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Ludacris, Ryan Seacrest working on CBS marching band drama

Ludacris is working with fellow Atlanta native Ryan Seacrest on a new CBS show. CREDIT: Getty Images

Credit: Rodney Ho

Credit: Rodney Ho

Ludacris is working with fellow Atlanta native Ryan Seacrest on a new CBS show. CREDIT: Getty Images
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Oct 14, 2015

By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Wednesday, October 13, 2015

Billboard reports that Ryan Seacrest and fellow Atlanta native and actor/rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges are working together on a new Atlanta-based drama about a marching band.

The description:

The Down Beat is as an inspiring story of a former business mogul on a warpath for personal retribution who is determined to take down two warring gangs in the mean streets of Atlanta by offering possible teen recruits an unlikely refuge: a high school marching band.

This is the first time Ludacris is executive producing a potential TV show. No word yet if he will appear on the drama. It sounds pretty edgy for CBS if it comes to fruition.

He has done plenty of acting, best known for "Fast & Furious" and "Hustle & Flow." On TV, he recently appeared as a prison guard on "Empire."

Seacrest so far has had more success as a producer of reality programming such as "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and "Shahs of Sunset" than scripted shows.

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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.

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