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OWN’s reality television breakout Love & Marriage: Huntsville is seeing a ratings boom in its third season of the network, Shadow and Act can exclusively report.

The show led Saturday night’s cable telecast among its key demo, delivering its most-watched episode ever with more than 1 million total viewers in L+3 for its second episode of the season. This makes it OWN’s most-watched unscripted telecast since March 2019 (an episode of Iyanla: Fix My Life). It also makes Love & Marriage: Huntsville Saturday night’s No. 1 telecast across broadcast and cable with the African American W25-54 and W18-49, outperforming NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics in both demos. OWN was also Saturday night’s No. cable network among W25-54 and W18-49, only behind USA Network.

Love & Marriage: Huntsville “follows the lives of longtime friends Melody and Martell Holt, LaTisha and Marsau Scott and Kimmi and Maurice Scott in Huntsville, Alabama. This season, there’s a whole new dynamic — the Holts are officially divorced and trying to co-parent peacefully, business is booming for LaTisha and Marsau’s cigar bar, and Kimmi and Maurice are struggling to parent a teenager.”

The show is produced by Kingdom Reign Entertainment and ITV America with Carlos King, Bernie Schaeffer, Angela Dugan, Brent Nisbett and Andrew Hoagland serving as executive producers.

Call Cita…

Carlos King’s BET show “BET Presents “The Encore” caught the attention of viewers who wanted to tune in for the falsetto and fracas girl group adventure.

As previously reported the 10-episode series features R&B songstresses Shamari DeVoe (Blaque), Aubrey O’Day (Danity Kane) Irish Grinstead & LeMisha Grinstead (702), Nivea, Fallon King (Cherish), Felisha King (Cherish), Pamela Long (Total), and Kiely Williams (3LW/The Cheetah Girls) living together for 30 days to record an album, learn choreography, and practice vocals.

The premiere of the show was explosive and featured talented twin tyrants Fallon and Felisha cracking “Auntie” jokes, bragging about their BIG [millionaire] bags, and clashing with 702’s LaMisha and Irish.

It also featured Nivea becoming a fan fave with her neutrality, quirkiness, and apparent affinity for rice cakes. Oh, and did we mention that Cita’s back and acting as host?

Last night the fun continued and some ladies were seen struggling in the studio.

According to BET, the show’s already a hit and they have the viewership and ratings to prove it. Per a press release, the network’s noting that “The Encore” was part of its “Winning Wednesday” lineup alongside Tyler Perry’s “Sistas” that racked up 2.5 MM total viewers.

BET is forming the next big R&B girl group — with the help of members from platinum-selling ensembles like 702, Total, Danity Kane, 3LW, Blaque and Cherish.

The reality show “BET Presents The Encore” will premiere June 9 and includes eight former members from groups who had success in the ‘90s and 2000s, as well as Grammy-nominated R&B singer Nivea.

“I felt that girl groups never got its just do … and I, as a content creator, wanted to … educate the masses on who I feel are the forgotten sisters of music,” executive producer Carlos King said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I wanted to pay homage to that industry and really give these women an opportunity to share their stories and their struggles.”

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific reality TV producer Carlos King is expanding his relationship with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with a first-look deal. Under the pact, King, via his Kingdom Reign Entertainment, will develop original unscripted series that will be available exclusively on OWN, which he will executive produce. King is the creator and executive producer of OWN’s top-rated Saturday night unscripted series Love & Marriage: Huntsville and Behind Every Man, as well as the network’s newest Friday night series Belle Collective, which premiered in January.

Carlos King has done it again y’all! We are absolutely ecstatic to be the first to tell you about the latest southern docuseries coming to OWN this January.

Today the network is unveiling the teaser of the latest addition to their popular Friday night unscripted programming lineup — “Belle Collective” — which premieres Friday, January 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The new series from the producers behind the hit “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” centers on the personal and professional lives of five successful, glamourous boss women who are redefining what it means to be a southern belle in Jackson, Mississippi. These dynamic women represent Mississippi’s finest Black female entrepreneurs, determined to break ceilings – glass and otherwise – while shredding long-held stereotypes of the South. They must set aside their differences to redevelop a struggling mid-twentieth century historic district that was once known as the hub for Black-owned businesses.

The series order is for “Behind Every Man,” which hails from prolific executive producer Carlos King. “Behind Every Man” aims to shine the spotlight on the women behind famous men we look up to and admire, focusing on the passions, struggles and sacrifices they have made to support the men they love. The show will air on Saturday nights behind the seventh season premiere of “Iyanla: Fix My Life.”

The stylist to Ryan Coogler, Taraji P. Henson and more will join husband Adair Curtis on the series, debuting Aug. 30.

OWN is ready to roll out a brand new reality series, Love & Marriage: Huntsville and we’ve got the exclusive sneak peek of the show that’s sure to cause a stir in the Deep South.

Viewers RSVP’d to the wedding of the year as “GUCCI MANE & KEYSHIA KA’OIR: THE MANE EVENT” bowed as the #1 Cable Series Premiere of the 2017/18 Season among P18-49 on Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The Wopsters are headed to the small screen. On Monday (June 5), Gucci Mane and fiancé Keyshia Ka’oir announced their yet-to-be-titled docuseries slated for BET.