{"id":23417,"date":"2021-07-08T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=23417"},"modified":"2021-07-08T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:15:09","slug":"joy-bryant-and-henry-simmons-to-star-in-season-two-of-own-anthology-drama-cherish-the-day-from-award-winning-creator-ava-duvernay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/08\/joy-bryant-and-henry-simmons-to-star-in-season-two-of-own-anthology-drama-cherish-the-day-from-award-winning-creator-ava-duvernay\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Bryant and Henry Simmons to Star in Season Two of OWN Anthology Drama &#8220;Cherish the Day&#8221; from Award-Winning Creator Ava DuVernay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23418\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cherishtheday1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cherishtheday1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cherishtheday1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Cherish the Day&#8221; image OWN Network from the first season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that Joy Bryant (&#8220;<em>Parenthood<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>For Life<\/em>&#8220;) and Henry Simmons (&#8220;<em>Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>NYPD Blue<\/em>&#8220;) have been set to star in season two of award-winning creator Ava DuVernay&#8217;s anthology drama series &#8220;<strong><em>Cherish the Day<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; from ARRAY Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television. Production will begin this month in New Orleans, with the new season expected to debut in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Cherish the Day<\/em>&#8221; is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. In season two, the rekindling of a romance is told &#8212; the love story of Ellis (Henry Simmons) and Sunday (Joy Bryant), who fell in love in high school but find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Ellis is a former basketball player who is now a single father of two, and Sunday is a vegan celebrity chef on the cusp of fame. Each episode of the season-long narrative unfolds in a single day to reveal significant moments in a relationship that compel us to hold true to the ones we love, from the extraordinary to the everyday.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1875183953\" 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>Joy is best known for her NAACP Image Award-nominated role as Jasmine in the long-running series &#8220;<em>Parenthood<\/em>,&#8221; and recently starred in the ABC series &#8220;For Life&#8221; opposite Nicholas Pinnock and Indira Varma. Joy has appeared opposite Dwayne &#8216;The Rock&#8217; Johnson on HBO&#8217;s Emmy Award-nominated drama &#8220;<em>Ballers<\/em>,&#8221; was a regular on the critically acclaimed Amazon original series &#8220;<em>Good Girls Revolt<\/em>,&#8221; and guest-starred in the final season of HBO&#8217;s award-winning series &#8220;<em>Girls.<\/em>&#8221; Her film credits include &#8220;<em>About Last Night<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Hit and Run<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Bobby<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Get Rich or Die Tryin&#8217;,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Skeleton Key<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Carmen: A Hip Hopera<\/em>&#8221; with Beyonc\u00e9, and Denzel Washington&#8217;s directorial debut, &#8220;<em>Antwone Fisher<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simmons most recently starred in &#8220;<em>Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>&#8221; for ABC, and previously starred in the final six seasons of the landmark ABC drama &#8220;NYPD Blue,&#8221; created by Steven Bochco and David Milch. He was also a series regular on the CBS legal drama &#8220;<em>Shark<\/em>&#8221; and ABC comedy &#8220;<em>Man Up.<\/em>&#8221; Simmons starred in the feature film &#8220;<em>No Good Deed,<\/em>&#8221; opposite Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson, for Screen Gems. He also starred opposite Henson and Michael Clarke Duncan in &#8220;<em>From the Rough,<\/em>&#8221; and opposite Robin Williams in the independent film &#8220;<em>World&#8217;s Greatest Dad.<\/em>&#8221; He was named Best Actor at the 2007 American Black Film Festival for his performance in &#8220;<em>South of Pico<\/em>.&#8221; Additional film acting credits include &#8220;<em>Madea&#8217;s Family Reunion<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Something New,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>Taxi,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>Are We There Yet?<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Insurgents,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>A Gentleman&#8217;s Game<\/em>,&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Above the Rim<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first season of &#8220;<em>Cherish the Day<\/em>&#8221; starred Xosha Roquemore, Alano Miller, and the legendary Cicely Tyson, and debuted in February 2020. 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