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Sports Kids Moms & Dads Episodes to Be Broadcast on Web
5/24/05
THE FIRST OF EIGHT "SPORTS KIDS MOMS & DADS" WEBISODES
SCHEDULED TO PREMIERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LAUNCH OF ORIGINAL SERIES ON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 AT 10 PM, ET/PT
NEW YORK -- May 23, 2005 -- "Sports Kids Moms and Dads",
Bravo's new original series narrated by Tracy Austin, follows the triumph,
defeat, sacrifice and struggle of five families. The series will premiere
on Wednesday, June 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Additionally, for the first time
ever, Bravo is releasing eight short exclusive "webisodes" of
"Sports Kids Moms & Dads," which will launch online on June
1 in conjunction with the series premiere and can be viewed on-line at
www.bravotv.com/Sports_Kids_Moms_&_Dads. A new exclusive "webisode"
will premiere each week.
"This is the first time we can deliver an entire, extra storyline
that plays out on-line, over the course of the series," said Lauren
Zalaznick, President, Bravo. "We're excited to invite viewers into
BravoTV.com to see how the character 'lives' on-line as a complement to
the on-air experience."
The "webisodes" will dive into yet another engrossing story
of a sports kid who viewers won't see in the "Sports Kids Moms &
Dads" television series. Sonja is a 15-year-old soccer player who is
learning what it takes to be a serious, dedicated and successful athlete.
Sonja's mother, Mandy, knows her daughter has amazing potential, so she
works two jobs to subsidize her year-round participation in the sport and
her step-dad coaches her despite being plagued with MS. The entire family
works their schedule around Sonja's soccer schedule and the only person
who doesn't put in 110% to earn Sonja a college soccer scholarship is
Sonja herself. However, she loves getting her aggressions out on the field
and is known for her tough play and eventually wants to play for Florida
(they're known for having a forceful girl's team). But all the talent in
the world won't get her there, unless she starts to focus on her academics
and physical training. Mom and Dad begin to realize that if things don't
start to change, the family has been making a million sacrifices for
nothing.
From computer screen to television screen, viewers can also catch the
premiere of the "Sports Kids Mom & Dads" series. This
eight-part, one-hour series follows five families' daily struggles and
conflicts as their child athletes strive to excel in the highly stressful,
competitive, "win at all costs" world of sports.
Every "Sports Kids Moms & Dads" family appearing in the
series has a different story. Their sports include football, cheerleading,
basketball, figure skating and equestrian and the families are from all
over the nation, from California to Texas to Connecticut.
Craig and Trenton, a father and son team, live and breathe for
football. Dad has known his son was "meant to play the game"
since the age of two and he makes it a seven-day-a-week job to get him to
the NFL.
TJ and Lindsay are a mother and daughter basketball duo. Mom gave up
her own collegiate basketball ambitions to raise her daughter as a single
mother and hopes her daughter will "make different choices,"
which means "no distractions" aka boys!
Mom, Karen, is going through a divorce. This newly-single mom and her
daughter, Karli, struggle to afford the cost of owning and keeping Karli's
beloved thoroughbred horse.
Kim and Bryce are mom and son who are going for the gold in figure
skating. Mom has never been able to stand the pressure of competition and
can't bring herself to watch her son compete.
Sharon and Sarah are a dynamic team dancing towards their goal for
Sarah to become the next National Champion Cheerleader. Sarah has a
never-ending cycle of dance, choreography classes as well as countless
cheerleading competitions, but mom says daughter wouldn't want it any
other way.
"Sports Kids Moms & Dads" narrator, Tracy Austin is a
sports mom herself! In addition to being the youngest player ever to enter
Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and the youngest to be ranked among the top
ten players in the United States, Tracy now is raising three young sports
stars of her own. Dylan is nine, Brandon is seven and Sean is 4. Dylan and
Brandon play soccer, tennis and baseball and Sean plays some tennis.
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