Maggini’s job put her in the rare position to make that dream a reality, which is how “Christmas in the Spotlight” was born unto us. The film, about a Grammy-winning superstar who ...

Eight months and two strikes after the conviction of Alex Murdaugh, Lifetime is once again first on the scripted scene The post 500 Movies Later, Lifetime Is Still Making Audiences ‘Empathize ...

Timeliness was on their side with the Murdaugh case but, as senior VP of movies Tia Maggini says, that’s only part of it: “We pursue timely stories that have captured our audience’s ...

The writer was texting her friend and Lifetime movie executive Tia Maggini about the potential of a movie about a ubiquitous singer falling in love with a grounded professional football player ...

“At some point, I said, ‘It just feels so much like a movie,’” said Tia Maggini, senior vice president of programming for Lifetime and a Taylor Swift fan.

Maggini pointed to 2018’s “Harry and Meghan: A Royal Romance” as a prime example of this. In late 2017, Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle. By May of 2018, Lifetime’s movie was on the air.

Last year, Eirene Tran Donohue watched Taylor Swift at Arrowhead Stadium cheering on Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce and thought, "This could be a rom-com." "I've done a bunch of Lifetime Christmas ...

The writer was texting her friend and Lifetime movie executive Tia Maggini about the potential of a movie about a ubiquitous singer falling in love with a grounded professional football player ...

“At some point, I said, ‘It just feels so much like a movie,’ ” said Tia Maggini, senior vice president of programming for Lifetime and a Taylor Swift fan.

The writer was texting her friend and Lifetime movie executive Tia Maggini about the potential of a movie about a ubiquitous singer falling in love with a grounded professional football player ...