TLC

Rzeznik: When we finally got a real lawyer and he read that deal, he said to us, “This is worse than TLC’s record deal.”

In TLC’s furthering of awareness on OI, the series introduces Jay Manuel and Pamela Chavez by highlighting their upbeat, can-do attitude butting up against the harsh realities of society and their own medical limitations.

It also provides a necessary balance, if not antidote, to “The Baldwins,” a TLC reality show that premiered last month.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin star in a reality series premiering Sunday on TLC that documents their home life and discusses the actor’s trial for manslaughter on the set of a film.

The matriarch also worked with the mothers of other late young musicians — Aaliyah, TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Jam Master Jay, among them — through the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation and its B.I.G.