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Lena Waithe’s Twenties will return for its second season on BET next month with a new after-show hosted by B. Scott.

Twenties” aftershow hosted by B. Scott, the first trans-nonbinary person to host and executive produce a show at BET, “will provide candid commentary and insights into some of the characters’ mishaps and successes” as B.

Selome Hailu editorDisney Plus released a new list of voice actors added to the cast of “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” premiering in 2022.Among the new stars added to the cast of the revival of “The Proud Family” are Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Chance the Rapper, Normani, Leslie Odom Jr., Tiffany Haddish, Lena Waithe, Anthony Anderson, Gabrielle Union, Debbie Allen, James Pickens Jr., Courtney B.

“The Proud Family” is getting some major star power for its Disney+ revival.

Disney+ revival.Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Tiffany Haddish, Chance the Rapper, Gabrielle Union, Normani, Tina Knowles, Eva Longoria and Anthony Anderson will join the upcoming series, as voice guest stars, Disney+ announced Wednesday.They'll be joined by a slew of familiar names such as Leslie Odom Jr., Lena Waithe, Debbie Allen, James Pickens Jr., Courtney B.

Disney+ has set a stacked cast of guest stars and new recurring talent for The Proud Family revival Louder and Prouder, in commemoration of the original animated series’ 20th anniversary.

EXCLUSIVE: Dear White People alumna Nia Jervier is set for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of Lena Waithe’s popular BET series Twenties.

Showtime is giving  fans another season of drama. The network announced on Monday that the Lena Waithe-created series has been renewed for a fifth season.Waithe, who also serves as an executive producer for the series, revealed the news during an Instagram Live with the show's cast after Sunday's finale.«Season 5 of  is coming.

Showtime has renewed hit drama series The Chi for a fifth season. The premium cabler announced the news just hours after Sunday night’s season 4 finale.

One of television’s most iconic stars will be the focus of a new documentary.

Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Endeavor Content are teaming to produce Being Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Documentary. The news comes as Endeavor Content acquired rights from the Estate of Mary Tyler Moore and will finance and handle worldwide sales for the doc, which is aiming for a 2022 release.

A new documentary is in the works called “Being Mary” about the life of TV and comedy icon Mary Tyler Moore. The film has the full support of the Estate of Mary Tyler Moore, which will also finance and handle worldwide sales for the documentary film.

Kate Aurthur editorLena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Endeavor Content are producing the upcoming documentary “Being Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Documentary.” James Adolphus (“Soul of a Nation”) will direct, and the doc — Hillman Grad’s first documentary project from its inception — will be released in 2022.Endeavor Content bought the rights from the Mary Tyler Moore estate for Hillman Grad, and will finance “Being Mary,” as well as handling its worldwide sales.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWyclef Jean has always loved composing, and now he’s been at it full-time on season four of Showtime’s “The Chi.” This season picks up with  Kiesha (Birgundi Baker) meeting potential adoptive parents for her child, and Kevin (Alex Hibbert) telling his girlfriend Jemma (Judae’a Brown) that he loves her.Creator and writer Lena Waithe wanted him to score her next film after she had heard him rescore her film “Queen & Slim” just out of a passion for the craft.

Instagram reposting a photo shared by daughter Willow and adding a video showing off her new ‘do. View this post on InstagramThe post has already racked up more than 643,000 likes and thousands of comments, including lots of compliments from other celebs like actor Gabrielle Union screenwriter Lena Waithe and Tina Lawson aka Beyonce’s mum.

The aftermath of a major escape is the thrust of the Season 3 episode of The Chi, the Lena Waithe-created drama series about a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.

Bringing complexity to comedy isn’t easy.

Jeremy Helligar Lena Waithe is on a mission to return Black music to its glory days.

The stars are stepping out for the Rhude fashion show!

A long-rumored Season 3 of Netflix’s Master of None finally came to fruition this year, with Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s comedy series returning to the streamer in May. It had been four years since Season 2, which followed the series’ Season 1 debut in 2015 that won writing Emmys for Ansari and co-star Lena Waithe.

Michael Appler The question of work — who gets it and who doesn’t — has driven the Hollywood zeitgeist for years, from #MeToo to recent reckonings over race and equity.

Otis “Douda” Perry (Curtiss Cook) has walked a fine line since entering “The Chi” universe in Season 2 of Showtime’s gritty, Chicago-based drama.The dapper, civic-minded Perry was camouflaged behind his successful and lucrative pizza business, leading a double life as a drug lord with a vise-like grip on the South Central neighborhood around which “The Chi” orbits.Then, in the show’s Season 3 finale, Perry was elected mayor of Chicago, beating Camille Hallaway (played by series creator Lena

Pride Month, ET is once again recognizing those who had an impact in the entertainment industry, whether it was via music, film or television, and helped shape pop over the past year.

The Gracie Awards, which are bestowed by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation to honor standout women in the media industry and recognize entertainment and news programming that addressed timely topics and social issues, has unveiled its winners for its 46th edition.

Gabrielle Union looks stunning in a gorgeous white dress at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday (May 23) in Los Angeles.

From its first episode, “Plan B,” which debuted on Netflix back in 2015, “Master of None” has always been an experiment in metatext. The series, from co-creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Young, puts a spin on their own experiences growing up as first-generation immigrants, struggling to make it into Hollywood and navigating through all kinds of anxious “Is this growing up?” experiences, from uncomfortable first dates to career setbacks.

The new season of Master of None drops on Netflix on May 23 and it may not be the comedy that you are used to seeing — and that’s a good thing.

“The Chi to me is a family,” says Lena Waithe, creator and executive producer of the Showtime series set in Chicago’s South Side. “It’s about a family, about a community, and the thing that I always press us to do things that other shows may be afraid to do and to talk about things that other shows may not really want to tackle.”

It’s been a minute since audiences were treated to a new season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning Master of None created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang. Netflix said last month that it will finally debut a third season of the comedy May 23 — though it may not be something fans of the series would expect. In fact, it might go beyond expectations.

Lil Nas X goes shirtless on the new cover of Entertainment Weekly.

Bowen Yang isn’t afraid to mix serious issues into his comedy.

The first trailer for Master of None‘s new season has arrived!

In one of the worst-kept secrets in TV, all the rumors are true—Netflix’s Emmy-winning comedy series, “Master of None,” is returning in May with a brand-new season, four years after the end of the previous. But even though we all knew this was happening, it appears that series creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang had some surprises up their sleeves.

, the Emmy-winning series co-created by and starring Aziz Ansari, is back for season 3.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe third season of Netflix’s “Master of None” will premiere on May 23 and be subtitled “Moments in Love,” following Lena Waithe’s character Denise and her partner Alicia, who is played by Naomi Ackie.“Let’s say we’re at a party, Maxwell’s playing, you don’t know me, I don’t know you, and I ask you out on a date.

 is returning to Netflix for a third season this May, four years after its season 2 debut.