Lena Waithe Celebrates BET Renewing Comedy ‘Twenties’ For A Second Season

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLena Waithe and her production company, Hillman Grad Productions are known for being mindful of inclusion with their staff and now they are extending this with the safety of their productions.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins comedy “The Moodys” is getting a second season at Fox.The series, which follows a tight-knit but dysfunctional family, is an adaptation of Australian series “A Moody Christmas” from The Jungleboys Entertainment and Australian Broadcasting Corporation. CBS Television Studios is the studio behind the show.“The Moodys” debuted as a six-episode holiday event series.

The GLAAD Media Awards are going virtual. The media advocacy organization announced today that its combining two planned ceremonies, one in New York (March 19) and the other in Los Angeles (April 16), into one virtual event scheduled for July 30 and set to stream on GLAAD’s Facebook and YouTube accounts at 5 p.m.

Mad Cool Festival has announced its 2021 line-up, led by The Killers, Foals, Twenty One Pilots and more.Also set to play next year’s edition, which will be held between July 7-10, are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pixies, Deftones, Royal Blood and more.The announcement today (July 8) marks what would’ve been the start of Mad Cool Festival 2020, which was cancelled back in May due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Killers, Foals and Pixies are among the returning names for 2021 from the 2020 line-up,

Jake Kanter International TV EditorVienna Blood, the adaptation of Frank Tallis’ novels, has been renewed for a second season by Germany’s ZDF and Austria’s ORF, while BBC Two and PBS have again come aboard the drama series.Red Arrow Studios-owned Endor Productions and Austria’s MR Film will produce another three feature-length episodes, with Sherlock writer Steve Thompson and Robert Dornhelm (Anne Frank: The Whole Story) again writing and directing respectively.The first series starred Matthew

Lena Waithe wants financial repercussions for Hollywood companies who aren’t being inclusive enough.

To All the Boys 3, and all for a good cause.

Lena Waithe Money is the only language that people in Hollywood understand. The only way we’ll see change in an industry that benefits from systems of inequality as they exist today is to hit people in their pockets.We need mandates for inclusion.

Also Read: Summer TV 2020: Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Photos)The eight-episode first season of “Twenties,” which premiered March 4 and concluded April 15, was the No.

Will Thorne Staff WriterLena Waithe’s single-camera comedy “Twenties” has been renewed for a second season at BET.The show follows the adventures of a queer black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, Marie and Nia, who spend most of their days talking ‘ish’ and chasing their dreams.“It took a long time to get this show on the air, but it was absolutely worth the wait. I needed THIS phenomenal cast and crew to make it happen.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLena Waithe’s breakout hit Twenties will be back for a second go-round. BET has renewed the series for a second season.

Juneteenth for Netflix.Kenya spoke to Deadline about the show’s renewal and said, “I won’t really, really, really get into it until we’re in the room because I want it to be fresh, but I definitely know I want to talk about real sh*t. We want it to be really special.”For those who may not be familiar with the show, it is basically an exaggeration on Kenya’s real-life where he stars as himself, and Rashida Jones stars as his wife.

Lena Waithe doesn’t expect her new show to get attention during awards season.

A set of special stamps is being issued to celebrate rock group Queen, featuring images of some of their most popular album covers.