{"id":11060,"date":"2020-06-27T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2020-06-27T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:54:17","slug":"bet-renews-lena-waithes-breakout-hit-twenties-for-season-2-and-announces-season-1-streaming-on-showtime-this-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/27\/bet-renews-lena-waithes-breakout-hit-twenties-for-season-2-and-announces-season-1-streaming-on-showtime-this-july\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Renews Lena Waithe&#8217;s Breakout Hit &#8220;Twenties&#8221; for Season 2 and Announces Season 1 Streaming on Showtime This July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11061\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/twenties.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/twenties.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/twenties-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/twenties-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/twenties-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, BET announced the second season pickup of Lena Waithe&#8217;s breakout hit &#8220;<strong><em>Twenties<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, as well as an FYC partnership with Showtime, which will air season one starting July 6th. After premiering to critical acclaim and ranking as the #1 new comedy series on cable for African-Americans 18-49*, &#8220;<em>Twenties<\/em>&#8221; is receiving buzz for Lena Waithe&#8217;s creative direction and Jonica T. Gibbs&#8217; star-making performance.<\/p>\n<p>The scripted series created and written by Waithe, stars Gibbs as Hattie, a queer black girl who is chasing her dreams of being a screenwriter in Los Angeles alongside her two best friends, Marie and Nia, played by Christina Elmore (&#8220;<em>Insecure<\/em>&#8220;) and Gabrielle Graham (&#8220;<em>Possessor<\/em>&#8220;) respectively. While they live separate lives, the girls lean on each other for guidance as they navigate their twenties and test the limits of diversity, love, and inclusion.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1264897952\" 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>Season one guest stars included Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish), Sean &#8220;Big Sean&#8221; Anderson (debut role), Rick Fox, Vanessa Williams, Seth Green, Iman Shumpert, Kym Whitley, Chuey Martinez, Marsha Thomason, and Nazanin Mandi.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The first season of TWENTIES, led by the incredible Jonica T. 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I&#8217;m looking forward to continuing this journey with this amazing group of people and our incredible viewers.&#8221; &#8211; Lena Waithe, Creator, Writer and Executive Producer of &#8220;<em>Twenties<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Twenties<\/em>&#8221; is Executive Produced by Lena Waithe, Susan Fales-Hill who serves as showrunner, Rishi Rajani, Andrew Coles, and Justin Tipping, who directed the pilot episode.<\/p>\n<p>For behind the scenes look at the making of the series, plus exclusive clips and photos from &#8220;Twenties&#8221;, please visit BET.com\/Twenties and join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #TwentiesOnBET.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4022662713\" 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>*Source: Nielsen Live + SD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, BET announced the second season pickup of Lena Waithe&#8217;s breakout hit &#8220;Twenties&#8220;, as well as an FYC partnership with Showtime, which will air season one starting July 6th. 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