Press Release - VH1

VH1 Presents New Series, Movies and Specials This Fall Season

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, VH1 presents the debuts of new series, specials and VH1 Original Movies, plus all-new editions of some of the network's most popular shows.

VH1 will introduce several all-new specials this autumn, including ``Say It Loud!: A Celebration of Black Music in America,'' a five-part documentary series that recounts the evolution of urban music's most powerful and trend-setting genres through firsthand accounts of those who experienced and created the history. Produced by Quincy Jones Media Group, Rhino Entertainment and Highway Films, the special debuts Sunday - Thursday, October 7 - 11, at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT*) each night.

Then, the five-part VH1 documentary series"VH1 Presents the '80s'' looks at how the world changed in those ten years -- and how music helped play a part -- by exploring the decade's biggest musical artists and styles, and examining how music reflected and influenced our ideas about politics, money, technology, fashion, the media, drugs, race and sex. "VH1 Presents the '80s'' debuts Monday - Friday, November 5 - 9, at 10:00 p.m. each night.

VH1 SPECIALS
* "Say It Loud!: A Celebration of Black Music in America" -- Produced by Quincy Jones Media Group, Rhino Entertainment and Highway Films, this documentary series recounts the evolution of urban music's most powerful and trend-setting genres through firsthand accounts of those who experienced and created the history. Covering jazz, blues, gospel, and hip hop through to modern R&B and Soul, the documentary chronicles the contributions of African American musicians like Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Isaac Hayes, Tina Turner, Prince, Tupac Shakur, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Whitney Houston, Sam Cooke, Dr. Dre, Al Green, and many others. Debuts Sunday - Thursday, October 7 - 11, at 10:00 p.m. each night; special "Say It Loud" theme week programming, Sunday, October 7 - Saturday, October 13.

* "VH1 Presents the '80s" -- This five-part VH1 documentary series looks at how the world changed in those ten years -- and how music helped play a part -- by exploring the decade's biggest musical artists and styles, and examining how music reflected and influenced our ideas about politics, money, technology, fashion, the media, drugs, race and sex. Through interviews with the some of decade's most influential figures, the series will reflect on the significance of the changes that occurred in the eighties, and look at how the trends that started in the eighties dominate the culture today. Debuts Monday - Friday, November 5 - 9, at 10:00 p.m. each night; special "8 Days of '80s" theme week programming, Sunday, November 4 - Sunday, November 11.

* "VH1 News Specials": "Grunge" -- Thursday, September 13; "Fashion" -- Tuesday, October 16; "Rock's Finest" -- Thursday, October 18.

* "What's My 20?" -- all-new episodes on "My Mondays" at 10:00 p.m., September through October.

*All times ET/PT.

(visit http://www.vh1.com/ for broadcast dates and times)

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