{"id":5155,"date":"2013-03-05T09:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T14:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=5155"},"modified":"2013-03-05T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T14:35:55","slug":"forever-jones-makes-foray-into-reality-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/forever-jones-makes-foray-into-reality-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Forever Jones Makes Foray Into Reality TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

First came the Marys, then there was word of pilots being shot for Kim Burrell and Marvin Sapp followed by the announcement of the adventures of Karen Clark Sh\"foreverJones1\"<\/a>eard, Bishop J Drew Sheard and their musical children\u00a0 followed closely by Michelle Williams and her sisters. Well now,\u00a0 Gospel Music reality tv just keeps growing as Billy Hall, EVP of Programming and Production for Bounce TV announced yesterday that production is to begin later this month on a reality show featuring the Singing Joneses’ (aka Forever Jones).\u00a0 This marks the network’s first ever original reality series.<\/p>\n

The network has ordered six episodes and principal production will take place in the family’s hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

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First came the Marys, then there was word of pilots being shot for Kim Burrell and Marvin Sapp followed by the announcement of the adventures of Karen Clark Sheard, Bishop J Drew Sheard and their musical children\u00a0 followed closely by Michelle Williams and her sisters. 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