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OWN has revealed The Kings of Napa will premiere on at 8 p.m. January 11. Created by Janine Sherman Barrois, the series is focused on a picturesque Napa Valley, California vineyard owned by the Kings, an aspirational African American family whose wealth and status land them on the pages of design magazines and society…

EXCLUSIVE: Queen Sugar is coming to an end with its seventh season in 2022. “It's a radical act that it lasted this long, and it's a testament to every single pair of hands that touched it and I am so proud of that," series creator Ava DuVernay told Deadline today of the acclaimed OWN drama executive produced by Oprah…

Oprah Winfrey Network and National Research Group released a survey today examining how Black women see themselves reflected in media. Among the key findings are that while strides have been made in the quantity of representation onscreen, the quality of that representation needs to reflect the true diversity of the…

EXCLUSIVE: NowThis Next, an event spearheaded by Discovery-backed digital news brand NowThis, will air this month as a one-hour primetime special on cable network OWN. The lineup of speakers will include Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Eva Longoria and Amanda Gorman. NowThis, which is part of Group Nine Media, is…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS’ All Rise may be resurrected. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is in talks for a new season of the legal drama starring Simone Missick, I have learned. The negotiations between the cable network and lead All Rise studio Warner Bros. TV come three months after the series was canceled by CBS in May and OWN…

EXCLUSIVE: Ashlee Brian (The Forty-Year-Old Version, Family Reunion) and Devika Parikh (Grey's Anatomy, Aquaman) have been tapped as series regulars for The Kings Of Napa, OWN’s new drama series from Claws executive producer/showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois, Warner Bros. Television and Harpo Films. Additionally, Curti…

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Henry Simmons (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, NYPD Blue) and Joy Bryant (Parenthood, For Life) are set to star in season 2 of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s and Ava DuVernay's anthology drama series Cherish the Day. Production on the ARRAY Filmworks, Harpo Films and Warner Bros…

OWN and Hulu are teaming for the first time on The Hair Tales, a docuseries that focuses on Black women, beauty and identity through the distinctive lens of Black hair. Tracee Ellis Ross executive produces along with Michaela angela Davis, who created the series concept. In The Hair Tales, narrators and real-life…

Former 495 Productions exec Drew Tappon has been tapped to run unscripted programming at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Tappon replaces Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, who left the company in April, in the role. He becomes Head of OWN Unscripted Development, Programming & Specials and reports to OWN President Tina Perry. The…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will explore the rise and fall of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a two-part special event OWN Spotlight: The Legacy of Black Wall Street.  The Legacy Of Black Wall Street follows the rise of the 36-block economic hub in Oklahoma’s Greenwood district up until its tragic destruction…

OWN has unveiled the premiere date and trailer for the second season of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s David Makes Man. Set to premiere on OWN on June 22 from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT, David Makes Man‘s sophomore season finds David (Kwame Patterson) in his 30s, a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of Queen Sugar’s Season 5 finale "Looking back over the season, as emotional as it was for people to watch it when it aired, it was very emotional even when we shot it," says Queen Sugar executive producer Paul Garnes of the fifth season of the Ava DuVernay created series and…