Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Jayme Lawson is stepping behind the camera for the first time. The actress announced that I Got You, her debut short film as a writer and director, will have its world premiere at the 29th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, running October 24 through October 31. Lawson also stars in the film alongside Motell Foster, […]
BET has named Anthony Anderson host of Soul Train Awards 2026, airing Friday, November 27 at 8 PM ET/PT on BET and CBS. The ceremony returns to Chicago, the city where Soul Train originated, for a night honoring the artists, music, and legacy of the iconic franchise. Anderson brings a long track record with BET […]
ABC has released new trailers for both 9-1-1’s milestone tenth season and 9-1-1: Nashville’s second season, with both shows returning Thursday, October 15. The flagship 9-1-1 kicks off Season 10 with a literal volcano. Showrunner Tim Minear says the season opens with a sinkhole that develops into a full volcanic eruption in the middle of […]
Netflix has renewed A Different World for a second season, following a Season 1 debut that landed at #4 on the Global Top 10 English TV list with 4.2 million views and placed in the Top 10 in 15 countries. Season 1 premiered September 24, following Deborah, the free-spirited youngest daughter of Dwayne Wayne and […]
Lionsgate has acquired and greenlit Portrait of God, a horror feature from writer-director Dylan Clark based on his viral 2022 short film, with Chase Infiniti set to star. The project also marks the first-ever producing collaboration between Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele, two of the most influential names in modern horror. Clark’s original short follows […]
Eddie Murphy is set to star in The Chairman, a drama series in development at Peacock from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. If greenlit, the project would mark Murphy’s first-ever role as the lead of a live-action scripted television series. Murphy launched his career as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to […]
Production has begun on Season 3 of Landman in Fort Worth, Texas, and Mustafa Speaks is among four cast members upped to series regular status for the new season. Speaks plays Theodore “Boss” Ramone, a seasoned roughneck on Tommy Norris’s oil crew, and joins fellow newly promoted regulars Colm Feore, Bobbi Salvor Menuez, and Francesca […]
Dexter Morgan has a midlife crisis on his hands, and that’s before accounting for the two new serial killers closing in on him. Paramount+ released the official trailer for Dexter: Resurrection Season 2, returning October 30. The new season introduces Brian Cox as The New York Ripper Don Frampt, a serial killer who terrorized the […]
Amazon has renewed Neagley for a second season, roughly two weeks after the Frances Neagley-led drama dropped its full first season. The show has reached 40 million viewers in its first 13 days, making it the platform’s fourth most-watched original series debut, with 52% of that audience coming from international markets, led by the UK, […]
Natasha Rothwell and Tone Bell have joined the cast of The Streak, a sports comedy marking Lion Forge Entertainment’s first entry into live-action film. Ed Helms leads the project, which has wrapped production and also stars Nina Dobrev, Peter Billingsley, and comedian Joe DeRosa. The film is based on the true story of Coach Oliver […]