The Miki Entertainment Rollout: Key Dates, Airtime Schedules, and Major Milestones
Network television executives have spent years seeking scripted formats that capture the authenticity of music documentaries. TV One solved that puzzle by translating its long-running, critically acclaimed documentary franchise Unsung into full-length scripted features. The initial centerpiece of this strategy was Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story. Directed by Christine Swanson and starring Teyonah Parris as Howard, the film delivered the highest-rated original movie premiere in the network's history at its initial launch, pulling in over 1.2 million viewers across its premiere night telecasts.
The film’s rollout established a blueprint for biographical cable broadcasting. Instead of polishing the messy edges of the music industry, the production addressed Howard's battles with domestic abuse, addiction, and label exploitation directly. Supported by veteran actors Darius McCrary as Gerald Levert and Gary Dourdan as Augie Johnson, the biopic retained critical credibility by pairing candid storytelling with Howard’s actual vocal catalog. Syndication windows and streaming rebroadcasts on platforms like TV One’s digital apps and cable-on-demand guides have kept the feature in constant rotation during black music history and women's history programming blocks.
