Bravo To Spin Off ‘Southern Charm’

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Bravo will spin-off its unscripted series Southern Charm as part of several new and returning announcements made by the programmer Thursday.

Along with the fourth season renewal of Southern Charm, the network will launch in 2017 a franchise expansion dubbed Southern Charm Savannah, the network said.

The network also announced season six renewals for Shahs of Sunset and Million Dollar Listing New York, according to Bravo officials.

New series greenlights include First Family Of Hip Hop, which follows the children and grandchildren of Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson as they look to break through into the world of hip hop; and Relative Success With Tabatha, which follows the Shear Genius and Tabatha’s Life Takeover star as she runs a family business, the network said.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.