January SECRETS OF PLAYBOY
NEW SERIES!
WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT
Women of the Movement: ' 2021 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Credit: Matt Sayles
Promised Land: ' 2021 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Credit: Daniel Delgado/ABC
Playboy Bunnies: Archive Photos/ Getty Images.
NEW SERIES!
During this month in which we celebrate the birth and influence of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most iconic civil rights leaders in American history, ABC will also premiere Women of the Movement, a limited series that explores the influence of a notable woman who played an earlier key role in igniting the civil rights movement as we know it today — Mamie Till-Mobley. Tony-winning actress Adrienne Warren portrays Mamie in the sixepisode historical drama that airs over three consecutive Thursdays (two hours air each of the first two nights, with the final evening encompassing a two-and-a-half-hour block). It chronicles the true story of how, in 1955, Mamie risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett (Cedric Joe) was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world’s stage, emerging as an activist for justice. Following each episode of Women of the Movement will be an installment of a companion docuseries from ABC News called Let the World See. It features interviews with Emmett Till’s family and contemporary voices as it draws a through line from past to present. Premieres on ABC Thursdays, Jan. 6, 13 & 20
For well over 50 years, Hugh Hefner kept a tight rein on the empire he launched with Playboy magazine. Now, four years after his death, this 10-hour docuseries explores the hidden truths behind the glamorous mythology of that famous brand through a modern-day lens. Secrets of Playboy focuses that lens by using archival footage and exclusive interviews with members of Hefner’s inner circle, some of Hef’s past girlfriends, former Playmates, colleagues, executives and employees. Many of these interviewees are sharing their stories for the first time, ready to relate the full story of what life at Playboy was truly like. “We look at all divisions of Playboy,” says executive producer/showrunner/ director Alexandra Dean, “and each episode actually looks at a different part of Playboy.” The series explores how the powerful Playboy machine, at its worst, manipulated women in a toxic environment, silenced their voices, pitted them against one another and opened the door to sexual predators. Premieres on A&E Mondays beginning Jan. 24
PROMISED LAND NEW SERIES!
Promised Land promises to be engrossing, epic television, centering on generations of two Latino families fighting for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. Leading the pack is Joe Sandoval (John Ortiz), the patriarch of one family who took over a small vineyard and made it into a wine empire. Joining him is his wife, Lettie (Cecilia Suárez), who will do anything to protect her family. Also starring is Bellamy Young as a nemesis of Joe’s. Premieres on ABC Mondays beginning Jan. 24 9
