Upfront News and Views: A+E’s Mega-Personality Anniversary Showcase

Venueamp160 Jazz at Lincoln Centeramp8217s Rose Hall near Columbus Circle amp160Before attendees caught the presentation inside The Appel Room famed for its glass wall with the beautiful sweeping view of Central Park and the east side of Manhattan skyline they were treated to a bright exhibit hall inspired by specific series or theme weeksamp160 Features included KITT the ultrapowered car from Knight Rider joined by Rider and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff on behalf of Historyamp8217s Car Week a giant snow globe representing Lifetimeamp8217s holiday movies and an unidentified flying object with a summer beach scene below for renewed History drama Project Blue Book amp160Nice touchamp160 a video wall above the main bar presenting live views of celebrity redcarpet activity outside The Appel Room plus social media feedback and factoidsamp160Presentation amp160A threepart display focused on History Lifetime and AampampE in that order amp160Each portion had one or more iconic personalities amp8211 not announced beforehand do the majority of presenting amp160In one of the bestkept secrets of this season so far former president George W Bush gave attendees a keynote integrating his admiration of History with insights on the value of learning from history itself amp160amp8220When you study history you really understand your jobamp8221 Bush declared amp160amp8220History brings a sense of humility to someone who is presidentamp160 The institution of the president is more important than the occupant of the officeamp8221amp160 Threetime Summer Olympics gold medalist Aly Raisman explained her involvement in From Darkness to Light a new Lifetime series exploring sexual assault instances among women amp160amp8220I want to use my voice to help others speak their truthamp8221 she saidamp160 Country music superstar Garth Brooks back on tour around the country this month completed the AampampE section talking about his fourpart Biography miniseries amp160amp8220If youamp8217re going to do a docuseries do it rightamp8221 he saidamp160 amp8220They AampampE willamp8221News amp160Sylvester Stallone will executive produce and codirect The Tenderloin a History scripted miniseries set in a turnofthecentury New York neighborhoodamp160 The channel also greenlighted The Unexplained with William Shatner investigating historical mysteries and a trio of hybridscripted miniseries WashingtonThe Food That Built AmericaGrant amp160Lifetime will offer 150 original movies during the 201920 season largely produced directed andor written by women plus produce a twonight scripted miniseries on popular rap duo SaltNPepa and reboot the unscripted favorite Supernannyamp160 AEamp8217s new series ahead include Top Dog a canine cop competition from Live PDamp8217s producers and Million Dollar Pallet produced by the makers of Storage Warsamp160Host amp160Peter Olsen AEamp8217s Executive Vice President of Ad Sales charmed the crowd with some snappy asides in between the celebrity remarks amp160Choice quipamp160 amp8220You couldnamp8217t get a better endorsement of History than President Bush and now heamp8217s going back to watch it amp160We have one highincome viewer at leastamp8221 amp160AE Networks Group President Paul Buccieri kicked the showcase off with some opening remarksStar Timeamp160 All over the place from cocktail hour through dessert amp160Beyond President Bush Stallone Raisman Brooks and SaltNPepa there was Good Morning America coanchor and Lifetime content producer Robin Roberts pictured at top with AE Networks Group President Paul Buccieri and President Bush Live PD cohost Dan Abrams In Search Of host Zachary Quinto and costars from Vikings and Project Blue Bookamp160Data Insight amp160Lifetimeamp8217s Surviving RKelly is the toprated unscripted documentary this season Live PD is No 1 on Friday and Saturday nights among all cable networks and on some weeks all of TV broadcast networks included amp160Seventysix percent of History viewers trust the ads running on that network Olsen addedamp160Innovative Opportunity amp160History alone will launch a trio of outreach initiatives next season with sponsor participation HistoryTalks events a HistorySpeaks collection of videos and podcasts and a threeday exhibition HistoryCon next year in Pasadena California amp160Lifetime will team up with the Association of National Advertisersamp8217 SeeHer campaign conceived to expand the role of women in media onandoff cameraamp160 An assortment of content including SeeHer Moment vignettes will be produced with ad tieinsCuisine amp160Nice variety of appetizers with beef filet the dinner entramp233eamp160 Best eats lamb meatballs with parmesan cheese charred corn and chorizo bites served sushi style watermelon radish tacos refreshing and Korean chicken slidersamp160 Worst eat an alternative entramp233e available for nonmeat eatersNext up amp160DiscoveryClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe 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