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[04/17/18 - 02:04 PM]
BET Networks Powers Black Influence with a Slate of New Original Scripted Series, Culture-Defining Specials and All-Star Talent
From Dwayne Johnson, T.I., Will Packer, En Vogue, SWV, Salt, Pepa, Spinderella, Swizz Beatz, Tracey Edmonds and more, BET is raising the bar on premium programming content and will deliver 21% more original programming than last year.







DREAM TEAM (BET)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/17/18
STATUS:
previously in development (2018-2019 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
five episodes
DESCRIPTION:
(from BET's press release, April 2018) In the summer of 1992, a basketball team comprised of 11 future Hall of Famers showed up at the Olympics in Spain and changed the face of sports and global culture forever. DREAM TEAM is an intimate journey from the spark of an idea to the podium in Barcelona, examining an incomparable legacy that still resonates 25 years later. Based on acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum's New York Times bestselling book that follows the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team, the five-episode docuseries from BET and Paramount Television, will explore how a group of extraordinary and complex individuals became a team and how that team transcended sports. DREAM TEAM is directed and executive produced by Emmett and Brendan Malloy of Malloy Brothers Productions. Underground's Trevor Engelson and Five All in The Fifth's Douglas Banker also executive produce. McCallum will serve as a consultant for the series. The docuseries is created with the cooperation and support of USA Basketball and the NBA.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Brendan Malloy as DIR/EP
· Douglas Banker as EP
· Emmett Malloy as DIR/EP
· Jack McCallum as BOOK/CONS
· Trevor Engelson as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Five All in the Fifth Entertainment
· Malloy Brothers Productions
· Paramount Television
· Underground Films