That's SUPER!
Posted on 07/26/2004 12:53:17 PM PDT by weegee
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Cher, Scottish actor Alan Cumming and comedian Kathy Griffin are among the stars who have come aboard the new gay-themed digital cable channel, Logo, which is scheduled to launch in as many as 15 million homes in February.
Cher and her daughter, Chastity Bono, will executive produce "Family Outing," a chronicle of "coming-out" stories based on Chastity's book of the same name. Chastity will also host.
"We're thrilled that Cher's first foray into television production is with Logo," said Matt Farber, who is expected to be named general manager of the Viacom-owned channel.
Among the other projects are "The Alan Cumming Experience," which features the "X-Men" actor hosting a cabaret-like variety show; "Fantastic Voyage," a reality series set on an ocean-liner cruise hosted by Griffin ("The D List"); "My Fabulous Gay Wedding," which focuses on gay nuptials, with actor Scott Thompson ("Kids in the Hall") hosting; and "Do I?" which gauges whether couples are ready for marriage.
The channel's schedule will primarily be initially composed of more than 150 acquired movies and documentaries with gay themes, including "Gods and Monsters" and "An Early Frost." The original programming will hit the airwaves in the months after launch.
Logo also is in discussions with Margaret Cho and Sandra Bernhard for original programing as well as with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("The Reagans").
In addition, the channel plans to collaborate on programing with sister Viacom entities including CBS News, MTV, TV Land and VH1, with which it is co-producing "The Big Gay 100," a special ranking gay cultural icons.
Other specials in the works include "The Road to Logo," a 90-minute documentary on milestones in gay culture featuring interviews with Melissa Etheridge, B.D. Wong and Judith Light, and a first-ever broadcast of the GLAAD Media Awards next year.
Logo is still in negotiations to acquire gay-themed series, with possibilities including fellow Viacom network Showtime's "Queer as Folk."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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Cher, Alan Cumming on board for gay net
The MSNBC (AP) article (which I think we can only excerpt) used the more alliterative and familiar names of Cher, Cho in the headline:
Cher, Cho to do projects for gay network - Alan Cumming and Kathy Griffen also plan to do shows
Sounds like this is some real stereotype shattering programming.
Alan Cumming??
Is that really this guy's name...?
Did a double-take, then I saw the comma...
"... the channel plans to collaborate on programing with sister Viacom entities including CBS News, MTV, TV Land ..."
That's SUPER!
I just cant wait , I am just so thrilled. I sure hope Nambla gets a spot on the channel. Gag-barf-puke.
NAMBLA will get Viacom's franchise on LOGO tie-in programming with Nickelodeon, MTV, and Saturday mornings on CBS.
I'm ashamed of myself... I thought WHAT?! We can't use that word of Free Republic!
Logo has a Cumming plan.
After reading this, having Al Queda take us over dosn't sound that bad.
One way to see if they will shatter any stereotypes is if they will disclose that Republican Sonny Bono was more supportive of Chastity Bono's declaration of homosexuality than Democrat Cher was, and yes their politics are important in the story since much of America knows that Sonny was a Republican Senator.
I'm sure our public schools will be able to pipe their programming in for third-grade assemblies, social studies projects, etc...
Truly slouching toward Gomorrah (with a nod to Judge Bork). Disgusting.
One can sure see why AQ et al think we're a degenerate, disgraceful society.
Carolyn
So many possibilties, I don't know where to start.
He was a Republican representative, not a Senator.
Either that, or Alan Colmes is very excited about it...
I saw no mention in any of the articles if this was going to be an "opt in" premium channel or piped into every home as a part of basic or extended cable.
Knowing Viacom's dominance on cable offerings, it will probably be a "must carry". Meaning that all cable bills will also go to subsidizing it.
I dropped my cable years ago.
How many of you guys signing up for this new channel? ping
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