A&E confirms Jacksons special will become a series
By FRAZIER MOORE (AP)
...Billed as "exclusive new video," the three-minute clip showed family matriarch Katherine Jackson as well as her sons Jermaine, Jackie and Tito, at home, relaxing and chatting.
Correspondent Kevin Frazier told viewers the project included "the entire Jackson clan," adding, "sources tell us that Michael also participated in the filming."
"ET" did not say how it got the video, but promised to air more on Wednesday's edition.
"The footage was leaked without A&E's knowledge or consent," said network spokesman Dan Silberman.
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I saw the leaked clip (couldn't find it any place online though) and I'm lookin' forward to it.
Ms. Katherine was sitting at a table outside near a Bar-b-que grill with two grandsons who looked to be in their late teens chit-chatting (one had a mohawk). One of the youngins asked her a question and said Huh Grandma? (I was on the phone) and she answered him yes and I think she said, it's been a long time. She looked great as usual, and with no makeup, and seemed to be just chillaxin'. (not sure when it was taped).
Then there was a scene with Jackie, Jermaine and Tito, singing together - Jermaine and Tito playing their guitars, then talking about performing together again. Jackie said he could not deal with a lot of conflicts, then one of them said who's gonna sing lead and Jermaine said I am, on all the songs (with a big grin on his face). Then Tito said it's Tito Time and they all chuckled.
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Docu-series chronicles plan to mount reunion shows
The project, which was in the works with L.A.-based
Point Seven Entertainment long before Michael Jackson's death on June 25, will now depict the impact of Michael's death on the extended Jackson clan.
A&E had planned to do at least an hourlong special focusing on the brothers' plans to mark
the 40th anniversary of the group's breakthrough with its first Motown recordings.
The Jackson 5 reunion shows were to have coincided with Michael Jackson's big comeback push with his 50-concert stand at London's 02 Arena, which had been skedded to begin last month.
Michael Jackson was to have taken part in the reunion shows with brothers Marlon, Tito, Jermaine and Jackie, and he appears in the footage shot for the special from January through early June of this year...
Gomes is a longtime friend of the Jacksons and a veteran producer who previously ran
Magic Johnson's TV production shingle. She said
the brothers gave serious consideration to tabling the show, but they recently decided to move forward in order to use it "as an outlet to communicate with their fans," Gomes said.
"The Jacksons have been courted to do a reality series for the past three to five years, but the timing was never right," Gomes told
Daily Variety. "We got together last summer and started to plot out the 40th anniversary plans, and we decided it was time to do a show.
With Michael's death, a major focus of the hourlong series will be the impact of the pop legend's death on his brothers and their families, Gomes said
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