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The Television Academy said Wednesday that the 14th Television Academy Honors will be presented Friday, September 3 as a one-hour virtual program narrated by Issa Rae It will stream at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the organization’s website. The annual honors celebrate programs that elevate complex issues facing society…

EXCLUSIVE: Devonté Hynes (Naomi Osaka, In Treatment) has signed on to compose the score for Issa Rae’s HBO Max comedy, Rap Sh*t. The series written by Rae follows Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), two estranged high school friends from Miami, who reunite to form a rap group. Jonica Booth, Devon Terrell and RJ…

"There's so many stories to tell in our community and in two seasons and only 12 episodes, we've barely scratched the surface," says A Black Lady Sketch Show's Robin Thede of the ambition of the recently renewed series. "We talk about Black woman as if every Black woman just shows up in the same body and the same…

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Augustin (Grey's Anatomy, David Makes Man), Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut (Cruel Summer), Amandla Jahava (DMZ) and Jaboukie Young-White (The Daily Show, Dating & New York) have been tapped for recurring roles in Rap Sh*t, HBO Max's half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae…

EXCLUSIVE: Octavia Butler's novel Fledgling is getting a television adaptation at HBO. The WarnerMedia premium network has ordered a pilot script for the project from Lovecraft Country writers and co-EPs Sonya Winton-Odamtten and Jonathan I. Kidd. The pair, who re-upped their overall deal with HBO in December, are…

EXCLUSIVE: Devon Terrell (Cursed, Barry) is set as a lead opposite Aida Osman and Kamillion in Rap Sh*t, HBO Max's half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae Productions. Written by Rae, Rap Sh*t follows two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna (Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), who…

HBO has put in development a half-hour series based on Vanessa R. Panfil’s book The Gang’s All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members, from Jaboukie Young-White (The Daily Show) and Issa Rae and her Hoorae productions. Written by Young-White, in the Untitled Gang’s All Queer Project, grieving a gang-related death, a…

Issa Rae, the four-time Emmy-nominated creator and star of HBO’s Insecure, will have a voice role in Sony’s sequel to its Oscar-winning feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Deadline confirmed Friday. The animated pic is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. The pic hits theaters on…

HBO has picked up a third season of Robin Thede’s Emmy-nominated sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show, executive produced by Issa Rae. The renewal comes just ahead of Friday’s Season 2 finale. "Robin continues to break new ground in the world of sketch comedy," said Amy Gravitt, EVP, HBO Comedy Programming…

HBO Max has ordered Sweet Life: Los Angeles, an unscripted series from Issa Rae, which looks at young, Black life in South LA, set to launch this summer. The series comes from Rae and her Hoorae productions, Main Event Media, an All3Media America Company; and Morning Dew Pictures (Baldwin Hills, Real Housewives of Miam…

Project Greenlight is coming back. HBO Max has given an eight-episode series order to a new installment, from Issa Rae and Miramax Television. It is a reinvention of the critically acclaimed original Miramax and HBO docuseries. Project Greenlight will focus on the next generation of talented female filmmakers who are…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer Aida Osman, host of Crooked Media Podcast Keep It, rapper KaMillion (Love & Hip Hop Miami) and comedian Jonica Booth (Bad Girls Club) have been cast as the leads of Rap Sh*t (working title), HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae Productions. Written by Rae, the…