{"id":7689,"date":"2019-12-20T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2019-12-20T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:09:56","slug":"own-announces-second-season-renewal-of-critically-acclaimed-drama-series-david-makes-man-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/20\/own-announces-second-season-renewal-of-critically-acclaimed-drama-series-david-makes-man-video\/","title":{"rendered":"OWN Announces Second Season Renewal of Critically Acclaimed Drama Series &#8220;David Makes Man&#8221; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7690\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/david-makes-man-12-20-2019-05104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/david-makes-man-12-20-2019-05104.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/david-makes-man-12-20-2019-05104-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/david-makes-man-12-20-2019-05104-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/david-makes-man-12-20-2019-05104-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/david-makes-man-12-20-2019-05104-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today its critically acclaimed drama series &#8220;<em><strong>David Makes Man<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; from Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (&#8220;<em>Moonlight<\/em>&#8220;) has been renewed for a second season. The series, produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television, recently received a Critics&#8217; Choice Award nomination for &#8220;Best Drama,&#8221; a prestigious Gotham Award nomination, and has been named to several critics&#8217; year-end &#8220;best of television&#8221; lists.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xayxL3OE26A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>David Makes Man<\/em>&#8221; is executive produced by McCraney, Michael B. Jordan, Dee Harris-Lawrence, Mike Kelley, Melissa Loy and Oprah Winfrey. Harris-Lawrence is set to return as showrunner for season two. The series centers on a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects and stars an ensemble cast featuring Emmy nominated actress Phylicia Rashad and newcomer Akili McDowell who plays the lead role of David.<\/p><div id=\"morty-77599156\" 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>&#8220;<em>David Makes Man<\/em>&#8221; premiered to overwhelming critical acclaim in August 2019. The New York Times called the show &#8220;deeply beautiful and distinctive&#8221; while The Washington Post called it &#8220;one of the most original and riveting TV shows this year.&#8221; During its first season run, the series ranked #2 in its time period across all cable with African-American women and reached over 4.1 million unique viewers on OWN.<\/p>\n<p>In making the announcement today OWN president Tina Perry said, &#8220;Tarell McCraney has brought us a gift with this series and masterfully added a beautiful new hue to our palette of dramatic storytelling on OWN. Viewers and television critics alike have embraced &#8216;David Makes Man&#8217; and connected to its powerful message. We are honored to partner with the incredible producers and cast as well as our friends at Warner Horizon Scripted Television on a second season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCraney said, &#8220;It was an honor when we first started and engaged with OWN to do this project and a blessing, a real gift and show of God&#8217;s grace that Ms. Winfrey picked it up for the long haul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tarell has created an incredibly moving and powerful drama in &#8216;David Makes Man,&#8217; and we are so excited that he and Dee will have the opportunity to continue to tell this unique story,&#8221; said Warner Bros. Television&#8217;s Peter Roth, Susan Rovner and Brett Paul. &#8220;We are thankful to OWN and Oprah Winfrey, as well as our producing partners Michael B. 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McCraney serves as executive producer of the series alongside Dee Harris-Lawrence (&#8220;<em>Shots Fired<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.<\/em>&#8220;) who serves as showrunner. Mike Kelley and Melissa Loy (&#8220;<em>Revenge<\/em>&#8220;) under their Page Fright production banner, Michael B. Jordan via his Outlier Society Productions and Oprah Winfrey are also executive producers. &#8220;<em>David Makes Man<\/em>&#8221; centers on a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted by the death of his closest friend and relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty. He must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out. Set in South Florida, the series is inspired by events in McCraney&#8217;s own life and explores childhood trauma and the power of imagination to survive. The drama stars Akili McDowell (&#8220;<em>The Astronaut Wives Club<\/em>&#8220;) as David, a ferociously observant, instinct-driven, passionate teenager, who toggles between two distinct personas that reflect his surroundings and metabolizes his world like a chameleon, but not without exacting an emotional price; Alana Arenas (&#8220;<em>Hall of Passes<\/em>&#8220;) plays David&#8217;s hard-working single mother Gloria, a former drug user with a smile that melts and while rarely home, she wants better for her kids than what they&#8217;ve got; Isaiah Johnson (&#8220;<em>Hamilton<\/em>&#8220;) plays Sky, an enigmatic and wise dope dealer who is also David&#8217;s close friend and occasional mentor in the projects; Travis Coles (&#8220;<em>Liza on Demand<\/em>&#8220;) portrays Mx. Elijah, gender queer and assigned male at birth and doesn&#8217;t consider herself &#8216;trans,&#8217; but always thought of herself as both, Mx. Elijah doesn&#8217;t disclose pronouns as long as it&#8217;s with respect &#8211; a long-time Homestead Village resident who knows a great deal, but discusses few; Phylicia Rashad (&#8220;<em>Creed II<\/em>&#8220;) plays Dr. Woods-Trap, the lithe, alive, quick-witted and intimidating teacher that is motherly yet firm toward David, seeing something very special in him and remains an advocate for him; Nathaniel Logan McIntyre (&#8220;Celebrity Ghost Stories&#8221;) plays Seren, David&#8217;s incredibly vulnerable best friend at the magnet school for academically gifted kids who takes a risk by revealing a painful secret to David; Cayden K. 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