STEP BY STEP, TVGN FIRES UP FANS OF NEW KIDS ON the BLOCK AS PRODUCTION BEGINS ON the NEW ORIGINAL REALITY SERIES ROCK IS BOAT

STEP BY STEP, TVGN FIRES UP FANS OF NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK AS PRODUCTION BEGINS ON THE NEW ORIGINAL REALITY SERIES ROCK THIS BOAT Published on: 06/05/2014 | All 2014 Press Releases

Get Ready to Make Waves on the Ultimate Fan Cruise of a Lifetime with

One of Music's Hottest Hit-Making Bands in History

Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block to Premiere This Fall

LOS ANGELES June 5, 2014 Fueled by free-spirited fun and fandom on the high seas with one of the most wildly popular and best-selling boy bands of all time, ROCK THIS BOAT: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK is a new eight-episode reality series from TVGN (TV Guide Network) that begins production today from New York Pier 90. A first-look trailer is now available online at: http://www.Facebook.com/RockThisBoat.

ROCK THIS BOAT: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK will follow die-hard fans of the band also known as Blockheads and their personal journeys on a five-day cruise as they live out their boy band fantasies. For the first time ever, cameras will take viewers behind-the-scenes of New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) cruise as nearly 3,000 sea voyagers take a vacation of a lifetime.

Multiple groups of fans will be featured during the series, including: a pair of Seattle-based sisters with a room back home devoted to their NKOTB memorabilia and who vow to do anything to get close to the band while on the cruise; an over-the-top Ohio mother leaving her husband and kids behind for some wild fun in the sun; an excited bride-to-be boarding the cruise with both her fianc and bridesmaids in tow with the hopes of having her dream wedding officiated by Donnie Wahlberg; and a group of kilt-wearing Scotsmen who are looking forward to setting sail with a boat full of women.

Lives are set aside and intense planning commences as these fans get ready to relive their glory days with NKOTB on a cruise from New York City to Bermuda. The featured fans will be filmed at all hours, rocking out to NKOTB live performances and participating in the cruises many theme nights: The Masquerade Ball, Cowboy Up! Party, Night at the Movies and The GPS United Nations Party. The fans participating in the filming of the show will be followed by more than 50 members of the production crew, who will be capturing all of the antics and everlasting memories on board.

NKOTB is one of the bestselling bands in music history, boasting more than 80 million albums sold worldwide. With countless sold-out tours and record-breaking #1 hit songs, the wildly popular cruise has sold out five years in a row.

ROCK THIS BOAT is Executive Produced by Julie Insogna-Jarrett and Seth Jarrett of Jarrett Creative in association with Executive Producer and NKOTB band member Donnie Wahlberg.

About TVGN:

TVGN (TV Guide Network) is a highly distributed entertainment network owned by CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF). The venture combines CBS's programming, production and marketing assets with Lionsgate's resources in motion pictures, television and digitally delivered content. Seen in more than 80 million homes, TVGN's programming celebrates Hollywood with original series and specials. TVGN's new ownership structure is comprised of the company with the #1 broadcast network and many of the top first-run syndication series ( Entertainment Tonight, The Insider ) and the studio that produces and distributes the blockbuster Hunger Games and Twilight franchises and produces such award-winning dramas as Mad Men and Orange is the New Black.

TVGN:

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NKOTB:

On the Web: http://nkotb.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nkotb

Twitter: http://twitter.com/NKOTB, http://twitter.com/DonnieWahlberg, http://twitter.com/joeymcintyre, http://twitter.com/jordanknight, http://twitter.com/dannywood, http://twitter.com/JonathanRKnight

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