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Program Partners and 44 Blue Productions to Launch Family Court with Judge Penny
New Series to Bring Inspired Voice to Daytime Court in Fall 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA — November 5, 2007 — Program Partners and 44 Blue Productions today announced the launch of Family Court with Judge Penny, a half-hour first-run series that will bring a provocative, emotional and inspiring new perspective to the hugely popular court show genre. Available for national syndication in fall 2008, the series stars Judge Penny Brown Reynolds, a distinguished judge whose own personal triumph over adversity informs an authentic new voice for daytime television.
Family Court with Judge Penny will focus on the emotional, personal matters that are the foundation of Judge Penny’s court experience, including disputes between couples, reckless parenting, and custody battles. Judge Penny’s own inspirational rise from an underprivileged single parent home to becoming a nationally recognized lawyer and judge make her uniquely qualified to head the Family Court series.
“Court drama continues to be a highly rated cornerstone of syndicated television,” said Program Partners’ Principal, Josh Raphaelson. “Family Court with Judge Penny will bring compelling new stories and a powerful new talent to the genre.”
“In all my years of developing daytime programming, Judge Penny is the most natural, engaging, and powerful court talent I have seen,” said 44 Blue Productions’ Executive Producer, Stephanie Drachkovitch. “She has what it takes to make an immediate, lasting, and positive connection with daytime viewers.”
Drachkovitch has held senior development and programming positions with Warner Bros. and Buena Vista Television.
About 44 Blue Productions
44 Blue Productions, Inc. is a top supplier of reality, documentary, lifestyle, and action-adventure programming, having produced more than 500 hours of programming for leading U.S. broadcast and cable outlets including CBS, A&E, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, MSNBC, ESPN, Fox Family, Court TV, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, TLC, HGTV and the Travel Channel. Some of the company’s current projects include MSNBC’s “Lockup,” Court TV’s “Inside,” Style’s “Split Ends,” Spike TV’s “Declassified” as well as the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series “A Place of Our Own” and “Los Nińos en Su Casa” for PBS. For more info, visit www.44blue.com.
About Program Partners, Inc.
Program Partners, Inc. is an innovative television company that collaborates with networks, sponsors and audiences on original programming. Led by a core group of entertainment executives, including founders Ritch Colbert and Josh Raphaelson, Program Partners provides distinctive programs with high production values, while fostering new creative alliances with advertisers, broadcasters and global co-production entities. For more info about Program Partners, Inc., visit www.programpartners.com.
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Media Contacts:
Kristien Brada-Thompson & Melissa Ford/Priority Public Relations
(661) 964-0333; kristien@prioritypr.net; melissa@prioritypr.net
Todd Beck/Beck Media & Marketing
(310) 689-7363; todd@beckmedia.com
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