LIFETIME REACHES 9.4 MILLION VIEWERS FOR WEEKEND TELECASTS OF SURVIVING COMPTON: DRE, SUGE & MICHEL'LE AND BEYOND THE HEADLINES: MICHEL'LE

The Lifetime Original Movie was the #1 most social movie of the weekend

LOS ANGELES, CA - (October 18, 2016) - Lifetime delivered ratings gold reaching 9.4 million viewers with the Lifetime Original Movie Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le and the documentary Beyond the Headlines: Michel'le across all weekend telecasts.

On its Saturday night premiere, Surviving Compton attracted an average of 2.3 million total viewers and was cable's #1 entertainment telecast (excluding sports) among total viewers, Adults 25-54 (1.2 million), Women 25-54 (934,000), Adults 18-49 (1.1 million) and Women 18-49 (836,000), according to Nielsen Media Research.

Additionally, Surviving Compton was the #1 most social TV program (excluding sports) on the day of premiere with 216,000 unique people generating 506,000 interactions across Facebook and Twitter. Surviving Compton was the #1 most social movie of the weekend with a total of 573,000 interactions.

Saturday's premiere of the one-hour documentary Beyond the Headlines: Michel'le averaged 1.9 million total viewers, retaining 83% of its Surviving Compton lead-in.

Based on the life story of celebrated hip-hop recording artist Michel'le, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le tells the story of the first lady of Ruthless Records, who triumphed over a life riddled with abuse and adversity. The movie stars Rhyon Nicole Brown (Lincoln Heights) as Michel'le, newcomer Curtis Hamilton as Dr. Dre and R. Marcos Taylor, who reprises his role as Suge Knight after having starred as the music executive in last year's feature film, Straight Outta Compton. Jamie Kennedy (Scream, Malibu's Most Wanted) also stars as music manager Jerry Heller.

Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le is produced for Lifetime by Sony Pictures Television and Thinkfactory Media. Leslie Greif executive produces. The film also furthers Lifetime's Broad Focus mission of hiring and supporting female creatives behind the camera, with writing by Dianne Houston (Take The Lead), directing by Janice Cooke (One Tree Hill, UnREAL), costumes by Jonetta Boon (The Notebook), casting by Fern Champion (Hatfields & McCoys), Leah Daniels (Empire) and Sharon Lieblein (Million Dollar Quartet), and composing by Kathryn Bostic (Dear White People), among others.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES TELEVISION

Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company, is one of the television industry's leading content providers, producing and distributing programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to one of the industry's largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) boasts a current program slate that includes top-rated daytime dramas and game shows, landmark off-network series, original animated series and critically acclaimed primetime dramas, comedies and telefilms. In addition to its US production business, SPT has 17 wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 13 countries and also maintains offices in 31 countries. SPT's worldwide television networks portfolio includes 150 channel feeds available in 178 countries, reaching more than 1.3 billion cumulative households worldwide. SPT also creates original content for and manages the studio's premium streaming network, Crackle. Additionally, SPT owns US production company Embassy Row and is a part owner of the cable channel Game Show Network (GSN). SPT advertiser sales is one of the premier national advertising sales companies and handles the commercial inventory in SPT's syndicated series as well as the Rural Media Group and DoctorOZ.com.

ABOUT THINKFACTORY MEDIA

Thinkfactory Media is a full-service production company that creates high-quality entertainment content. Renowned for award-winning productions, the company was the driving force behind the Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R)-nominated hit mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (History), starring Kevin Costner. Thinkfactory Media is currently working on the highly-anticipated scripted drama, Million Dollar Quartet (CMT). Other recent credits include: Million Dollar Matchmaker (WEtv), Texas Rising (History), Marriage Boot Camp (We tv), Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (WEtv), Married By Mom and Dad (TLC), Dead of Winter: The Donner Party (The Weather Channel), Vet School (Nat Geo WILD), Preachers' Daughters (Lifetime), R&B Divas: Atlanta (TV One), R&B Divas: Los Angeles (TV One), Queens of Drama (Pop), Strange Love (TLC), Gene Simmons: Family Jewels (A&E), Tony Danza: Teach (A&E), among many others. Find out more about Thinkfactory Media and its projects at www.ThinkfactoryMedia.com and follow them on Twitter at @TFactoryMedia.

ABOUT LIFETIME

Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. The critically acclaimed UnREAL, Devious Maids, Project Runway, Dance Moms, Bring It!, The Rap Game and Little Women franchises anchor the network's programming, in addition to its over 25 original movies annually that continue to define the TV movie genre. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime's Fempire positions the network as a curator of feminist content and conversations, as well as a place where women connect, learn and are entertained. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.