LOS ANGELES – Fuse, the national television network dedicated to music, has announced Wednesday, February 25 at 11p/10c as the premiere date and time for season three of the highest-rated show in the network’s history, the half-hour docu-style series Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce. Season three follows the record-breaking second season, which premiered last summer to more than triple the amount of viewers compared to the season one premiere.
Never short on headlines, Big Freedia is fresh from breaking his own record on November 15th in New Orleans for the Guinness Book of World Records™ largest simultaneous “twerking” event with 406 participants and is undoubtedly one of the “Crescent City’s” most famous, larger-than-life personalities. Cameras are invited in each week to experience the unscripted life and surprising twists and turns of this hip hop “bounce” icon. Drama, romance, the stresses of a nationwide tour and coping with the loss of his mother are a few of the themes featured in the upcoming season.
“At my live concerts so many young kids come up to me and say their mom or grandmother told them about the show,” said Freedia. “I hope the audience for this Fuse show reflects the same diversity and enthusiasm of those audiences – from Black to white, gay to straight, and young to old!”
“Big Freedia is that rare artist whose real life brings reality back to its roots,” said executive producer Fenton Bailey. “And Fuse is the network brave enough to show us the way it is; real, raw and revealing.”
During production breaks, Big Freedia will continue touring stateside and internationally.
The second season of Big Freedia premiered at 11 p.m. on June 11, 2014 more than tripling viewership among P18-34 viewers (+223 percent) while growing its audience among Total Viewers (+68 percent), compared with the October 2, 2013 season one premiere. The ratings growth continued throughout the second season with substantial growth from season one, averaging +74 percent more Total Viewers and +192 percent more P18-34 viewers.
Source: Nielsen, Live+3, premiere episodes from season two (6/11-7/30/14). Season 1 = 10/02-11/20/13.
