“…savvy…sophisticated…the real deal”

— Variety

“…UnREALsucceeds brilliantly.”

— Forbes

BAD PEOPLE MAKE GOOD TV.

Season 1

Lifetime’s Critically Acclaimed Scripted Series Goes BehindtheScenes of a Reality Dating Show — Arriving on DVDJanuary26

SANTA MONICA, CA (November 19, 2015) –Lifetime®’s scandalous new scripted seriesUnREALpulls back the curtain and gives viewers a glimpse into the chaos surrounding the production of a fictitious dating competition.UnREAL:Season 1arrives on DVD (plus Digital HD) on January 26 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, including all ten episodes and all-new,behind-the-scenes bonus features. One of the standout shows of 2015 and already confirmed for a second season, the tantalizingdramahas captivated media attention with inclusions in Entertainment Weekly’s“The Must List” andYahoo! TV’s “Best TV Summer Ever” list. Creating a stir amongst viewers,UnREALprovides a wildly entertaininglook at just how far producers mightgo to make drama on screen.

Set against the backdrop of a fictional dating show, UnREALis led by Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby,HBO’s “Girls”), a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with, and amongst, the show’s contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage that the program’s dispassionate executive producer, Quinn King (Constance Zimmer,Netflix’s “House of Cards”), demands. UnREAL also stars Craig Bierko (TV’s “Damages”) as “Everlasting”’s eccentric creator, Chet; and Freddie Stroma (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) as the dating show’s handsome and intelligent suitor, Adam Cromwell.

UnREAL was named one of this year’s Most Exciting New Series for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and has also been nominated in the Breakthrough Series category at this year’s Gotham Independent Film Awards.UnREAL is the first scripted series fully produced and distributed by A+E Studios and has been sold in more than 100 territories.

Including every episode from the hit debut season anddangerously juicy, never-before-seen-on-TVfootage about the show and the development of the characters, the UnREAL:Season 1DVD will be availableat the suggested retail price of $26.98.

DVDSPECIAL FEATURES*

  • Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:
  • “Are the Actresses Like Their Characters?”
  • “Constance Zimmer Talks Quinn and Chet’s Relationship”
  • “Faith’s Journey”
  • “How the Contestants Are Manipulated”
  • “Producing the Girls”
  • “Quinn and Rachel Make a Dynamic Duo”
  • “Quinn-tessentials”
  • “Quinn-tessentials, Vol. 2”
  • “Rachel Goldberg, Superproducer”
  • “Shiri Appleby and Ashley Scott Tell Mary’s Story”
  • “Who is Rachel’s Prince Charming?”
  • “Who’s Who on Set”

*Subject to Change

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PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: 2015

Title Copyright:UnREAL © 2015 Frank & Bob Films II, LLC. Cover Art and Design © 2016 Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Lifetime and the Lifetime Circle logo are the trademarks of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a division of A&E Television Networks, LLC. A+E Networks and A+E Studios are trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. Distributed by LIONSGATE® under license from A+E Networks.

Type: TV on DVD

Rating: TV-MA

Genre:TV Series, Drama

Closed-Captioned:NA

Subtitles: English SDH

Feature Run Time: 7 Hrs., 20 Mins.

DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)

DVD Audio: English 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo

ABOUT A+E STUDIOS

A+E Studios is the studio unit of the award­winning global media company, A+E Networks, LLC. A+E Studios creates, produces, and distributes high-quality scripted programming across all networks and platforms in the A+E Networks portfolio, including A&E® Network, Lifetime®, HISTORY®, LMN®, FYI™, H2™, and A&E IndieFilms®. The A+E Studios slate of programming consists of scripted series, event series, and movies, including the upcoming event miniseries Roots for HISTORY®, A&E®, and Lifetime®;UnREALfor Lifetime®;and Texas Rising, Sons of Liberty™, and Houdinifor HISTORY®, among others.

ABOUT LIFETIME

Lifetime is a premier, female-focused entertainment destination dedicated to offering the highest-quality original programming spanning scripted series, nonfiction series, and movies. As a result of the network’s aggressive programming strategy that has doubled the hours of its original programming, in 2014 the network reached its strongest ranking among the key Women 18–49 demo in six years and its youngest median age in 18 years. Lifetime Television®, LMN®, Lifetime Real Women®, and Lifetime Digital™ are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms, video games and international distribution and sales. With Pilgrim Studios recently joining the Lionsgate family, the Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses. These include the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black, the multiple Emmy Award-winning drama Mad Men, the hit broadcast network series Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show, the acclaimed drama Manhattan and the breakout series The Royals.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such successes as the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first two installments of the Divergent franchise, Sicario, The Age of Adaline, CBS/Lionsgate's The DUFF, John Wick, Now You See Me, Roadside Attractions' Love & Mercy and Mr. Holmes, Lionsgate/Codeblack Films' Addicted and Pantelion Films' Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

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