Paramount’s Insurge Pictures and Yahoo! today announced that Burning
Love, the popular comedy series that spoofs reality dating shows,
will return for two more hilarious seasons on Yahoo! Screen (http://screen.yahoo.com)
in 2013.
“At Yahoo!, we program based on insights about what our users want to
watch,” said Erin McPherson, VP and Head of Video at Yahoo!. “We knew we
found a hit with Burning Love given the caliber of the talent and the
subject matter—and it was proven shortly after the launch with all the
binge viewing that took place. We’re excited to offer two more seasons
of it to our audience.”
“The success of Burning Love is a testament to the unparalleled
creative team that delivered a truly hilarious series and set a new bar
for original digital entertainment,” said Amy Powell, President of
Insurge Pictures and EVP of Interactive Theatrical Marketing for
Paramount Pictures. “Yahoo! did a tremendous job of getting the series
in front of their audience, and we are thrilled to be working with them
to bring the next two seasons to fans.”
The first season of Burning Love (www.BurningLove.com)
launched June 4th domestically on Yahoo! Screen to critical
acclaim. The series media called ‘ridiculously awesome’ (Buzz Sugar),
and ‘a hilarious parody series’ (Entertainment Weekly), followed fireman
Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) in his search for the perfect woman to marry
or at least be engaged. Burning Love featured an impressive line up of
comedic actors from film and television including Marino, Ben Stiller,
Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Michael Ian Black, Ken Jeong, Adam Scott,
Abigail Spencer, Natasha Leggero, June Diane Raphael, Noureen
DeWulf, Janet Varney, Kerri Kenney Silver, Paul Scheer, Beth Dover, and
many more.
"We are very excited to keep Burning Love on the fire -- get ready for
it to get hotter and hotter till it scalds your comedy taste buds off,"
commented Stiller.
The next two installments of Burning Love will also be written by
Erica Oyama (Childrens Hospital) and directed by Ken Marino and
feature some returning cast including Ken Marino, June Diane Raphael and
Natasha Leggero as well as new characters in their quest to find true
love.
Season 2 follows Julie (June Diane Raphael), who failed to
capture Mark Orlando’s heart in Season 1 of Burning Love, as she
searches for love in a group of guys who are hopefully all there for the
right reasons.
Season 3Burning Down The House reunites our
favorite rejected guys and girls as they return to the Burning Love
mansion to compete for a hefty prize and for each other's affection.
Burning Love is executive produced by Red Hour’s Ben Stiller,
Stuart Cornfeld and Mike Rosenstein, Abominable Pictures’ Jonathan
Stern, Ken Marino and Erica Oyama’s Dancing Workfriend with Paramount’s
Insurge Pictures distributing the project.
Ben Stiller and Red Hour Films have an extensive history creating top
tier comedy in film and television as well as for digital platforms,
including Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, Dodgeball,Stiller and
Meara for Yahoo!, and now Burning Love. Jon Stern’s
Abominable Pictures has an impressive track record for creating
successful comedy television and digital series including Childrens
Hospital and NTSF: SD: SUV.
Yahoo! sets the bar for best-in-class original video programming. With
its recently launched video destination, Yahoo! Screen (http://screen.yahoo.com),
the development of women’s, men’s and comedy slates, and collaborations
with world-class storytellers, creative partners and original voices,
Yahoo! continues to build on its leadership position in video and to
provide consumers and advertisers with the best premium content online.
About Paramount
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor
of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), a
leading content company with prominent and respected film, television
and digital entertainment brands. Paramount controls a collection of
some of the most powerful brands in filmed entertainment, including
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, ParamountVantage, Paramount
Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films, and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC
operations also include Paramount Famous Productions, ParamountHome
Media Distribution, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount
Licensing Inc., and Paramount Studio Group.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! is focused on creating deeply personal digital experiences that
keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to
them, across devices and around the globe. Yahoo!'s unique combination
of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build
their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For
more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net)
or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal (yodel.yahoo.com).
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