Lifetime
‘Bad Guardian’: Lifetime to Tackle Guardianship Debate With Melissa Joan Hart, La La Anthony
Lifetime is wading into the guardianship debate by greenlighting a fictional movie with the working title The Bad Guardian. Following the headlines and debate surrounding the guardianships of Wendy Williams and Britney Spears, the network has ordered a movie about a court-appointed guardianship gone wrong. The Bad Guardian will star Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the […]
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‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’ Gets Strong Ratings for Lifetime
Lifetime’s controversial Where Is Wendy Williams? documentary proved to be a big draw for the cable network. The 4 1/2-hour documentary, which aired over two nights on Feb. 24 and 25, averaged 1.04 million same-day viewers, according to Nielsen. That’s more than triple the average primetime audience for Lifetime in the previous three weeks, which […]
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Wendy Williams Guardianship Explained by Experts in Wake of Lifetime Doc
In the first episode of the four-part documentary, Where is Wendy Williams?, which aired on Lifetime Feb. 24 and 25, the former daytime talk show host makes a haunting observation about the state of her financial affairs. “I have no money and I’m going to tell you something,” Wendy Williams states to the cameras, “if […]
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‘Wendy Williams Show’ Producer Speaks Out on Host’s Diagnosis: “There Were Early Signs”
The Wendy Williams Show‘s co-executive producer is reflecting on working with her former talk show host following the news of her diagnosis being made public. Suzanne Bass says there were early signs pointing to what has now been publicly revealed to be primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis (FTD). “You can go back and see the show, […]
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Wendy Williams Doc Producers: “If We’d Known She Had Dementia, No One Would’ve Rolled a Camera”
“At a certain point,” says Where Is Wendy Williams? producer Mark Ford, “we were more worried about what would happen if we stopped filming than if we continued.” So, for the better part of a year, his cameras kept rolling, documenting the increasingly fragile state that the former talk show host had found herself in, […]
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‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’ Doc Explains TV Host’s Guardianship as Family Questions Her Care
The final episode of the four-part Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? introduces a new character by way of former daytime talk show host Wendy Williams’ sister, Wanda, who, though initially hesitant, agreed to be a part of the film one year after production began. “It has been a long journey in terms of the […]
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Wendy Williams Breaks Silence on Aphasia and Dementia Diagnosis: “Immense Gratitude”
Wendy Williams is speaking out for the first time following her recent primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis (FTD). A representative for the former talk show host shared a statement from Williams with The Hollywood Reporter Friday: “I want to say I have immense gratitude for the love and kind words I have received after […]
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Wendy Williams’ Guardian Sues Lifetime Parent Company A+E Networks Ahead of Documentary
Two days before a major documentary chronicling Wendy Williams’ deteriorating mental state is scheduled to premiere on Lifetime, the beleaguered former talk show host’s court-appointed caregiver filed a lawsuit against Lifetime parent company A+E Networks. Sabrina Morrissey filed the sealed lawsuit for injunctive relief on Thursday in New York County Supreme Court. The suit says […]
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Wendy Williams Shares Aphasia and Dementia Diagnosis Ahead of Doc Release
Wendy Williams has gone public with her diagnosis two days ahead of the release of what has promised to be a revealing Lifetime docuseries centered on the former talk show host. A press release sent out Thursday claiming to be on behalf of Williams and her care team, shares that, in 2023, after undergoing a […]
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Wendy Williams’ Family Speaks Out Against Court-Issued Guardianship
Wendy Williams’ family members are breaking their silence ahead of the upcoming Lifetime documentary on the state of the troubled former daytime host, whose multiple public mishaps pointed to an unraveling that now has her under a secretive guardianship. Following the June 2022 cancellation of her hit daytime talk show related to health struggles, Williams […]
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Black Girls Rock! Awards Return to TV on Lifetime After Five-Year Hiatus
The Black Girls Rock! Awards will return to television this year, following a five-year hiatus and a move from BET to Lifetime. The previously annual awards show honors “the outstanding contributions of trailblazers, entertainers, icons, community activists, pioneers, business moguls, thought leaders and rising stars,” per the press release. Past honorees include Angela Bassett, Regina […]
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Kannie Yu LaPack Promoted to Exec VP Publicity, Public Affairs and Social Media at A+E Networks
A+E Networks has promoted Kannie Yu LaPack to executive vp publicity, public affairs and social media, for Lifetime, LMN and A+E Studios. Yu LaPack oversees Lifetime and LMN’s bicoastal team in all consumer and trade publicity, awards, public affairs initiatives and social media. In her newly expanded role, she will also direct publicity efforts for […]
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