{"id":99538,"date":"2025-05-05T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=99538"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:52:35","slug":"showtime-original-series-the-chi-adds-kyla-pratt-punkie-johnson-reagan-gomez-and-tammy-townsend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/showtime-original-series-the-chi-adds-kyla-pratt-punkie-johnson-reagan-gomez-and-tammy-townsend\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime Original Series &#8220;The Chi&#8221; Adds Kyla Pratt, Punkie Johnson, Reagan Gomez, and Tammy Townsend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96572\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chi-s07.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chi-s07.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chi-s07-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>SHOWTIME\u00ae today announced that highly esteemed actresses Kyla Pratt (<em>The Proud Family, Call Me Kat<\/em>), Punkie Johnson (<em>Saturday Night Live, Love Life<\/em>), Reagan Gomez (<em>The Parent &#8216;Hood, Queen Sugar<\/em>), and Tammy Townsend (<em>Average Joe, Queen Sugar<\/em>) will join the season seven cast of the original series, THE CHI in guest starring roles.<\/p>\n<p>THE CHI will premiere Friday, May 16 on-demand and on streaming for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan, before making its on-air debut on Sunday, May 18, @ 9PM ET\/PT. <a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/130535\/1007330\/3065\">Paramount+. Thousands of episodes, live TV &#038; exclusive originals\u2013all in one place. Get Started!<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/i\/130535\/1007330\/3065\" style=\"position:absolute;visibility:hidden;\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><div id=\"morty-2942999086\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><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>Kyla Pratt will play &#8220;Angie,&#8221; Hannibal&#8217;s tough as nails wife, who doesn&#8217;t tolerate anything less than her home being happy. Punkie Johnson will play &#8220;Shawnita,&#8221; a career restaurant manager who&#8217;s here to whip Smokey&#8217;s into shape. Reagan Gomez will play &#8220;Candace,&#8221; a textbook lover girl gone bad who&#8217;s spicy new love interest is keeping her on her toes. Tammy Townsend will play &#8220;Nora,&#8221; a charming and scrappy entrepreneur who dreams of helping people through her business.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt, Johnson, Gomez, and Townsend join previously announced award-winning actresses Phylicia Rashad, Wendy Raquel Robinso,n and Karrueche Tran as guest stars.<\/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. Produced entirely in its namesake city, THE CHI is produced by 20th Television.<\/p>\n<p>This season, with Alicia at the helm, the pivotal women of THE CHI rise to reclaim their power. 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