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Lifetime Television Begins Production on Reality Series About a Year in the Life of a Championship High School Cheerleading Team
- Series Explores Mother-Daughter Relationships -
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 -- Taking viewers inside the dizzying world
of parenting teenage girls -- from rivalries, friendships, boyfriends, acne,
teachers and wrong shoes, to competing for a national athletic championship --
Lifetime Television is going into production on a new reality series from the
producers of "Wickedly Perfect" and "FM Nation," about the roller coaster
relationship of mothers and their daughters on a high school cheerleading
team.
In announcing "Cheerleader Nation" (wt), her first non-scripted series
since becoming President of Entertainment in September, Susanne Daniels said,
"This is a story about 23 girls -- and 23 sets of parents. Filled with all the
humor and heartbreak of adolescence, this series brings us into the lives of
these competitive adolescent girls as they and their mothers struggle,
together, to balance the difficult demands of high school. 'Cheerleader
Nation' is as much about parenting as about cheerleading. It's a perfect show
for Lifetime and we're delighted to work with Laurie Girion and Fox Television
Studios on this terrific project."
Among the featured girls from Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky --
looking for an unprecedented third straight national cheerleading title -- are
the homecoming queen who seems to have it all; the rebel who wants to quit;
the honor student whose football-loving father has adopted the team as his
passion project; and the freshman whose mother has driven her since the age of
five to be the best cheerleader of them all.
Executive produced by Laurie Girion ("R U the Girl?" "Wickedly Perfect,"
"Last Comic Standing 2") and produced by Fox Television Studios for Lifetime
Television, the series is scheduled to premiere in early 2006.
LIFETIME is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated
basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, LIFETIME is
committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information
programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their
families. Launched in 1984, LIFETIME serves more than 89 million households
nationwide. In 1998, LIFETIME launched Lifetime Movie Network, now in 49
million homes, and in 2001, Lifetime Real Women. LIFETIME Television, Lifetime
Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women, Lifetime Home Entertainment, Lifetime
Radio for Women and Lifetime Online are part of LIFETIME Entertainment
Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney
Company.
SOURCE Lifetime Television
Web Site: http://www.lifetimetv.com
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