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RollerJam was the brainchild of Knoxville, Tennessee-based television writers Ross K. Bagwell Sr. and Stephen Land.Land, a boyhood fan of roller derby, was inspired to bring the sport back to television by an obituary for roller derby legend Joan Weston that he had read in The New York Times in May 1997, and shared his idea with Bagwell, his mentor, who gave him a positive response. [2]
Programming included music videos, taped concerts, movies, game shows, syndicated programs, and numerous talk shows. On September 25, 2000, after an attempt to attract younger viewers failed, TNN's country music format was changed and the network was renamed The National Network , and eventually became Spike TV in 2003 and Paramount Network in ...
RollerGames was a U.S. television series that presented a theatrical version of the sport of roller derby, and featured a number of skaters who had been in the original Roller Games league (1961–1975), as well as younger participants. [2]
Chip and Joanna Gaines are bringing reality TV to a whole new level with the first-ever roller skating competition series!. PEOPLE got an exclusive first look at the trailer for the Magnolia ...
Video Transcript. LIBERTY ROSS: Flipper's is all about fun, it's about unity, it's about positivity, it's about equality. Hi, I'm Liberty Ross. And I'm here with In the Know by Yahoo. I am the ...
Stephen "tWitch" Boss and Allison Holker attend Critics Choice Association's 5th annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on Dec. 5, 2022, in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles T-Birds team in 1983. Roller Games was the name of a sports entertainment spectacle created in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, California [1] as a rival to the Jerry Seltzer-owned Roller Derby league, which had enjoyed a monopoly on the sport of roller derby — and its name — since its inception in 1935.
RollerJam brought roller derby back to television for the first time since 1989 when syndicated markets aired RollerGames. Prior to RollerJam, Universal Studios Stage 21 in Orlando played host to Jimmy Hart's XWF wrestling promotion. It is now the home of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.