In this series there are a wide range of musical and dramatic performances. There are three autobiographical segments that follow the story of R & B Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill. More secrets we did not know. The series begins as we walk through their transition to fame from original Boston to Hollywood and beyond.
5 July 1973, Maryville, Missouri, USA
26 November 1981, Manhattan, New York, USA
13 March 2001
2 February 1984, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
20 March 1970, New York City, New York, USA
23 October 1981, Pasadena, California, USA
4 June 1968, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
June 7, 1980 in London, England, UK
14 June 1968, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
18 June 1970, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
January 24, 2017
The energetic and musically talented cast elevates the project by several notches.
February 22, 2018
For a TV movie biopic it does get a little dramatic, but it's always entertaining, and a lot of that credit goes to the cast...You can tell there's passion behind it.
January 24, 2017
Familiarity doesn't lessen any bit of the power of BET's three-night, six-hour miniseries The New Edition Story.
January 24, 2017
The New Edition Story, which credits all six members of the group as executive producers, tells the story with verve and charm, meticulously re-creating videos and photo shoots and, more notably, creating rootable characters out of already-familiar stars.
January 24, 2017
The New Edition Story remains vibrant and clever. It takes a group that is arguably underrated and gives it a glowing showcase.
January 24, 2017
The New Edition Story is, by far, the best of the recent spate of black pop biopics.
January 24, 2017
The nuanced storytelling is the result of the miniseries' many collaborators, including all six members of New Edition and Payne.
January 24, 2017
Nobody tunes in to this kind of project expecting a wealth of accuracy, depth or detail. With The New Edition Story, you tune in for the music, just as you've done for more than more than three decades.
January 24, 2017
As with N.W.A., the drama of just being in New Edition is part of the story's trainwreck/bootstrap appeal.
January 24, 2017
Even as it stretches toward the six-hour mark, the film maintains a crisp forward momentum.
