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Bravo, home to the most loyal, engaged, and upscale audience across all of cable entertainment*, unveils a robust unscripted slate that features newly announced series Real Girlfriends in Paris, Southern Charm: Leva Land, and XSCAPE /SWV. In addition, series premieres are being formalized for previously announced new shows Below Deck Adventure, Life is a Ballroom, Love Without Borders (WT) as well as the June 1debut of the first international edition of the popular franchise with The Real Housewives of Dubai.
The network also announced the return of numerous fan-favorite series, including the 20th season of James Beard and Emmy Award-winning Top Chef, which for the first time will be shot entirely internationally. Additional returning hits include Project Runway, Married to Medicine, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, Summer House, Winter House, Family Karma, Below Deck, Below Deck Mediterranean, Vanderpump Rules, and The Real Housewives of Orange County, New Jersey, New York City, Potomac, and Salt Lake City. Recent premieres include The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Love Match Atlanta as well as new seasons of the critically acclaimed late-night talk show Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
New episodes of all Bravo shows will also now be available to stream the next day on Peacock for the first time, enabling subscribers of Peacock’s premium tier to enjoy the latest Bravo hits along with complete access to past seasons.
The excitement extends to the world of live events with the ultimate fandom experience at BravoCon, which returns to New York City on Oct. 14-16 with more than 100 Bravolebrities expected to attend. Tickets will go on sale this summer, with additional details to follow.
Bravo ranks as a top 5 cable entertainment network in primetime for the fourth consecutive year in the key 18-49 demo. It also continues to dominate the reality space, with nearly half of the top 20 reality shows on cable in the key demo – more than any other network.
“XSCAPE/SWV (working title)” premieres Winter 2022
Produced by Monami Productions with Mona Scott-Young, Stephanie R Gayle and Michael Lang serving as executive producers. LaTocha Scott-Bivens, Kandi Burruss, Cheryl “Coko” Gamble, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, Tamara Johnson-George, LeAnne “Lelee” Lyons and Tamika Scott also serve as executive producers.
Following their epic Verzuz performance, the ladies of Xscape and SWV reunite once again to prepare for a show that promises to reignite their music careers. There is much at stake for these powerhouse women as they navigate different stages in their lives, both personally and professionally. From celebrating the power of collaboration and sisterhood to pushing to overcome obstacles, there is no shortage of wonder, watching two of the most iconic female R&B groups of the ’90s come together for this multi-part limited series.
Writer: Charles Soule / Artist: Ryan Browne / Image
It’s an incredibly simple concept. Imagine that you are going about your day and suddenly, a small phantasmal figure appears in your line of sight and says, “You can have one wish.” Which, in and of itself, would probably bring a veritable treasure trove of shenanigans. But now imagine that eight billion people have also gotten to make a wish. That’s the entire premise of this latest speculative fiction comic that is Soule and Browne’s Eight Billion Genies, and the chaos starts pretty much from the get.
Eight Billion Genies #1 starts with a little bit of a wonky framing as the narration sets the action in a small bar in a Michigan town “tomorrow.” We see the proprietor of the bar interact with various acquaintances and customers before the scope is slowly expanded to other people across the world. Soule does a great job of fleshing out the different characters with dialog and manages to create a solid rapport. Who wouldn’t emphasis with an almost twelve-year-old trying to make the best of a rough home situation, or the wise barkeep with a clearly mysterious past? Brown brings all of the characters to life, while also keeping the pages flowing as more characters get introduced and the more fantastical elements of the story kick in.
When the titular, ephemeral genies show up, everything quickly escalates and within just the first second so many chaotic things happen in a wonderful cacophony of inner desires and truly imaginative imagery. As the time scale escalates from eight seconds to eight minutes, Soule and Browne takes us through several different scenarios in a rapid succession and deftly create a polar sense of impulsive and foresight, of selfishness and selflessness. It’s a high concept premise that is executed brilliantly.
Eight Billion Genies #1 is a refreshingly vibrant first issue that dives headfirst into its conceit and just presses the gas pedal as hard as possible. Soule’s quick wit and writing paired with the surrealistic art from Browne work wonderfully in concert for this wild premise, and I’ll be following very closely to see what happens in the next issue/eight hours next month.
9.2 “Wishes Granted” out of 10
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