{"id":101168,"date":"2025-06-01T18:59:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=101168"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:59:39","slug":"following-its-record-setting-premiere-paramount-with-showtime-renews-the-chi-for-season-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/01\/following-its-record-setting-premiere-paramount-with-showtime-renews-the-chi-for-season-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Its Record-Setting Premiere, Paramount+ with Showtime Renews &#8220;The Chi&#8221; for Season Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101170\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chi-s08.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chi-s08.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chi-s08-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Created and Executive Produced by Emmy\u00ae winner Lena Waithe, New Episodes Stream Every Friday on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME<\/p>\n<p>THE CHI Following its record-setting premiere, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME today announced that THE CHI has been renewed for season eight.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3800086617\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The season seven premiere scored two million cross-platform viewers and became the most streamed premiere in series history, shattering streaming viewership record.<\/p>\n<p>THE CHI is created and executive produced by Emmy\u00ae winner Lena Waithe (<em>Twenties, Master of None<\/em>) under her Hillman Grad banner. The series is executive produced by co-showrunners Justin Hillian (Hillianaire Productions) and Jewel Coronel (<em>Uncut Gems<\/em>) as well as by Academy Award\u00ae and Emmy\u00ae winner Common (<em>Selma<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of THE CHI stream every Friday, exclusively for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/130535\/1007330\/3065\" rel=\"sponsored\">Paramount+. Thousands of episodes, live TV &amp; exclusive originals\u2013all in one place. Get Started!<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/i\/130535\/1007330\/3065\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Created entirely in its namesake city, THE CHI is produced by 20th Television.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1326041847\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>This season, with Alicia at the helm, the pivotal women of THE CHI rise to reclaim their power. Yet, as loyalties are tested and new rivalries are stoked, it becomes clear that there&#8217;s only one crown, and it will come at a heavy cost.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Waithe and Common, the series is executive produced by Aaron Kaplan (<em>A Million Little Things, The Neighborhood<\/em>), 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.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on THE CHI, follow along on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and X, and join the conversation using #TheChi<\/p>\n<p>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/niD8X5pEXpmRUDhSPdDOgI3Gw5Q.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>The Chi<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> Showtime<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Drama<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 7<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 78<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-26535\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg\" alt=\"Powered by TMDB.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-350x74.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: .4em;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; font: normal 8pt Arial;\">TV &amp; Movie information has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\">themoviedb.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Created and Executive Produced by Emmy\u00ae winner Lena Waithe, New Episodes Stream Every Friday on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME THE CHI Following its record-setting premiere, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME today announced that THE CHI has been renewed for season eight. 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