TBS has ordered an additional 90 episodes of the hit sitcom ARE WE THERE YET? following this summer’s highly successful 10-episode run.  The series, which stars Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) and Essence Atkins (Half and Half), is produced by Revolution Studios and Cube Vision and distributed by Debmar-Mercury.  Revolution’s Joe Roth and Vince Totino and Cube Vision’s Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez serve as executive producers, along with award-winning show-runner Ali LeRoi.  In addition to executive producing, Ice Cube plays a recurring guest starring role.

The TBS lineup is about to be infiltrated by characters from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming 3D CGI feature,  Despicable Me, through a first-of-its-kind movie studio promotion built by the network, it was announced today.  Highlights from the promotion for the film starring Steve Carell as Gru, one of the world’s greatest super-villains, include custom-animated movie characters developed to live within and interact around TBS on-air branded environments, as well as sponsorships across several key comedies and behind-the-scenes content within TBS hosted movie showcases.  The promotion spans from Thursday, June 24 to Friday, July 9, when Despicable Me releases in theatres nationwide.

TBS is returning with a fourth season of the successful microseries MY MANNY this summer with Walmart as the exclusive sponsor.  MY MANNY will premiere on June 30 and air twice every Wednesday evening for five consecutive weeks within specialized commercial breaks within Tyler Perry’s MEET THE BROWNS at 10 and 10:30 p.m.  All ten of the two-minute episodes will encore at tbs.com. 

Turner Entertainment Ad Sales and Marketing is unveiling several MillerCoors promotions this summer across the original programs Lopez Tonight and My Boys on TBS, Rizzoli & Isles on TNT and Black Gold on truTV.  The summer promotions will raise awareness around Miller Lite and MGD 64, through separate and distinct marketing outreach. The party kicks off in June with a Miller Lite summer campaign within Lopez Tonight, the TBS late night show hosted by George Lopez.

Turner Entertainment, through a deal with the multicultural media sales firm ACE Media Corp. and Toyota’s multicultural buying agency Burrell Communications Group, is aligning with Toyota this summer for the TBS original series, ARE WE THERE YET?, a new series based on the Revolution Studios movie of the same name.  The custom season-long sponsorship, which includes storyline integration in select episodes, will highlight the features of the Toyota Highlander as the family’s vehicle of choice.  The series premieres on Wednesday, June 2, with back-to-back episodes at 9 and 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT).