OWN Announces New Unscripted Relationship Series Love Goals
Series features five celebrity couples and a licensed therapist under one drama-filled roof.
Courtesy of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Los Angeles—OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the straight-to-series order of the new unscripted relationship series Love Goals, set to premiere on OWN in March 2020. The series joins OWN's popular Saturday night lineup of unscripted shows that focus on love and relationships. Year-to-date, OWN is the #1 cable network on Saturday nights for African American viewers.
From Irwin Entertainment, the production company behind the hit series "Celebrity Rehab," "Couples Therapy" and "Family Therapy," comes Love Goals, in which renowned family and relationship therapist, Spirit, counsels five celebrity couples who are at a crossroads in their relationship. Their challenges range from fame and power, to overcoming infidelity, childhood trauma and communication issues. Through an intense two-week therapy program that features both insight-oriented exercises and special guests, the famous couples will face and hopefully resolve their most challenging problems.
Appearing in the freshman season of Love Goals will be: Benzino and Althea Heart, whose tumultuous and litigious relationship is well known to fans from their featured roles in "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta;" Former NFL wide receiver and rapper Dwayne "Money" Bowe and Theresa Bowe, who have been together for 11 years and wed in 2018; actress and former "Basketball Wives" star Sundy Carter and Breyon Williams; former Salt-n-Peppa group member Dee Dee "Spinderella" Roper and comedian Quenton "Q" Coleman, plus rapper/actor/chef and producer Coolio and his fiancé, Mimi Ivey.
Series' host, Spirit, is a licensed therapist and media personality who aims to empower people with the skills, tools, and information vital to developing, sustaining and maximizing healthy, intimate relationships. Spirit was the host of Fox's, "The Daily Helpline," and XM/Sirius' nightly radio program "Talking with Spirit." She is also a regular guest of HLN, "Dr. Drew: On Call," "The Bill Cunningham Show," and "The Rickey Smiley Morning Show."
Love Goals will be an exciting addition to the network's Saturday night lineup centered around love and marriage," said OWN president Tina Perry. "Spirit's healing approach to mending and strengthening relationships in this new weekly series will make for great television."
Love Goals is from Irwin Entertainment. John Irwin, Damian Sullivan and Andy Scheer are executive producers.
About OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is the first and only network named for, and inspired by, a single iconic leader. Oprah Winfrey's heart and creative instincts inform the brand and the magnetism of the channel. OWN is a leading destination for a premium scripted and unscripted programming from today's most innovative storytellers. OWN's original scripted series include popular drama "Queen Sugar," "Greenleaf," "The Haves and the Have Nots," "If Loving You Is Wrong," family saga "Ambitions" from box office hit-maker Will Packer, and the upcoming drama series "David Makes Man," from Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney.
OWN's Saturday night unscripted programming lineup includes "Iyanla: Fix My Life," "Ready to Love," "Love & Marriage: Huntsville," and "Black Love." OWN connects with its audience wherever they are, inspiring conversation among a global community of like-minded viewers on social media and beyond. Launched on January 1, 2011, OWN is a joint venture between Harpo, Inc. and Discovery, Inc. The venture also includes award-winning digital platform Oprah.com. Access OWN anytime on WatchOWN.tv or across mobile devices and connected TVs.
About Irwin Entertainment:
Based in Los Angeles, Irwin Entertainment, Inc. is a full service multi-platform television production company committed to producing and developing high quality projects in the comedy, reality, and live entertainment arenas. Headed by veteran television producer, John Irwin, the company has projects on air, in production, and in development with a variety of cable, broadcast, and digital networks including VH1, HBO, E!, NBC, Comedy Central, Netflix, CMT, TruTV, TBS, Oxygen, Spike, OWN, and A&E. Irwin is the president of the company, which he founded in 2004. Irwin's most recent projects in addition to "A Little Late with Lilly Singh," include NBC's Miss America 2020, and NBC's New Year's Eve 2020. Irwin has also produced stand up specials with Jim Jefferies, Michelle Wolf, Seth Meyers and Adam Sandler for Netflix.
From Irwin Entertainment, the production company behind the hit series "Celebrity Rehab," "Couples Therapy" and "Family Therapy," comes Love Goals, in which renowned family and relationship therapist, Spirit, counsels five celebrity couples who are at a crossroads in their relationship. Their challenges range from fame and power, to overcoming infidelity, childhood trauma and communication issues. Through an intense two-week therapy program that features both insight-oriented exercises and special guests, the famous couples will face and hopefully resolve their most challenging problems.
Appearing in the freshman season of Love Goals will be: Benzino and Althea Heart, whose tumultuous and litigious relationship is well known to fans from their featured roles in "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta;" Former NFL wide receiver and rapper Dwayne "Money" Bowe and Theresa Bowe, who have been together for 11 years and wed in 2018; actress and former "Basketball Wives" star Sundy Carter and Breyon Williams; former Salt-n-Peppa group member Dee Dee "Spinderella" Roper and comedian Quenton "Q" Coleman, plus rapper/actor/chef and producer Coolio and his fiancé, Mimi Ivey.
Series' host, Spirit, is a licensed therapist and media personality who aims to empower people with the skills, tools, and information vital to developing, sustaining and maximizing healthy, intimate relationships. Spirit was the host of Fox's, "The Daily Helpline," and XM/Sirius' nightly radio program "Talking with Spirit." She is also a regular guest of HLN, "Dr. Drew: On Call," "The Bill Cunningham Show," and "The Rickey Smiley Morning Show."
Love Goals will be an exciting addition to the network's Saturday night lineup centered around love and marriage," said OWN president Tina Perry. "Spirit's healing approach to mending and strengthening relationships in this new weekly series will make for great television."
Love Goals is from Irwin Entertainment. John Irwin, Damian Sullivan and Andy Scheer are executive producers.
About OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is the first and only network named for, and inspired by, a single iconic leader. Oprah Winfrey's heart and creative instincts inform the brand and the magnetism of the channel. OWN is a leading destination for a premium scripted and unscripted programming from today's most innovative storytellers. OWN's original scripted series include popular drama "Queen Sugar," "Greenleaf," "The Haves and the Have Nots," "If Loving You Is Wrong," family saga "Ambitions" from box office hit-maker Will Packer, and the upcoming drama series "David Makes Man," from Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney.
OWN's Saturday night unscripted programming lineup includes "Iyanla: Fix My Life," "Ready to Love," "Love & Marriage: Huntsville," and "Black Love." OWN connects with its audience wherever they are, inspiring conversation among a global community of like-minded viewers on social media and beyond. Launched on January 1, 2011, OWN is a joint venture between Harpo, Inc. and Discovery, Inc. The venture also includes award-winning digital platform Oprah.com. Access OWN anytime on WatchOWN.tv or across mobile devices and connected TVs.
About Irwin Entertainment:
Based in Los Angeles, Irwin Entertainment, Inc. is a full service multi-platform television production company committed to producing and developing high quality projects in the comedy, reality, and live entertainment arenas. Headed by veteran television producer, John Irwin, the company has projects on air, in production, and in development with a variety of cable, broadcast, and digital networks including VH1, HBO, E!, NBC, Comedy Central, Netflix, CMT, TruTV, TBS, Oxygen, Spike, OWN, and A&E. Irwin is the president of the company, which he founded in 2004. Irwin's most recent projects in addition to "A Little Late with Lilly Singh," include NBC's Miss America 2020, and NBC's New Year's Eve 2020. Irwin has also produced stand up specials with Jim Jefferies, Michelle Wolf, Seth Meyers and Adam Sandler for Netflix.
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