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omg! INSIDER ANNOUNCES SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY SERIES
May 1, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA) – omg! INSIDER is celebrating Mother’s Day with a special series, “Whatever Happened to Your Favorite TV Moms of The ‘90s?” The series launches on Thursday, May 2, and culminates in a Mother’s Day weekend special. For the weekend special, omg! INSIDER producers will integrate social media voting to allow viewers to select their favorite TV Moms, to be announced in the show.
This Mother’s Day series is part of the “Yo Knows” franchise, featuring omg! INSIDER correspondent Michael Yo. He engages the matriarch’s from the popular 1990s primetime series in candid conversations about their television families, on-set dramas and their lives today. “Beverly Hills 90210’s” Carol Potter is now a marriage and family therapist, Jackée Harry says her “Sister, Sister” daughters Tia and Tamera Mowry gave her a chance to start over again, Janet Hubert holds nothing back in discussing the behind-the-scenes conflict with Will Smith she claims got her fired from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” and Catherine Hicks, takes us back to the church featured in “7th Heaven.”
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, May 2 Catherine Hicks, from “7th Heaven.”
Friday, May 3 Jackée Harry, from “Sister, Sister.”
Monday, May 6 Carol Potter, from “Beverly Hills 90210.”
Tuesday, May 7 Debra Jo Rupp, from “That 70’s Show.”
Wednesday, May 8 Janet Hubert, from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”
Thursday, May 9 Christina Pickles, from “Friends.”
Friday, May 10 Lori Laughlin, from “Full House.”
“We targeted TV moms who we think our core audience connected with as viewers when they when they were teens and young adults,” says Brad Bessey, Executive Producer of omg! INSIDER. “Michael Yo taps into the voice of our younger viewers and bridges the gap between today’s social media savvy adults and the interesting stories belonging to some of the most loved actresses in televisions recent past.”
Viewers can post comments and vote on the omg! INSIDER Facebook page (Facebook.com/omgInsider) for their “Favorite TV Moms of The ‘90s.” The results will be featured in a countdown special airing Mother’s Day weekend. In addition to airing on omg! INSIDER, unique “Whatever Happened to Your Favorite TV Moms of the ‘90s” content will be featured exclusively on Yahoo!.
Michael Yo is a correspondent and fill-in host for omg! INSIDER In addition, he hosts “The Yo Show” on Yahoo!, appears regularly on CBS’s “The Talk” and “Chelsea Lately” on E!. He is a regular on the stand-up circuit appearing across the country in clubs from The Comedy Store in Los Angeles to Caroline’s In New York.
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