May 2020

New York Beacon – Wednesday’s Woman

Loni Love is a celebrated comedienne, host, actress, author, and TV personality and now the new voice of WE tv’s pop culture phenom “Bridezillas” that will return this fall for season 13 after a multi-year hiatus to ratings success and glowing fan reception for the new reboot!

“We are thrilled to have a multi-faceted talent like Loni join ‘Bridezillas’ as the new voice of the show,’” said Marc Juris, president of WE tv. “Her comedic wit is unmatched, and we can’t wait for longtime fans of the series and new audiences to see the energy that Loni brings to each episode.”

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WEDNESDAY’S WOMAN-LONI LOVE

Oprah’s OWN Preps Remote Non-Scripted Series ‘Fear Not With Iyanla Vanzant’ & ‘Girlfriends Check In’

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is launching a new unscripted Saturday night block and has ordered two virtually-produced series.

The Discovery-backed network is launching Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant and Girlfriends Check In as part of its Sisterhood Saturday Nights strand, launching May 16.

Fear Not with Iyanla Vanzant, which launches at 9pm, features the star of OWN’s Iyanla: Fix My Life, offering her guidance during the pandemic. It will include guests such as Oprah Winfrey, gospel singer Bebe Winans, and financial educator Tiffany Aliche, who is known as The Budgetnista. The series is produced by Bunim/Murray.

Girlfriends Check In, airing at 10pm, brings different groups of female celebrity friends together each week for virtual get togethers to share laughter, support, love, and gossip. It will feature the likes of Shazam! star Meagan Good and her sister La’Myia Good Bellinger, Empire’s Tasha Smith and Grace Byers, The Real host Loni Love comedian B. Simone, actress Tami Roman, and celebrity hair stylist Robbi Rogers. The six-episode series is produced by Critical Content.

“Now more than ever before we want to provide our audience with programming that unites and uplifts us,” said Tina Perry, president, OWN. “We are excited to bring together sisterhood on Saturday nights, and we are grateful to Iyanla and all of the girlfriends for sharing hope and a little bit of light during this time.”

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Meet the Judges & Hosts for The Funny Dance Show!

Get ready to LOL!

As we previously reported, a hilarious new dance competition show is heading to E! (premiering Wednesday, Mar. 11 at 10:30 p.m.) The Funny Dance Show tasks your favorite comedians to learn choreographed numbers in the hopes of winning $10,000 for their charity of choice.

Brilliant, we know.

This new dance competition is based off hosts Justine Marino and Heidi Heaslet‘s live show developed at The World Famous Comedy Store. Each week, two teams of comedians will work with professional choreographers and backup dancers in order to participate in judged dance-offs.

While Marino and Heaslet oversee (and comment) on the contestants’ progress, judges Loni Love, Allison Holker and Justin Martindale will later score the dance-offs.

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Loni Love on hosting a show from home, finding a special someone during COVID-19

Loni Love likes to joke about the single life, but she’s serious about this quarantine and COVID-19.

She’s co-host of the Emmy Award-winning daytime talk show “The Real” on Fox. Her forthcoming memoir is “I Tried to Change So You Don’t Have To: True Life Lessons.”

She and her talk show co-hosts have been doing their show virtually. She says the new workflow has been more convenient, but it comes with technical challenges.

“We don’t have a control room anymore. We don’t have a studio. We don’t have the audience. We don’t have hair. We don’t have makeup. And all of that really does make a show,” she says.

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