I’m very proud to announce that our documentary on the World Beard and Mustache Championships, Splitting Hairs, has been accepted into the Silverdocs festival in Washington DC. The screening will include a beard and mustache contest for the ages and will be held on 10:30 PM on Thursday, June 18th. Check out the films page on the festival site to read an interview with director F. Stone Roberts.
Our one year anniversary aired last night with three great new stories. Watch the premieres of Julio DePietro’s The Good Guy, Nicole Opper’s Off and Running, and Dan Fogler’s Hysterical Psycho in the whole episode online at LXTV and check out the first block below.
Thanks for all of the amazing calls notes and texts that have been coming nonstop since sunday when My First Time received a NY Emmy Award for best Sports Programing: Special. Special thanks to Kristin Kropp, Dan Coda, Beth Gerstenbluth, and Morgan Hertzan who all worked to get this show on the air, and all of our amazing athletes who let us tell their stories. You are all amazing!
Out short doc on the 3 dudes taking over the world beard and mustache world in Berlin recently made its debut at UnionDocs and weve got a fresh new site for you at splittinghairsmovie.com.
Wooohoo! Congratulations to the LXTV family, and everyone who worked on My First Time. MFT is up for best “ARTS: Program/Special” and “SPORTS PROGRAMMING: Special.” To read the complete nomination list visit NY Emmys.
My First Time makes its national debut tomorrow on NBC for our special following three young people to the inauguration in DC. The show will air Saturday night at 7:30 pm
and after SNL at 1 am, but double check your local listings. Cities
broadcasting the show are New York, Los Angles, San Francisco, DC,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Hartford, San Diego, and Dallas.
Barack Obama’s inauguration undoubtedly left many Americans with
stories they’ll never forget — these are three of them. Watch a
preview of My First Time: 2009 Obama Inauguration.
Thanks for watching everyone! I hope you enjoy!
My show My First Time has a new episode airing 4 times on channel 4 in NY this weekend. The documentary is focused on 3 inspiring stories of unlikely runners running the NYC Marathon motivated great causes to make the world a better place. The show will be airing this Saturday at 7.30 on 4 New York and again on Sunday at 1.00am, 7.30 am and 2.00pm. Check out the first block above.
I’m happy to announce that our uplifting documentary series My First Time will be on Saturday in NY and LA at 7pm on NBC, featuring the 2008 Olympics. We follow 3 athletes through their last 6 weeks of preparation before going to Beijing. We travelled extensively over the last few weeks and shot almost every single day for the entirety of the production. We went to Ft.Benning GA, San Jose, Queretaro Mexico, San Diego, and Colorado Spring Colorado to capture our heartfelt stories and our characters’ intense training.
You can watch the show Saturday in NY and LA on NBC at 7pm, and always after the show at www.lxtv.com/myfirsttime .
Also if you are in SF or Seattle over the next week please let me know! Ill be in SF from Sat to Thursday and then ill be in Seattle until monday.
Thanks for watching!
-Jesse
Update:The early ratings are in and looks like over half a million people in NY watched, the strongest rated LX.TV show ever! LX gets the gold!
Here’s a clip of our new show on NBC - I Do! A how to guide for all that is Luxe over-the-top weddings. It’s now on 4 New York at 7pm on Saturdays, but check your local listings.
