City of Angels Coming to 'TV One' (A New African American Cable Channel)

[Pavan]

The 2000 CBS hospital drama "City of Angels" has found a syndicated afterlife on TV One, the upcoming cable network targeting blacks.

"Angels," starring Blair Underwood in a brief run during 2000, is the first off-network acquisition for TV One, a joint venture between Comcast Corp. and Radio One scheduled to launch in January 2004.

Syndicator King World sold TV One all 24 episodes of "Angels," as well as all six episodes of another CBS drama, the James Earl Jones starrer "Under One Roof," which ran in 1995. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

TV One president and CEO Johnathan Rodgers cited the presence of strong black actors in his acquisition decision.

"There aren't that many dramas about African-Americans out there, but we were fortunate enough to get some of the best," he said, adding that TV One expects to tap the bigger pool of urban comedies available in syndication in the near future.

[vashti1999]

Originally posted by pavanbadal
The 2000 CBS hospital drama "City of Angels" has found a syndicated afterlife on TV One, the upcoming cable network targeting blacks.

"Angels," starring Blair Underwood in a brief run during 2000, is the first off-network acquisition for TV One, a joint venture between Comcast Corp. and Radio One scheduled to launch in January 2004.

Syndicator King World sold TV One all 24 episodes of "Angels," as well as all six episodes of another CBS drama, the James Earl Jones starrer "Under One Roof," which ran in 1995. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

OMG, you just made me so happy with this news, not because of City of Angels. When I saw the headline, I thought of Under One Roof, because that was a show I loved and was hoping it would turn up somewhere, so I'm glad it's gonna be on this new channel. That show had the best chance to be a successful Black dramatic series and CBS didn't pick it up after those six episodes, I was so pissed. The late Merlin Santana was great on this show, it's unfortunate he'll be better remembered for the horrible Steve Harvey show instead of this one. To this day I still have all 6 episodes on vhs. It'll be cool to see it on tv now since I can record to dvd-r. I just hope I get that channel.