TV ONE PRESENTS SPECIAL AIRING OF UNSUNG HOLLYWOOD: CHARLIE MURPHY IN MEMORIAM TONIGHT AT 11 PM ET AND THURSDAY AT 8 AM ET

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TV ONE PRESENTS SPECIAL AIRING OF UNSUNG HOLLYWOOD: CHARLIE  MURPHY IN MEMORIAM

TONIGHT AT 11 PM ET AND THURSDAY AT 8 AM ET

SILVER SPRING, MD – April 12, 2017 – In memoriam of the life of Comedian Charlie Murphy, TV One will present two special airings of Unsung Hollywood: Charlie Murphy, scheduled tonight at 11 p.m. ET and Thursday, April 13 at 8 a.m. ET.

In Unsung Hollywood: Charlie Murphy, don’t call him Eddie’s brother! Stand up-comic-actor-writer Charlie Murphy is a star in his own right, and his journey to the top has been extraordinary. A gang member as an adolescent in Long Island, Charlie did some hard time, enlisted in the Navy, worked security for his famous baby brother, and then broke out with iconic riffs in the Dave Chappelle Show in 2003. An accomplished writer, he wrote the screenplays for Vampire in Brooklyn and Norbit, and had prominent acting roles on Black Jesus and Boondocks. His one man stand up special, Charlie Murphy-- I Will Not Apologize, premiered on Comedy Central in 2010. 

In this episode of Unsung Hollywood, Charlie gets real about his tough early years (including a near death experience), his arduous path to fame and the satisfaction of finding his purpose in life.

For more information on Unsung, visit TV One’s YouTube Channel and catch full the full episodes the day after premiere on www.tvone.tv/unsung. Viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on TV One’s Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (@tvonetv) and the Unsung Facebook (@tvoneunsung) using the hash tag #UNSUNG.

Unsung is narrated by actor Gary Anthony Williams and is Executive Produced by Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Frank Sinton of A. Smith & Co. Productions for TV One. Mark Rowland is Co-Executive Producer. Lamar Chase is Producer and Jubba Seyyid is Executive in Charge of Production for TV One. Robyn Arrington Greene is Vice President and D'Angela Proctor is Head of Original Programming and Production for the network.  

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About A. Smith & Co. Productions:

Smith & Co. Productions creates some of the most innovative, highly rated, and high-quality programming for the domestic and international television marketplace. The company has produced more than 3,000 hours of award-winning programming – with budgets totaling over one billion dollars across more than 45 broadcast and cable networks. Current productions include "Hell's Kitchen," “American Ninja Warrior,” “Spartan Race,” “Ellen’s Design Challenge,” “Unsung," and “The Dunk King.” Past hits include “Kitchen Nightmares,” “Wizard Wars,” “Full Throttle Saloon,” “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,” “UFC Countdown,” “Joe Rogan Questions Everything,” “Paradise Hotel,” “I Survived a Japanese Game Show,” “The Swan,” “Trading Spaces,” “Pros vs. Joes,” “Skating with Celebrities,” and many others. For more information, visit www.asmithco.com.

ABOUT TV ONE:

Launched in January 2004, TV One serves more than 60 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction and The NAACP Image Awards.  In addition, TV One is the cable home of blockbuster drama Empire, and NewsOne Now, the only live daily news program dedicated to black viewers. In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Radio One [NASDAQ: ROIA and ROIAK, www.radio-one.com], the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences.