‘Catastrophe’ Repeats Land a Premiere Date on Lifetime, and Perhaps a Whole New Audience — Exclusive
“Catastrophe” might soon be seen by a much larger fanbase.
Reruns of the romantic comedy’s first two seasons are set to run on Lifetime starting Friday, June 9, at 10 p.m. Et. Lifetime will air four back-to-back episodes each week. That should help expose the show, created by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, to viewers that don’t regularly stream Amazon Prime series.
Amazon recently premiered the third season of “Catastrophe.” The show has been a critical darling since its premiere, but up until now has only been available in the United States to Amazon Prime members. That’s not a small audience, of course: Amazon hinted earlier this year that it has around 65 million Prime members. But only a fraction of that consumer base are believed to be regularly watching Amazon’s Prime Video offerings. (Obviously most members are sold on Prime’s shopping – and free shipping.
Reruns of the romantic comedy’s first two seasons are set to run on Lifetime starting Friday, June 9, at 10 p.m. Et. Lifetime will air four back-to-back episodes each week. That should help expose the show, created by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, to viewers that don’t regularly stream Amazon Prime series.
Amazon recently premiered the third season of “Catastrophe.” The show has been a critical darling since its premiere, but up until now has only been available in the United States to Amazon Prime members. That’s not a small audience, of course: Amazon hinted earlier this year that it has around 65 million Prime members. But only a fraction of that consumer base are believed to be regularly watching Amazon’s Prime Video offerings. (Obviously most members are sold on Prime’s shopping – and free shipping.
- 5/5/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Meredith Scott Lynn (Days Of Our Lives) has been tapped to play famed defense attorney Leslie Abramson in Lifetime’s original movie about the Menendez brothers' infamous double-murder case. Based on the true story, the movie explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez (Benito Martinez) and his wife Kitty (Courtney Love) at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989. After a mistrial and deadlocked juries (there…...
- 3/4/2017
- Deadline TV
Edie Falco has been cast as defense attorney Leslie Abramson on NBC’s upcoming true crime drama centered around the Menendez brothers. The eight-episode anthology series “Law & Order: True Crime — The Menendez Murders” will focus on Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Defense attorney Abramson represented the brothers through their three trials and claimed the brothers had suffered a lifetime of abuse from their parents. Their father, Jose Menendez, was accused of sexual abuse, as well as being unusually cruel, while mother...
- 2/3/2017
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
The cousin of Lyle and Erik Menendez who testified at the California brothers’ trial for murdering their parents says she still believes the brothers were sexually abused.
Diane Vander Molen told ABC News in Thursday night’s special, Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers, about the murder of Kitty and Jose Menendez, “I know that they would never, ever have done what they did unless they felt that they had no choice — that it was either them or their parents. I believe that very strongly.”
Jose, an entertainment executive, was 45, and wife Kitty was 47 when the pair was killed in...
Diane Vander Molen told ABC News in Thursday night’s special, Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers, about the murder of Kitty and Jose Menendez, “I know that they would never, ever have done what they did unless they felt that they had no choice — that it was either them or their parents. I believe that very strongly.”
Jose, an entertainment executive, was 45, and wife Kitty was 47 when the pair was killed in...
- 1/6/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
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