UP TV Acquires 'Parenthood'

UP TV has acquired all 103 episodes of Parenthood from NBCUniversal Television and New Media Distribution. The series will premiere on the family-oriented cable network on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, with five consecutive episodes airing starting at 8 p.m. ET.

Parenthood joins the UP TV line-up, which includes such acquired programs as Gilmore Girls, Supernanny, Growing Pains, The Parkers and America’s Funniest Home Videos.

Parenthood is executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Jason Katims. It tells the story of a multi-generational family, the Bravermans, living and raising kids in the Bay Area. The series stars Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia as the parents of four grown children: Sarah (Lauren Graham), Adam (Peter Krause), Crosby (Dax Shepard) and Julia (Erika Christensen). The large cast also includes Monica Potter, Mae Whitman, Miles Heizer, Jason Ritter and Ray Romano.

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Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.