‘Lip Sync Battle’ Back on Paramount Network Jan. 17

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Season five of Lip Sync Battle turns up on Paramount Network Jan. 17, featuring performances by Brooklyn Decker, Big Bird, Vanessa Morgan and the Fab 5 from Netflix series Queer Eye. Paramount promises special appearances from Mariah Carey and Serena Williams.

LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen host Lip Sync Battle. As the title suggests, the show features celebrities going head to head in a lip sync contest.

Executive producers on Lip Sync Battle are Casey Patterson, Jay Peterson of Matador Content, John Krasinski, Stephen Merchant, LL Cool J and Eight Million Plus Productions.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.