Thursday, March 28, 2024

Evelyn Lozada Reality Series Coming to OWN; Jay Williams Spinoff Set

Evelyn Lozada
Evelyn Lozada

*Evelyn Lozada will return to television in July – but not on VH1.

The Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered “Evelyn,” which will follow the star of VH1’s “Basketball Wives” and her 21-year-old daughter Shaniece, both of whom are experiencing big changes in their lives.

Lozada and fiancé, baseball player Carl Crawford, just had a son, Carl Leo Jr., in March. Lozada will have to learn how to balance her many business opportunities with being a new mother. Meanwhile, Shaniece’s modeling career is on the verge of taking off.

jay williams
Jay Williams

OWN has also announced a new spinoff series for infamous “Iyanla: Fix My Life” guest Jay Williams – the man who fathered 34 children with 11 different women. Set to premiere in September, the show will follow Williams as he tries to bring order to his life with Vanzant’s guidance.

OWN has also ordered additional episodes of three shows from its Saturday night lineup – “Deion’s Family Playbook,” “Flex & Shanice” and “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s – and revealed its first batch of stars on the upcoming fifth season of “Oprah’s Master Class” during its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City on Wednesday: Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Duvall, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Smokey Robinson, among others to be announced at a later date.

See more details on OWN’s new shows below:

“Evelyn” (Working Title – Premieres July 2015)
“Evelyn” (working title) follows the lives of Evelyn Lozada, of “Basketball Wives” fame, and her 21-year-old daughter Shaniece. Evelyn is engaged to big league baseball player Carl Crawford and the couple just welcomed their first child, Carl Leo Jr., to the family last March. Between learning to be a mom all over again, setting up a new home in Los Angeles for her and her family, running several businesses as well as dealing with issues surrounding her family back East… Evelyn has a lot going on! Not to be outdone, her daughter Shaniece’s modeling career is taking off resulting in a flood of business opportunities with no clear choice of which to pursue, leaning on her mom for advice which she (sometimes) takes. Each episode is filled with close friends and relatives in the ladies’ lives who help round out a world filled with laughter, support, encouragement and tears as we follow Shaniece carving out the new life before her and Evelyn finally feeling like she has the life she deserves. The series is produced by Shed Media with Pam Healey, John Hesling, Lisa Shannon, Russ Heldt and Evelyn Lozada as executive producers.

“Untitled Jay Williams Project” (Working Title – Premieres September 2015)
On the heels of the highly-rated and controversial “Iyanla: Fix My Life” multi-part “mega fix” featuring Atlanta resident Jay Williams who says he fathered 34 children with 17 different women, OWN follows Jay as he works to put his life and relationships in order. With spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant holding him accountable every step of the way, OWN’s cameras follow Jay as he works to heal and establish new connections with his family, his children and the mothers of his children. He says that he wants to change and to be the best father he can be, but his extreme situation will challenge his best intentions and whether or not he can live up to all the responsibility. The series is co-produced by OWN and Evolution Media.

“Oprah’s Master Class” (Premieres 2015)
The acclaimed Emmy-nominated series “Oprah’s Master Class,” winner of NAACP and Gracie Awards this year, returns for its fifth season this fall. Featuring unprecedented first-person insight into the brilliant minds of entertainers we love, respect and admire, “Oprah’s Master Class” tells the stories you’ve never heard from the people you thought you knew best. Hand-picked by Oprah Winfrey for their unique impact on the world, true modern masters share the greatest lessons they’ve learned along the way, including their successes, failures, triumphs, disappointments and heartbreaks. From award-winning actors and musicians to groundbreaking icons, this all-new season begins with multiple Emmy-winning host Ellen DeGeneres, film legend Robert Duvall, one of the biggest box office draws of all-time Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Grammy Living Legend Award winner Smokey Robinson among others. “Oprah’s Master Class” is co-produced by the award-winning production companies, Harpo Studios and @radical.media. The series is executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, Jon Sinclair, Jon Kamen and Justin Wilkes.

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