The Chi [ A Showtime Original Series | Sundays @ 10 | Season 3 ]

[definition of dopeness]

Saw this upped and thought we got a season 2 release date. First season started around this time last year...but ol girl is working on the boomerang series so I figured this would be delayed a bit.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Wonder what the boomerang series gon look like. Hope they don't water down Marcus to make him less "toxic masculine".

 

[calye2da]

Saw this upped and thought we got a season 2 release date. First season started around this time last year...but ol girl is working on the boomerang series so I figured this would be delayed a bit.

You think Boomerang gone be any good? Thats one of my fav movies of all time. So I’ll give it a shot just off da strength With Lena behind it though it should be good.

 

[Cashflow]

 

[AEA18]

Wonder what the boomerang series gon look like. Hope they don't water down Marcus to make him less "toxic masculine".

Thought it was going to be a reversed concept with the female lead in the Marcus role?

 

[calye2da]

 

[freeze]

I'm ready

 

[hand2handking]

Lena Waithe to Executive Produce New Showtime Comedy Pilot "How to Make Love to a Black Woman"
Casallina "Cathy" Kisakye wrote the pilot, which came to the network through its first-look deal with Waithe.

Courtesy of SHOWTIME
Lena Waithe (left), Cathy Kisakye

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...-make-love-a-black-woman-comedy-pilot-1188321

LOS ANGELES - February 20, 2019 - SHOWTIME has announced a pilot order for the half-hour comedy anthology series HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A BLACK WOMAN (WHO MAY BE WORKING THROUGH SOME SH*T), which came to the network through its first-look deal with Lena Waithe. Series creator Casallina "Cathy" Kisakye (THE CHI) will write the pilot. Kisakye, Waithe and Rishi Rajani will executive produce. With each multi-part episode, HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A BLACK WOMAN unfolds a new collection of characters in an authentic world, telling stories about connection and rejection that explore our most harrowing - and harrowingly comic - sexual secrets. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

"Working with Lena is the gift that keeps on giving. We signed our first-look deal with her so that she could bring authentic and talented new voices to SHOWTIME," said Levine. "Cathy's comedy is raw, relevant, surprising, sexy and fun, and we are very excited about making it."

"Cathy's script is haunting, funny, and extremely vulnerable - it's the kind of script that doesn't come around very often," said Waithe. "I'm honored that Cathy trusts me with such a special project. I can't wait for the world to see it."

Waithe's signature creation, THE CHI, premiered in 2018 as the biggest launch for a SHOWTIME drama series in two years and continued to add tremendous growth in the second half of the season, with the finale outperforming the premiere by 64 percent. This month, the series received five NAACP Image Award nominations, the most of any cable drama. Produced entirely in its namesake city with Waithe as executive producer, THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story that explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago. THE CHI returns for its second season on SHOWTIME beginning April 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

A champion for diversity in entertainment, Waithe is a triple threat as a producer, writer and actor who expertly taps into emerging cultural sensibilities with a sharp wit, speaking to myriad experiences from her unique perspective and challenging audiences to think outside of conventional norms. Prior to THE CHI, Waithe won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, and a GLAAD Media Award, along with an NAACP Image Award Nomination for the Master of None episode "Thanksgiving" that she co-wrote and co-starred in. Waithe is executive producing the upcoming series Boomerang and Twenties. Her producing credits also include the films Step Sisters and Dear White People, which later became a TV series in which she guest starred. Her on-screen roles include Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, as well as This Is Us, Transparent and The Comeback. Waithe was also named to Time magazine's Most Influential People of 2018. She was the recipient of The Trevor Project's Hero Award and MTV's Trailblazer Award.

Born in Uganda and raised outside of Boston, Kisakye wrote on both seasons of THE CHI. She is currently writing on the second season of Homecoming. Her work explores racial identity and sexual politics. "With HOW TO MAKE LOVE, I'm thrilled to tell stories about the women I know, who are complicated, passionate, resilient and relatable," said Kisakye. "Thank you to Lena and the entire team at Showtime for believing in this project."

 

[calye2da]

Anybody check out Boomerang?

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Anybody check out Boomerang?

Look horrible based on the clips. Not really interested.

 

[KilroyIverson21]

TAI.DAVIS.

 

[diabolicaldeezy]

Anybody check out Boomerang?

Its not bad just short, runtime is like 20 mins..a few laughs here and there..the main girl is baad..her ratchet stripper friend is the standout of the series..shes reminds me of a lot of the hood chicks I know from high school

 

[calye2da]

Look horrible based on the clips. Not really interested.

I hear you. I love da movie so much I kind wanted to give it a chance just because.

Its not bad just short, runtime is like 20 mins..a few laughs here and there..the main girl is baad..her ratchet stripper friend is the standout of the series..shes reminds me of a lot of the hood chicks I know from high school

I got so many shows I watch/dvr it’s ridiculous . I might wait til it’s over to binge (hopefully it’ll end up on Netflix lol).

 

[diabolicaldeezy]

I hear you. I love da movie so much I kind wanted to give it a chance just because.



I got so many shows I watch/dvr it’s ridiculous . I might wait til it’s over to binge (hopefully it’ll end up on Netflix lol).

yea BET is gonna fumble this one..

 

[ilike turtles]

Lena Waithe doin everything but workin on S3 of Master of None

 

[Xennial]

Ep 1 is out early on demand, YT link for the ones that don't have showtime

 

[Master Zik]

This dude Brandon stay taking Ls. Show jist starts and he gets jacked

Emmet bum *** cant even spit good enough game to get a spot to crash Getting caught slippin on the train.

This ep was going fine until the end. The ****** up **** they did to Ronnie's grandma So ****** up. Totally uncalled for.

 

[ill steelo]

Yo that grandma scene was wild unnecessary

 

[Xennial]

Pretty sure those were the Haitian dudes goons that got Ronnie Grandma since he snitched on haitian dude when he turned himself in end of s1

 

[hand2handking]

eps 2 and 3 out if you know where to look

 

[willypete]

eps 2 and 3 out if you know where to look

 

[hand2handking]

4 and 5 too

 

[ill steelo]

eps 2 and 3 out if you know where to look

4 and 5 too

???

 

[lamont sanford]

Felt bad for homie in ep 1 took his cash and the taco truck talkin about no luck

 

[numbah1grimey]

Reg, my dawg!!