Bravo adds a few shows of its own.(including new reality series and specials)

Multichannel News, April, 2003 by Umstead, R. Thomas

NEW YORK -- New reality series and specials--and the premiere of at least one original movie--are on tap for NBC-owned Bravo for the 2003-04 season. In his first up front presentation since Bravo was bought by General Electric Co.-owned NBC last year, Bravo president Jeff Gaspin also discussed a planned July launch of an HDTV version of the 70-million-subscriber cable service.

He vowed that Bravo's schedule would not become heavily populated with repurposed NBC fare, but said the channel should benefit from having its shows promoted by the broadcaster. Bravo already has selectively shown some NBC series deemed to be a good fit with the cable network's format--notably Kingpin and the cop drama Boom town. Bravo's Kingpin airing included scenes...

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