Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Film 4 Good Fund has selected Silent Partner, a legal thriller examining systemic racism, as its flagship feature film investment, marking a significant milestone for both the impact-focused nonprofit and Black Man Films, the Harlem-based production company behind the project. Silent Partner centers on a Black defense attorney facing an impossible moral choice: mounting a […]
Tracee Ellis Ross is packing her bags again. The Roku Channel has set a July 20 premiere for the second season of Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross, the unscripted travel series that became the most-watched unscripted Roku Original ever within its first two weeks of release, measured by unique viewers. The first season followed […]
Fresh off his Oscar win for Sinners, Ryan Coogler is bringing his television operation to a new home. Proximity Media Television, the banner Coogler founded with his wife Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, has signed a multi-year exclusive deal with Netflix to develop series, departing Disney where the company had been under a five-year overall […]
Quinta Brunson is starting a new chapter. After her four-year overall deal at Warner Bros. Television ran its course, the Abbott Elementary creator, executive producer and star has signed a five-year overall deal with 20th Television for her production banner Fifth Chance Productions rather than renewing at her former home. Under the new pact, she […]
A new music-driven animated feature is in the works with a starry voice cast in tow. Groove Tails, from Twilight producers Imprint Entertainment and director Bob Logan, has assembled an ensemble starring Halle Bailey, Ludacris, JB Smoove, CeeLo Green, Alan Ritchson, Ansel Elgort, and international recording artist and actress Agnez Mo. Set in New York […]
The Pogues are back for one last ride. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the fifth and final season of Outer Banks, set to premiere August 20 with all 10 episodes dropping at once. The teaser, set to alt-J’s “Left Hand Free,” the anthem that became a viral sensation when the show debuted, […]
Niecy Nash is taking her on-screen crime experience into a new medium. According to Deadline, The All’s Fair star has teamed up with her daughter Dia Nash to launch an untitled true-crime video podcast series through Pave Studios, the company founded by former Spotify executive Max Cutler, where it will live under the Crime House […]
Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat is doubling down on the half-hour comedy special. LOL Live, the company’s stand-up showcase series, is returning to Hulu with 12 new specials rolling out one per month beginning June 19 and running through May 2027, the largest lineup in the franchise’s short history. The series launched in 2025 with 10 specials […]
Netflix has canceled The Boroughs after a single season, pulling the plug on the sci-fi series less than a month after it premiered on May 21. Despite strong reviews and a high-profile pedigree, the show could not sustain the viewership numbers Netflix needed to justify a renewal. Executive produced by Stranger Things creators the Duffer […]
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is heading into its final chapter with a packed guest roster and a holiday surprise. Disney+ has announced 11 guest stars for the fourth and final season of the animated comedy, along with a new stop-motion holiday special titled A Proud Family Wizmas, set to debut on the streamer […]