when does leah remini scientology and the aftermath season 2 start
August 15, 2017
title: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath text: schedule after its broadcast run started and premiered on December 19. It was filmed over the course of the preceding week in reaction to the ratings success of the opening episode. A second "Ask Me Anything" special was broadcast on January 17, 2017. Another special episode was aired after the end of the first season, titled "Merchants of Fear". Following the ratings success of the first season, a second, ten-episode season was announced by A&E in March 2017, which premiered August 15, 2017. Executive production is again handled by Remini and her company No Seriously Productions, with Eli Holzman and title: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath text: reviews from critics, recorded A&E's best premiere ratings since 2014 and maintained a consistently high viewership for subsequent episodes. The first season garnered two Emmy nominations, scoring one win. The series was renewed for a second season of ten regular and four special episodes commencing August 15, 2017. The Church of Scientology was extremely critical of Remini and the show and established a website attacking the show, its presenters and many of the interviewees. In each 43-minute episode, Remini along with co-host Mike Rinder investigate what A&E calls "shocking stories of abuse, heartbreak and harassment experienced by those who have title: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath text: of people emboldened to come forward". He said that the team was "sitting on some really damning and actionable material and can't wait to premiere." The first season comprises seven episodes broadcast on Tuesday nights, plus two episodes added to the schedules for the night of Monday, December 19, 2016 and Tuesday, January 17, 2017, as well as a two-hour special aired on May 29, 2017. The show's seven original episodes (minus the three specials) have also been broadcast in Europe on the satellite TV Crime & Investigation Network (Europe), commencing March 11, 2017, and in South East Asia on title: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath text: the Crime & Investigation Network (South East Asia) commencing April 2017. The second season contained ten regular and four special episodes, broadcasting on Tuesday nights commencing August 15, 2017. On March 14, 2018 A&E announced that the series would return for a third season. On November 13, 2018, A&E aired a special two-hour episode titled "Scientology and the Aftermath: The Jehovah's Witnesses" in which Remini and Rinder investigate the similarities between Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology, followed by a second special episode about the "Emotional Aftermath" of Scientology on Leah and Mike's families, broadcast November 18, 2018. The third season will title: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath text: Aaron Saidman of The Intellectual Property Corp also executive producing. Remini said in a statement: "The show is really about standing up for what is right and not letting bullies have their way. I feel it is important for people to know that you can take action to bring about change, both for yourself and for others." Remini said that after the first season aired, numerous people contacted her and Mike Rinder to tell their own stories of abuse in Scientology. She had not originally intended to make a second season, but went ahead following what Holzman called a "deluge