I Ship It Jumps to The CW for a Limited Series Run
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Helen Highfield and Riley Neldam in I Ship It (The CW)If CW Seed is the minors to The CW's big leagues, then I Ship It just got called up to the Show. After debuting on the network's digital platform in 2016, the show is poised to attract a new fanbase tonight as it plays for a much bigger audience.
LIMITED SERIES: It's been an interesting path for I Ship It, which started out as a short film in 2014, was expanded to a digital series on CW Seed in 2016 (Where it ran for Season 1 and half of Season 2), before jumping to The CW as a limited series tonight. In the broadcast debut of Season 2's first episode, Ella (Helen Highfield) an aspiring writer and superfan of a show called Superstition, gets a chance to drop everything and take a position as a writer's personal assistant on her favorite show. Watch the preview. 9:00 PM ET on The CWNEW EPISODE: Summer's favorite guilty pleasure Bachelor in Paradise kicks things off with a bang tonight, as ABC is promising a dramatic conclusion to last week's big fight between Jordan and Christian. 8:00 PM ET on ABC
NEW EPISODE: The second episode of HBO's Our Boys picks up with a riot in Hussein and Suha's neighborhood, while Simon is introduced to Mohammed's family. If you're not already watching, our Aaron Barnhart says this absorbing limited series is well worth your time. 9:00 PM ET on HBO
SERIES PREMIERE: Valerie Bertinelli hosts Family Restaurant Rivals, Food Network's latest competitive cooking show, in which three families that work in the restaurant industry compete to win $10,000. 10:00 PM ET on Food Network
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Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.
TOPICS: I Ship It, The CW, CW Seed