CW greenlights three unscripted series

The CW has greenlighted three reality series with this summer time in order to reverse its perennial publish-season rankings worries. "Breaking Pointe" goes behind the curtain of the ballet company located in Salt Lake City. From BBC Worldwide Prods., "Pointe" counts Kate Shepherd ("Your Government: Based on Russell Brand"), Bill Langworthy ("The TownInch), Izzie Pick Ashcroft and Jane Tranter as executive producers. "Catalina" is occur the Miami hotel of the identical title in which a youthful staff will get as wild because the visitors. Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey ("iMPACT Wrestling") are professional producers of "Catalina," from Bischoff Hervey Entertainment. "The Star NearbyInch is really a music-performance contest by which amateurs can get guidance from celebrity mentors including Gloria Estefan and Large Wealthy. Full Latifah and Dork Broome ("The Greatest Loser") are executive producers of "Star," that is created by CBS' Raquel Prods., 25/7 Prods. and Flavor Unit Entertainment. The trio enroll in a 4th, formerly introduced unscripted series: "Oh Sit!", an inventive spin on musical chairs from Gurin Co. and 405 Prods. "Certainly one of my first goals at the CW ended up being to increase the amount of hrs of original programming, both through the season and throughout the summer time," stated CW prexy Mark Pedowitz. "With one of these four new reality series, we are starting our greatest summer time schedule yet that will boost our circulation throughout the summer time several weeks and give to us a marketing platform for the fall launch." Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com