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More than two decades after the premiere of Universal’s The Best Man, fans will revisit with the cast in Peacock‘s limited series The Best Man: The Final Chapters premiering on December 22. The streamer released the first official trailer above. Based upon the eponymous film franchise written and…

Peacock‘s The Best Man: The Final Chapters announce Nicole Ari Parker (And Just Like That, Chicago P.D.), Ron Canada (The Good Fight, The Orville), and Tony winner Brandon Victor Dixon (Power, Jesus Christ Superstar Live!) is among its recurring guest stars. They join previously announce franchise stars Morris…

SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals major storylines from the Season 1 finale of Fox’s Our Kind of People. As Season 1 of Fox’s Our Kind of People comes to an end, answers have arrived regarding many of the show’s biggest mysteries. Mainly: What role did Teddy Franklin (Joe Morton) play in his former lover…

Morris Chestnut is gearing up to premiere his new series Fox’s Our Kind of People from executive producer Lee Daniels and isn’t sure where that leaves his character’s future in the network’s medical drama The Resident. “I’m not sure exactly what’s going to happen with The Resident,” he revealed during the TCA panel…

Yaya DaCosta’s Angela Vaughn isn’t playing around when it comes to what’s truly hers in the first teaser trailer for Fox’s drama Our Kind of People. The series hails from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham's book Our Kind of People: Inside America's…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Morris Chestnut (The Resident) is part of the producing team behind new feature Greenwood Avenue, about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 100 years ago. The film will chart the story of a Philadelphia lawyer who follows a mysterious lead to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to discover the events of the Black…

Actress and singer-songwriter LeToya Luckett is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut in Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star). Written by Gist inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham's provocative…

Newcomer Alana Bright is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut in Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star). Written by Gist inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham's provocative, critically praised book…

Fox is bucking the trend of franchise lineups. On the heels of NBC unveiling One Chicago Wednesday and Law & Order Thursday on their fall schedule and following the success of ABC’s pairing of Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 and CBS’ block of FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, Fox has opted to (temporarily) split its 9-1-1…

Morris Chestnut has been tapped as the male lead opposite Yaya DaCosta in Fox's new drama series Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist, executive producer Lee Daniels, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment. For the past two seasons, Chestnut has been a series regular on another Fox/20th TV…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal’s hit The Best Man movie franchise is getting a new installment as a streaming series. Peacock has ordered a 10-episode limited dramedy series The Best Man: The Final Chapters from the movies’ writer and director Malcolm D. Lee and former Insecure executive producer Dayna Lynne North. The core…

Paging Dr. Chestnut, Dr. Morris Chestnut — you’re wanted on the set. The Rosewood alum has joined the cast of The Resident, Fox’s medical drama starring Matt Czuchry. Created by Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi, The Resident also stars Bruce Greenwood, Manish Dayal, Emily VanCamp, Shaunette Renée…