Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles” (working title) follows the investigation of the Southside Slayer, who assaulted and murdered 50 women from 1984 to 2007. Jupiter Entertainment produces.
“Philly Homicide” (working title) centers murders cases as told by Philadelphia homicide detectives. All3Media’s Bright Spot Content produces.
“A Plan to Kill” (working title) examines murderers who spend long stretches of time planning their crimes. Sony Pictures Television’s Intellectual Property Corporation produces.
“Lady of the Dunes” (working title) uncovers the 1974 murder of Ruth Marie Terry, which went unsolved for nearly 50 years. Left/Right produces the series, while the other new Oxygen projects besides “Tje Girl on the Milk Carton” will debut in the fall.
Along with the Snoop series, previously announced titles among the 2024-2025 E! slate include Season 2 of “House of Villains,” “E! News” hosted by Justin Sylvester and Keltie Knight and “Live from E!,” hosted by Laverne Cox. Syfy titles besides “Revival” include the Season 2 of “Reginald the Vampire” set for May 8, Season 3 “The Ark,” set for the summer and Season 3 of “SurrealEstate,” set for 2025.
USA has slated “The Anonymous,” the new social strategy reality series from “The Traitors” producers Studio Lambert, the summer. As previously announced, USA will also begin exclusively airing “WWE Monday Night RAW” and “WWE SmackDown.” The cabler is launching its new WWE partnership with a celebratory week of programming including films from the “Fast and the Furious” franchise starring Dwayne Johnson, “Blockers” starring John Cena, and the Peacock documentary “Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal.”
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