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TLC making drama by creator Tyler Perry

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2016 file photo, Tyler Perry participates in a panel for "The Passion" at the Fox Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. Perry is producing a drama about a woman involved in a political sex scandal, the first scripted series that will air on the TLC network. TLC said Wednesday, March 30, that the eight-episode series, tentatively titled "Too Close to Home," will air this summer. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Busy entertainment mogul Tyler Perry is producing a drama about a woman involved in a political sex scandal, the first scripted series that will air on the TLC network.

FILE – In this Jan. 15, 2016 file photo, Tyler Perry participates in a panel for “The Passion” at the Fox Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. Perry is producing a drama about a woman involved in a political sex scandal, the first scripted series that will air on the TLC network. TLC said Wednesday, March 30, that the eight-episode series, tentatively titled “Too Close to Home,” will air this summer. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

TLC said Wednesday that the eight-episode series, tentatively titled Too Close to Home, will air this summer. The lead character is a successful woman from Washington forced to return to her modest beginnings after her affair with a married senator becomes public.

Perry’s successful series on OWN, including Love Thy Neighbor and For Better or Worse, helped turn around the Oprah Winfrey network. Now TLC, at a tough ratings time for cable TV, hopes he can work the same magic.

 

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