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Disney+ delivers access to fan favorite TV series. The company was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. Motown Productions' original focus was on the production of television specials for its star recording artists. These included TCB and G. When Suzanne de Passe joined Motown in , much of her work involved the production of these television specials. After Lady Sings the Blues became a success, garnering box office success and five Academy Award nominations, Ross and Williams were paired for a second feature, Mahogany Following the commercial and critical failure of Motown's eighth film, a adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz starring Diana Ross and the Jackson 5's Michael Jackson , the company focused more closely on television.
Motown 25 , an anniversary special for the Motown Records label, was most noted for featuring Michael Jackson's famous performance of his non-Motown hit song " Billie Jean ". By this time, Suzanne de Passe had become the executive producer in charge of Motown's film and TV products.
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Motown briefly returned to feature films with Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon , which became Motown's final theatrical feature. In , Motown Productions had inked an agreement with video distributor MCA Home Video in an effort to expand the direct-to-video market with a series of "Motown Video Originals" mini-movie series. The following year, he sold Motown Productions to de Passe, and the company continued its success in television with the popular miniseries Lonesome Dove A sequel, Streets of Laredo , would follow in Changing its name to de Passe Entertainment in , the company has produced a number of successful TV programs, among them Sister, Sister - , Smart Guy - , and It's Showtime at the Apollo produced by de Passe from to Contents move to sidebar hide.
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