New Series, What's Cooking?, Joins Design and Dine Wednesdays on CLEO TV! Hosts Pretty Vee And Willie Moore, Jr. Is Bringing The Flavor On What's Cooking? Wednesday, October 19 At 9:30 P.M./8C
SILVER SPRING, Md. , Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CLEO TV's welcomes new series WHAT'S COOKING? to its "Design & Dine" Wednesday nights. The premiere season kicks off in Atlanta, GA, known as the "Black Mecca". Hosted by Celebrity Comedian and Personality Pretty Vee, featuring Willie Moore Jr. in a fun segment called "Something to Chew On", WHAT'S COOKING? highlights an interesting mix of culinary talent. The show format will spotlight chefs and restaurants in ATL by making their signature dishes and sharing their backstories. Don't miss the premiere coming tonight, Wednesday, October 19 at 9:30 p.m. ET/8C!
Celebrity Comedian, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Pretty Vee has established herself in the world of business and entertainment. Her passion, uniqueness, and talents have enabled her to become a comedian, actress, influencer, and businesswoman transcending multiple sectors and industries. Pretty Vee became a regular cast member on Nick Cannon's Wild 'n Out, that airs on MTV where she has been a member of the show now for more than six seasons . Additionally, she was featured on Nick Cannon Presents "The Women of Wild 'n Out" in 2021. Following her rise and success on Wild 'n Out, Pretty Vee successfully ventured into the music industry and has been featured on a variety of albums and songs by top selling and influential artists and musicians, including Chance the Rapper, Queen Naija, and Lil Kim.
Willie Moore, Jr., is a well known on-air radio personality, but also a multi-hyphenate actor, comedian, recording artist, songwriter, best-selling author, father of four, and man of faith, just to name a few. The modern day renaissance man reaches a combined audience of 10million+ on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The psychology major from the University of Mississippi does it all with that "flat out" charisma, a dose of humor, and words of encouragement. With so many accomplishments across multiple mediums over 20 years in the music and entertainment business, Willie received a honorary Doctor of Divinity distinction in April of 2022. He continues to tour the world, bringing inspiration through his innovative story-telling and comedic approach as he aims to transform lives throughout all generations.
WHAT'S COOKING? is produced by Swirl Films, with Eric Tomosunas, Amy Bolton Curley, and Keith Neal serving as Executive Producers. For TV One, Austyn Biggers is the SVP of Programming and Jason Ryan is the Executive Producer in Charge of Production.
For more information about CLEO TV's upcoming programming, including original movies, visit the network's companion website at http://www.tvone.tv. CLEO TV viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (@mycleotv) using the hashtag #WHATSCOOKINGCLEO.
ABOUT TV ONE NETWORKS
TV One Networks is the hub of black culture and entertainment with a broad offering of original programming and classic series, serving both diverse audiences for TV One and CLEO TV. Launched in January 2004, TV One currently serves 43 million households and CLEO TV, launched in January 2019, is the sister network with a 41 million household reach. Each network has a unique audience that serves viewers with fan favorites from TV One such as Unsung, Uncensored, Fatal Attraction, Payback, Tough Love: Atlanta, Never Would Have Made It: The Marvin Sapp Story and Urban One Honors. While CLEO TV, a lifestyle and entertainment network targeting Millennial and Gen X women of color, delivers content that uplifts and inspires today's modern-day woman. Viewers of CLEO TV can expect award-winning content both original and acquired series including Boss Girl's Guide, Culture Kitchen, New Soul Kitchen, Just Eats with Chef JJ, Global Gourmet, Living By Design, Tia Mowry's Quick Fix and All Things Adrienne House to Home. Both networks are solely owned by Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. [NASDAQ: UONE and UONEK, http://www.urban1.com , the largest African-American owned and operated multi-media company.
ABOUT SWIRL PRODUCTIONS
Swirl Films is America's "number one urban film production company," a full-service film & television production company with over 60 original productions in the past six years, focusing on urban content and programming, independent features and multi-camera productions. Swirl Films is a major content provider for TV One including the original productions: Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016), which was TV One's first ever biopic, starring LisaRaye McCoy, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Darius McCrary, Indirah Khan and Teyonah Parris as Howard. According to the network, the film broke record ratings, undeniably becoming the top original film in the network's history drawing in 2 million views, resulting in the networks highest ratings week ever. Quickly surpassing those numbers is TV One's #1 original premiere of all time, When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017), starring Lance Gross, Niatia Kirkland and Tami Roman, directed by actress Tasha Smith. Swirl Films previous production credits for TV One include Born Again Virgin, starring Danielle Nicolet, Meagan Holder and Eva Marcille; Here We Go Again, starring LeToya Luckett, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Kyndall Ferguson; Russ Parr's award-winning film, The Under shepherd, Hear No Evil and 35 & Ticking (Kevin Hart).
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