Yahoo Lifestyle ‘The Chi’: Showtime Sets Season 7 Premiere Date For Lena Waithe Drama – Watch The Teaser
The Chi has a comeback date.
The Paramount+ with Showtime drama from Lena Waithe will return for its seventh season on May 16. The series that follows a group of residents on the south side of Chicago hits the streamer before making its on-air debut May 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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The new season follows Alicia at the helm with the women of The Chi rising to reclaim their power. As loyalties are tested and new rivalries are stoked, it becomes clear that there’s only one crown and it will come at a heavy cost.
Season 6 was apparently one for the books for The Chi, as it delivered its most-watched season yet on streaming, reports Paramount+.
Created and executive produced by Waithe (Twenties, Master of None) under her Hillman Grad banner, the series is executive produced by co-showrunners Justin Hillian and Jewel Coronel, and by Common (Selma).
The cast includes Jacob Latimore, Lynn Whitfield, Yolonda Ross, Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps, Birgundi Baker and Luke James. Kadeem Hardison, Chris Lee, Brett Gray, Rotimi, Jackie Long, Charmin Lee, Jill Marie Jones, and Daniel J. Watts return to guest star, alongside Hannaha Hall, Jason Weaver, La La Anthony, Vic Mensa, Kandi Burruss, Tai Davis, Rolando Boyce, Ahmad Ferguson, Cortez Smith, Genesis Denise Hale, Joel Steingold, Judae’a Brown, Zaria Imani Primer, L’lerrét Jazelle, and Brian Keys.
The Chi is produced entirely in Chicago and is from 20th Television. Additional executive producers include Aaron Kaplan (A Million Little Things, The Neighborhood), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Resheida Brady-Anderson, Derek Dudley and Shelby Stone of ID8 Multimedia as well as Naomi Funabashi, who oversees for Hillman Grad and Rishi Rajani, CEO of Hillman Grad.
Supervising producers Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield directed multiple episodes in season seven.
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