GENE
SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS
RETURNS
TO A&E FOR AN ALL-NEW SEASON
SEASON
THREE OF THE HIT REAL-LIFE SERIES PREMIERES
TUESDAY,
MARCH 11 AT 10 PM ET/PT WITH BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES
Legendary
rock star Gene Simmons and his unconventional family are back and better than
ever for an all-new season of A&E’s hit Real-L
if
e series Gene
Simmons Family Jewels, premiering with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday,
March 11th at 10:00
PM ET/PT. The 24 episode season kicks off with Gene preparing
for the ultimate challenge – a lie detector test to determine
if
he has been faithful to Shannon Tweed, his “Happily UNmarried” companion of
24 years and the mother of his two children, Nick and Sophie.
A
true test for the legendary ladies man, Gene will have to answer questions put
forth by Shannon, as fans will find out
if
the 4,800 women Gene purports to have been with all occurred before 1983 –
the year he and
Shannon
’s relationship began. In addition to revealing the truth behind the rock
star’s storied sex l
if
e, the new season will feature a Gene Simmons Roast in which Gene gets verbally
assaulted by friends and today’s hottest comedians, the first ever KISS
concert where the band performs as a trio, behind
the scenes with Gene on NBC’s The
Celebrity Apprentice, Gene
and Shannon’s official “Happily UNmarried” honeymoon in Hawaii, Nick and
Sophie abroad in Mexico and much, much more.
From
Hawaii
to
Mexico
, follow the Simmons-Tweed clan as they set out to prove, yet again, why they
are the most non-traditional, traditional family in
America
.
Leslie
Gre
if
, Adam Reed, Adam Freeman and Gene Simmons are the series executive producers. Gene
Simmons Family Jewels is
produced by The Gre
if
Company and the Gene Simmons Company. Robert Sharenow and Neil A. Cohen are the
A&E Executive Producers.
About
Gene Simmons:
Gene
Simmons co-founded KISS more than 30 years ago. KISS has broken box
offices records set by Elvis and the Beatles and has just come off its 5X
Platinum selling KISSOLOGY VOLUMES I, VOL II and VOL III.... 6 hr DVDs, as well
as their 3X Platinum KISS ALIVE CD Box Set.
He
has created Nickelodeon's MY DAD THE ROCK STAR cartoon and Oxygen's MR. ROMANCE.
He has published his own magazine, GENE SIMMONS TONGUE and starred in movies
such as RUNAWAY and WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. He is a Best Selling Author of TWO New
York Times and LA Times Books ("KISS AND MAKEUP" and 'SEX MONEY KISS",).
He is partnered with Rich Abramson in the SIMMONS ABRAMSON MARKETING venture,
which does exclusive worldwide branding/marketing for the INDYCAR SERIES,
including the fabled INDY 500.
About
The Gre
if
Company
Executive
Producer Leslie Gre
if
’s, The
Gre
if
Company, premiered the eagerly anticipated film Brando at
the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The film features Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Martin
Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall, Edward Norton, Quincy Jones, Bernardo
Bertolucci, John Travolta, Sean Penn, Jon Voight, John Turturro, and more. Gre
if
also directed Think Film’s "Funny Money," which is currently in
theaters and has just completed the first season of the new TBS microseries
"Lovebites" – written and executive produced by Paul Reiser and
directed and executive produced by Leslie Gre
if
.
About
A&E Network
Now
reaching more than 96 million homes, A&E Network offers a diverse mix of
high quality entertainment; ranging from the network’s signature Real-L
if
e Series franchise, including the hit series “Intervention,” “Gene Simmons
Family Jewels,” “The First 48” and “Criss Angel Mindfreak,” to
critically acclaimed original movies, dramatic series and the most successful
justice shows on cable. A&E is the official basic cable home to the
high-profile series “The Sopranos” and “CSI:
Miami
.” The A&E Network website
is located at www.aetv.com. The
A&E Insider is located at www.aetv.com/insider.
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