Boomerang and American Soul Renewed for Second Seasons at BET

Boomerang will be coming back. BET announced on Tuesday that it has renewed its follow-up to the 1992 feature film as well as American Soul, both for Season 2. RELATED STORIES “Making Boomerang has been one of the highlights of my career,” executive producer Lena Waithe said in a statement, “and the positive feedback we’ve […]

Boomerang: Eddie Murphy Movie Gets TV Series Adaptation at BET

It’s like the Boyz II Men song goes: Boomerang and TV comedy belong together, and BET knows that it’s right… The cable network has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order to an adaptation of the 1992 Eddie Murphy film, per The Hollywood Reporter. The half-hour series will follow a dashing executive/self-aggrandizing ladies’ man (the character played by Murphy […]

Boomerang Is Finally Making It Easier to Watch Classic Cartoons Like ‘Looney Tunes’ & More

When I was growing up in the ’90s, channels like Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network were gaining popularity and figuring out exactly what they wanted to be in the rapidly expanding world of cable television. The result was plenty of experimental cartoons that maybe shouldn’t have been expressly for kids (such as Ren & Stimpy […]