Bounce Gets Rights to ‘Moesha’ and ‘The Game’ from CBS

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Digital broadcast network Bounce said it licensed the broadcast TV rights to the long-running series Moesha and The Game in a long-term deal with CBS Television Distribution.

Bounce plans to air both series weeknights starting Feb. 18.

Moesha, a winner of the NAACP Image Award, stars Brandy Norwood as a teenage girl juggling school and family. It aired on UPN from 1996 and 2001. Bounce has acquired all 127 episodes that were produced over six season.

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The Game, starring Tia Mowry, looks at the wives and girlfriends of players on a fictional pro football team. The series aired for three seasons on the CW starting in 2006 and moved to BET.

Bounce will air back-to-back episodes of Moesha starting at 7 p.m. ET weeknights and back-to-back episodes of The Game starting at 8 p.m. weeknights. 

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