ATLANTA,/PRNewswire/—Bounce TV—the nation’s first and only broadcast television network designed for African American audiences—has licensed the broadcast television rights to all five seasons and 104 episodes of the Peabody and EMMY award-winning sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show” in a multi-year agreement with Twentieth Television.
Bounce TV air the “The Bernie Mac Show” Monday-Friday with back-to-back episodes from 8-9 p.m. (ET) beginning June 1. The sitcom joins “The Hughleys” (7-8 p.m.) and “The Parent ‘Hood” (6-7 p.m.) in Bounce TV’s early evening line-up.
In the series, Bernie Mac stars as a famous stand-up comedian living large in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife Wanda (Kellita Smith). However, their world changes when they suddenly must take custody of his sister’s three children when she is ordered into rehab. The critically-acclaimed show, loosely based on Mac’s stand-up comedy act, was a mainstay on FOX from 2001-2006. Mac’s character being a celebrity allowed for a who’s who of stars to make guest appearances on the show including Chris Rock, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Charles Barkley, Snoop Dog and Ice Cube.
The series was created by Larry Wilmore, now the host of “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” on Comedy Central.
Bounce TV is the fastest-growing African American network on television and has become the #2 most-watched among all Black networks. The network airs on the digital broadcast signals of local television stations and corresponding cable carriage and features a programming mix of original and off-network series, theatrical motion pictures, specials, live sports and more. Bounce TV has grown to be available in more than 85 million homes across 90 markets, 90 percent of African American television homes—including all of the top Black television markets—and three quarters of the total television homes in the United States. Among the founders of Bounce TV are iconic American figures Martin Luther King, III and Ambassador Andrew Young.
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