{"id":36787,"date":"2022-05-06T01:05:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T05:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=36787"},"modified":"2022-05-06T01:05:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T05:05:45","slug":"new-all-black-female-driven-series-finding-happy-highlights-bounces-upcoming-originals-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/06\/new-all-black-female-driven-series-finding-happy-highlights-bounces-upcoming-originals-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"New All-Black Female-Driven Series &#8220;Finding Happy&#8221; Highlights Bounce&#8217;s Upcoming Originals Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13516\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-560x301.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-260x140.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-160x86.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Bounce, the popular broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, today unveiled its upcoming original programming schedule. The lineup features an all-new original series about Black women that is written, produced, directed by, and starring Black women, &#8220;<strong><em>Finding Happy<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Overview:<\/p><div id=\"morty-4219570294\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>New original Scripted Series:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 &#8220;<strong><em>Finding Happy<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (Fall 2022)<\/p>\n<p>Returning Series<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 &#8220;<strong><em>Johnson<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (July 10)<\/p><div id=\"morty-663954729\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Original Movies:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 &#8220;<strong><em>Faith Heist 2<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (Holidays 2022)<\/p>\n<p>Special Events<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 &#8220;<strong><em>Scripps National Spelling Bee<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (June 1-2)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 &#8220;<strong><em>Bounce Trumpet Awards<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (Juneteenth, June 19)<\/p>\n<p>Original Series<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Finding Happy<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; is a dramedy following the Black female experience through the unfulfilled life of Yaz Carter, beginning with her unhappy 36th birthday. The 10-episode debut season features Yaz&#8217;s loving-but-complicated family, her stagnant career in the evolving landscape of radio, and a merry-go-round of unrequited love while dating in the love desert of Atlanta. &#8220;<em>Finding Happy<\/em>&#8221; reveals over time that true happiness can only be found within.<\/p>\n<p>B. Simone (MTV&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Wild &#8216;n Out<\/em>&#8220;) stars as Yaz along with Kim Coles (&#8220;<em>Living Single<\/em>&#8220;), Marketta Patrice (&#8220;<em>Black Jesus<\/em>&#8220;), Angela Gibbs (&#8220;<em>Hacks<\/em>&#8220;), Stevie Baggs Jr (&#8220;<em>Ruthless<\/em>&#8220;) and Mike Merrill (&#8220;<em>A La Carte<\/em>&#8220;). Kendra Jo serves as the showrunner\/writer and co-creator along with Yasmine Coleman and Angela Wells. Eric C. Rhone, Cedric the Entertainer, Yasmine Coleman, Angela Wells, Kendra Jo, and Reesha L. Archibald are the show&#8217;s executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Finding Happy<\/em>&#8221; is being developed as a companion show to Bounce&#8217;s male-centric breakout hit &#8220;Johnson.&#8221; Deji LaRay, who created the dramedy, returns for season two on July 10, and Terri J. Vaughn has joined the ensemble cast alongside LaRay, Thomas Q. Jones, D.L. Hughley, Derrex Brady, and Philip A. Smithey.<\/p>\n<p>Both &#8220;<em>Johnson<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Finding Happy<\/em>&#8221; come from Cedric The Entertainer &amp; Eric C. 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Unable to flee or signal for help, the pastor &amp; his friends realize it&#8217;s up to them to battle the crooks and save the mall &#8211; all before Christmas morning. &#8220;<em>Faith Heist 2<\/em>&#8221; is being produced by JB Sugar and No Equal Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Other Bounce original programming highlights include the iconic <em>Scripps National Spelling Bee<\/em>, which will be airing on sister network ION and several other Scripps networks June 1-2, and the prestigious Bounce Trumpet Awards, returning to television for a special 30th-anniversary telecast on Juneteenth.<\/p>\n<h4>Special Events<\/h4>\n<p><em>Scripps National Spelling Bee<\/em> The nation&#8217;s most extensive and longest-running educational program is coming home to Scripps Networks, where it will air on ION and Bounce, and other networks. An accomplished actor, director, educator, and lifelong children&#8217;s literacy advocate LeVar Burton will serve as host. 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