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Snoop Dogg‘s nine-month-old family content brand is teaming up with a channel that has pulled in more than 1.1 billion lifetime views on YouTube. That channel is Gracie’s Corner, whose owners have agreed to produce a collection of empowering videos alongside Snoop’s Doggyland hub.

The partnership will unite two animation channels that have similar aspirations in the family programming space. Snoop launched Doggyland last year to deliver hip hop-inflected versions of classic kids’ songs. Gracie’s Corner arrived on YouTube during the pandemic after Dr. Javoris Hollingsworth discovered that his daughter Gracie was struggling to find girls who look like her in children’s videos.

Together, Snoop and Gracie are providing positive representation for Black girls on YouTube, and their initial collaboration celebrates Gracie’s identity. ‘Girl Power’ is a feminist anthem performed by Gracie’s animated avatar and Bow Wizzle, the character Snoop voices in Doggyland videos.

New York, NY (March 20, 2012) – Fuse, the national music television network of The Madison Square Garden Company, today announced its development slate featuring a variety of comedy, documentary, animated and scripted series all rooted in music. The slate reflects Fuse’s robust development pipeline, with many more deals to come, as the network furthers its commitment to adding original programming to the existing music-focused lineup. In Development (all titles listed are working titles) “Ambassadors of Rock” “Ambassadors of Rock,” is a reality show which explores the world of music fans who are so devoted, they invite touring bands that they don’t know to crash in their homes, sleep in their beds, drink their beer and eat all of their food. “Ambassadors of Rock” is executive produced by Donita Sparks & Robert Fagan of 2 Way Mirror and Bobby Pura (“Jackass: The Movie,” “The Fabulous Life Presents”). “Blaze Studios” This half-hour scripted musical comedy,...

MyNetworkTV is returning to the scripted arena.

The network has ordered 13 episodes of Under One Roof, a new half-hour comedy series starring Flavor Flav from executive producers Claude Brooks (Second Time Around) and Darryl J. Quarles (Big Momma's House).

Flav plays Calvester Hill, a former convict who moves in with his wealthy, conservative brother, Walter (Kelly Perine). Calvester turns the Hill family's life upside down, parading his old prison cronies through the house, teaching his nephew to be a gangsta rapper and butting heads with Walter's snooty wife.

Roof is directed by Brian Roberts and written by Danielle Quarles and Gelila Asres. Brooks' C to the B Prods. and Quarles' Qtopia Entertainment are producing.

"A classic fish-out-of-water story, 'Under One Roof' will be a hilarious addition to the MyNetworkTV lineup," network president Greg Meidel said.

Roof, which has been written by non-WGA writers, is in production in Toronto for a spring debut.

MyNetworkTV launched in September 2006 with a lineup comprising solely scripted drama strips but abandoned that format last year in favor of reality shows and theatrical acquisitions.