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Television too often gets Chicago wrong
The reported hate crime committed against Jussie Smollett this week shouldn't be surprising -- unless you only know the Windy...
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Posted Thursday 1/31/19 at 1:07PM EST
Showtime sets premiere dates for The Chi, City on a Hill, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mice & Men and Chelsea Manning documentary
The Chi returns for Season 2 on April 7, while the Kevin Bacon-led City on a Hill premieres June 16.
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Posted Thursday 1/31/19 at 1:07PM EST
Watch The Chi's Season 2 season trailer
The Lena Waithe-Common urban drama series returns on April 7.
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Posted Thursday 9/06/18 at 10:03PM EDT
The Chi adds Carl Lumbly, Kimberly Hebert Gregory and Curtiss Cook
Alias alum Lumbly, Vice Principals alum Gregory and House of Cards vet Cook will recur on Season 3 of the...
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Posted Tuesday 7/24/18 at 2:04PM EDT
Lena Waithe signs a first-look deal with Showtime
The Chi writer-producer will develop new TV projects for the pay cable channel as part of her new deal.
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Posted Monday 7/23/18 at 11:01PM EDT
The Chi promotes three
Shamon Brown Jr.
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Posted Monday 5/21/18 at 1:08PM EDT
Lena Waithe to be honored with the Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Emmy-winning writer for Master of None and The Chi creator "is shaking up Hollywood and breaking cultural boundaries through...
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Posted Thursday 3/22/18 at 1:53PM EDT
Lena Waithe covers Vanity Fair, which says she's "disrupting the hell out of Hollywood"
"If you haven’t heard of Lena Waithe, check yourself for a pulse," Jacqueline Woodson says in her "engrossing deep dive"...
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Posted Friday 3/09/18 at 11:05PM EST
Lena Waithe is a "surprise pick" for Vanity Fair's April cover
Vanity Fair’s new editor-in-chief Radhika Jones has picked for her first cover The Chi and Master of None breakout star,...
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Posted Tuesday 1/30/18 at 1:33PM EST
Showtime renews The Chi
The Lena Waithe drama has been renewed for a second season after just four episodes.
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Posted Wednesday 1/17/18 at 11:05PM EST
Lena Waithe is headed to This Is Us
Waithe is trying something different from her work on The Chi and Master of None, playing an animal shelter worker...
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Posted Wednesday 1/17/18 at 12:03AM EST
Hip-hop has become the status quo on TV
Shows from Empire to Atlanta to The Chi help prove that “hip-hop’s broad influence on American pop culture has defied...
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Posted Friday 1/05/18 at 11:08PM EST
Lena Waithe’s The Chi is being compared to The Wire, but it has more in common with Shameless
The Showtime series also has a lot in common with The Wire creator David Simon's acclaimed HBO series Treme, says...
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Posted Friday 12/15/17 at 1:14PM EST
Showtime posts The Chi’s first episode on YouTube
The Chicago-based series from Master of None’s Lena Waithe is also available on Facebook and Showtime’s website.
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Posted Friday 11/17/17 at 7:14AM EST
Lena Waithe’s The Chi releases its official trailer
The coming-of-age Chicago-set drama from the Master of None star and Common has also unveiled its key art with the...