SEASON
TWO OF THE HIT REAL LIFE SERIES PREMIERES SUNDAY, MARCH 25 AT 9 PM ET/PT
Legendary
KISS rock star Gene Simmons and his unconventional family are back and better
than ever for an all-new season of the hit real life series Gene
Simmons Family Jewels,
premiering with back-to-back episodes on A&E Sunday,
March 25th at 9:00 PM ET/PT. With its
trademark warts and all style, the series promises to shock and entertain
viewers as Gene and Shannon Tweed make television history with the broadcast of
their dual facelift operations!
Talk
about reality TV. For the first time ever, a celebrity couple allows
cameras inside the operating room.
Viewers will have an uncensored look at their plastic surgeries from pre-op to
post-op, including the couple’s long road to recovery. In addition to
revealing their new faces, the new season will show whether Gene and Shannon can
continue to be “Happily Unmarried” after more than 20 years together, Nick
preparing to leave for college, Sophie fast becoming a young lady, and
Shannon’s determination to have another baby – all while Gene is living the
life of a Rock God.
From
New York to Vegas, London to Paris and as far reaching as the tropical paradise
of Turks & Caicos, follow the Simmons-Tweed clan as they set out to prove,
yet again, why they are the most non-traditional, traditional family in
Leslie
Greif, Adam Reed and Gene Simmons are the series executive producers and Adam
Freeman is the series co-executive producer. Gene
Simmons Family Jewels is produced by The Greif Company and the Gene
Simmons Company. Robert Sharenow and Didi O’Hearn are the A&E Executive
Producers.
About
Gene Simmons:
Gene
Simmons co-founded KISS 34 years ago. KISS has broken box offices records
set by Elvis and the Beatles and has just come off its 5X Platinum selling
KISSOLOGY, a 6 hr DVD, as well as their 3X Platinum KISS ALIVE CD Box Set.
He
has created Nickelodeon's MY DAD THE ROCK STAR cartoon and Oxygen's MR. ROMANCE.
He has published his own magazine, GENE SIMMONS TONGUE and starred in movies
such as RUNAWAY and WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. He is a Best Selling Author of TWO New
York Times and LA Times Books ("KISS AND MAKEUP" and 'SEX MONEY KISS",).
He is partnered with Rich Abramson in the SIMMONS ABRAMSON MARKETING venture,
which does exclusive worldwide branding/marketing for the INDY RACING LEAGUE,
including the fabled INDY 500.
About
The Greif Company
Executive
Producer Leslie Greif’s, The Greif Company,
is slated to premiere the eagerly anticipated film Brando
at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The film features Al Pacino, Johnny Depp,
Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall, Edward Norton, Quincy Jones,
Bernardo Bertolucci, John Travolta, Sean Penn, Jon Voight, John Turturro, and
more. Greif also directed Think Film’s "Funny Money," which is
currently in theaters and has just completed the first season of the new TBS
microseries "Lovebites" – written and executive produced by Paul
Reiser and directed and executive produced by Leslie Greif.
Now
reaching more than 91 million homes, A&E Network offers a diverse mix of
high quality entertainment; ranging from the network’s signature Real-Life
Series franchise, including the hit series ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter,’
‘Intervention,’ ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels,’ ‘King of Cars’ and
‘Criss Angel Mindfreak,’ to critically acclaimed original movies, dramatic
series and the most successful justice shows on cable. A&E is the
official basic cable home to the high-profile series ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘CSI: