Atlanta's Bounce TV launches first scripted drama, renews 'Mann & Wife'
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday May 8, 2015
Atlanta-based Bounce TV, one of the most successful new broadcast TV networks, has added its first scripted drama and renewed its two comedy sitcoms.
Both "Family Time" and "Mann & Wife" (featuring David and Tamela Mann) were given new seasons. "Mann & Wife," which debuted last month, has been the network's most successful original series since the network launched four years ago.
Bounce has also committed to its first-ever scripted drama series called "Saints & Sinners" about life inside a Southern Baptist church. It may or may not be shot in Atlanta. Bounce will make a decision soon. The show, which features a family faced with their own demons of ambition, greed and pride as they try to save others, is set to debut in 2016.
It has also renewed its stand-up comedy series "Off the Chain"for season four. The first two seasons were shot in Atlanta. Season three was shot in Los Angeles. Spokesman Jim Weiss isn't sure where season four will be.
The network is free to anybody with a digital antenna and regularly draws more audience than TV One and Centric, two cable networks that target a similar black audience with a family friendly angle.
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
