Author: Duffy

Carlos King, who runs Kingdom Reign Entertainment, the company behind the hit Love & Marriage franchise, knows a thing or two about producing African American-focused reality television.

Kingdom Reign is behind three Love & Marriage series for OWN set in Huntsville, Detroit and D.C. as well as its latest creation, Family Empire: Houston, which launches today.

There are plenty of others on television such as Basketball Wives LA, Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard and The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

The problem, as King, sees it, is that not enough of these shows are produced by Black-owned production companies.

Carlos King is making another show for OWN.

The producer, who runs Kingdom Reign Entertainment, is behind series including the Love & Marriage franchise. He is now making Family Empire: Houston for the network.

The series follows the multi-generational Braden family of Houston.

Exploring themes of generational wealth and the building of a family legacy, the eight-part unscripted series follows the Bradens across four generations. Sister cousins Nicole, Jermeshia and JaQuita have a collective dream to follow in the footsteps of their grandmother and the Braden family matriarch, Oscarene, a real estate entrepreneur who built the family empire from the ground up.

Carlos King is the latest to take his podcast on the road! ‘Reality with the King’ will tour in 2024, starting in Huntsville, Alabama, with — naturally — ‘Love & Marriage: Huntsville’ castmember Melody Shari.

An unscripted commentator and purveyor, King and his Kingdom Reign Entertainment shingle produce WE TV’s Grown & Gospel and the popular Love & Marriage franchise on OWN — its Huntsville and Detroit-set offerings just recently renewed, while the D.C. version is due to air new episodes in January. He launched his podcast, Reality with the King, in April 2022 and has since brought in more than 7 million downloads. Marquee guests have included NeNe Leakes, Teresa Giudice and Megan McCain.