OWN Expands Unscripted Programming to Two Nights & Debut Two New Series

 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that beginning in October the network will expand its successful unscripted programming block to two nights, on Fridays and Saturdays, and will debut two new series along with new seasons of its popular hits.

Friday nights will begin October 23 with two series from record-breaking filmmaker Will Packer and Lighthearted Entertainment. An all-new season of the popular dating show โ€œReady to Loveโ€ hosted by Thomas โ€œNephew Tommyโ€ Miles kicks off at 9 p.m. ET/PT, following sexy, grown singles looking for lasting love while quarantined together at a secluded mountain resort. Immediately following at 10 p.m. ET/PT is the new series premiere of โ€œPut a Ring on Itโ€ where long time couples embark on the ultimate social experiment to discover if theyโ€™re truly meant to beโ€ฆby dating other people. 

Saturday nights will kick off on October 31 with the seventh season premiere of โ€œIyanla: Fix My Lifeโ€ featuring award-winning spiritual life coach, six-time New York Times best-selling author and executive producer, Iyanla Vanzant, in a special two-hour episode from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT. The following week on Saturday, November 7, the new series โ€œBehind Every Manโ€ from prolific executive producer Carlos King premieres at 10 p.m. ET/PT, shining 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. 

โ€œExpanding to two nights with our unscripted shows gives our loyal viewers even more of the programming theyโ€™re super passionate about,โ€ said Tina Perry, president OWN. โ€œOver the years, OWN has established Saturday nights as the leading destination for Black women focusing on unscripted programs in the love and relationship space and we look forward to continuing that momentum on Friday nights this fall.โ€

OWN Fall Unscripted Programming Premiere Lineup:

Friday, October 23

9 p.m. ET/PT                      โ€œReady to Loveโ€ 

10 p.m. ET/PT                    โ€œPut A Ring on Itโ€

Saturday, October 31

9-11 p.m. ET/PT                 โ€œIyanla: Fix My Lifeโ€

*special two-hour premiere

Saturday, November 7      

10-11 p.m. ET/PT            โ€œBehind Every Manโ€ (follows โ€œIyanla: Fix My Lifeโ€ in its regular 9-10 p.m. time slot)

About the Shows:

โ€œReady to Loveโ€ (season two)

Record-breaking Hollywood producer Will Packerโ€™s popular dating series hosted by Thomas โ€œNephew Tommyโ€ Miles returns with an all-new cast from Houston, Texas to explore the real-life dating interactions of sexy, successful and grown Black men and women who are each looking for lasting love and an authentic relationship. But this season, thereโ€™s a twist. The โ€œReady to Loveโ€ hopefuls have been Covid-19 tested and cleared to quarantine together at a luxury mountain resort where opportunities for both the men and women to decide who stays and who goes abound as the tables turn weekly in the search for true love.The series is produced by Will Packer Media and Lighthearted Entertainment.

โ€œPut a Ring on Itโ€ (new series)

Will Packerโ€™s newest unscripted relationship series โ€œPut A Ring on Itโ€ follows three longtime couples, with help from master relationship coach Dr. Nicole LaBeach, who embark on the ultimate relationship test. From week to week the couples are pushed outside their comfort zones to confront the question theyโ€™ve been too afraid to ask: is this their happily ever after? The couples will finally find out if they are truly meant to be together by dating other people, and in so doing theyโ€™ll discover if thereโ€™s a love connection theyโ€™ve been missing all along. Will they decide itโ€™s time to go their separate ways, or is it finally time to put a ring on it? โ€œPut A Ring on Itโ€ is produced by Will Packer Media and Lighthearted Entertainment.

โ€œIyanla: Fix My Lifeโ€ (season 7)

The long running, award-winning hit series stars spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant helping those who are struggling, guiding them toward a new way of living and encouraging them to do the work necessary for real change. Through emotional heart-to-heart conversations and often a dose of tough-love, Iyanla helps individuals confront unresolved issues that are causing turmoil. She coaches guests and gives them the tools to fix their own lives, seeking to break the negative patterns that are preventing true happiness.  โ€œIyanla: Fix My Lifeโ€ is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions.

โ€œBehind Every Manโ€ (new series)

From producer Carlos King and Kingdom Reign Entertainment and hosted by โ€œLove & Marriage: Huntsvilleโ€ star Melody Holt, โ€œBehind Every Manโ€ celebrates 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, whose lives are lived in the spotlight. Featured couples include Tammy and Kirk Franklin; singer-songwriter Ne-Yo and his wife Crystal Smith; Big Sean and his mother Myra Anderson, plus Lamar Odom and his fiancรฉ Sabrina Parr, Usher and his mother Jonnetta Patton and many more. โ€œBehind Every Manโ€ is produced by Kingdom Reign Entertainment  and LostNThought Productions. 

About OWNโ€™s Unscripted Programming

OWN is the #1 cable network on Saturday nights for African American women with its hit unscripted shows focusing on love and relationships. Popular series include โ€œIyanla: Fix My Life,โ€ โ€œBlack Love,โ€ โ€œReady to Love,โ€ โ€œLove & Marriage: Huntsville,โ€ โ€œFamily or Fiancรฉ,โ€ โ€œGirlfriends Check In,โ€ โ€œLove Goals,โ€ โ€œOWN Spotlight: Black Women OWN the Conversation,โ€ and the upcoming โ€œPut a Ring on Itโ€ and โ€œBehind Every Man.โ€ The network is expanding.

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