Lifetime Gets Into Microdramas With Taye Diggs-Produced Series
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The show, called ’Tides of Temptation,’ will be a digital companion piece to an original movie on the cable network.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Lifetime is entering the microdrama game with a series tied to one of its upcoming original movies. The show is called Tides of Temptation , and it counts Taye Diggs among its executive producers. The microdrama will be a digital offshoot/world expansion for the cable network’s movie Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise With You , starring and exec produced by Diggs. The microdrama and the movie — one of three coming to Lifetime’s “Love of a Lifetime” film franchise — were part of Lifetime’s announcements at A+E Global Media’s upfront presentation Wednesday. Related Stories TV Kevin Bacon, Ted Danson, Tom Selleck and Dolph Lundgren to Host History Channel Shows Business A+E Global Media's Reinvention Push Kicks Off the 2026 Upfronts Diggs is executive producing Tides of Temptation with Autumn Frederici, Shelby Stone and Jake Helgren of The Ninth House (which is also behind Paradise With You ). The microdrama, shot for vertical video and with very short episodes, will follow a young woman (Mea Wilkerson) who falls for an athlete (Q Stenline, aka SwagBoyQ) on the Caribbean island of Nevis. Troy Brookins (who’s also a co-producer) and David John Craig also star. Gary and Edmund Entin direct, from a script by Nanea Miyata with a story by Ejay Jamison. “When we first heard the pitch from Autumn and Taye for a micro drama connected to a movie, it felt like a smart, strategic way to enter the vertical space,” said Rob Sharenow, president of programming for A+E Global Media . “It allows us to expand the world of the film while meeting audiences wherever they are, without compromising on storytelling quality or production value.” Said Diggs, “We approached this as a fully realized dramatic project, not just short-form content. It’s an opportu...
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