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[03/08/17 - 06:19 AM]
Girl Starter, a Multi-platform Company, Announces its First Reality-Competition TV Show and Launches its Digital Site, GirlStarter.com
At the center of the Company's efforts is the business-genre reality-competition TV show, "Girl Starter," which documents eight girls ages 18-24 as they compete for seed-round funding.







GIRL STARTER (TLC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/28/17 - 6/2/17
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2016-2017 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (6 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled
DESCRIPTION:
(from Girl Starter's press release, March 2017) Girl Starter (the "Company"), a transmedia and technology company that provides platforms to amplify girls in entrepreneurship and business leadership, today announced its first reality-competition TV show and unveiled the first phase of its digital site, GirlStarter.com to coincide with International Women's Day on March 8. At the center of the Company's efforts is the business-genre reality-competition TV show, Girl Starter, which documents eight girls ages 18-24 as they compete for seed-round funding. The series follows six steps of early-phase business building, from ideation through pitch, and features entertaining challenges, vibrant guest stars and a grand prize of up to $100,000 of investment and services. GirlStarter.com will complement the show with inspirational, actionable content to help girls and young women build their own businesses. The Company has joined forces with Al Roker Entertainment as their production partner for the series. "One of the most inspiring things to watch is young people going after their dreams and creating viable business ideas at a young age," said Al Roker, executive producer of Girl Starter. The show will premiere on Discovery Networks' TLC on Friday, April 28 at 7 p.m. EDT. Re-broadcasts will subsequently air on Discovery Family.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Al Roker as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (competition)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Al Roker Entertainment