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The University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Cinematic Arts (Sca) announced the creation of the John Singleton Lounge during a special screening of the series finale of FX’s Snowfall — Singleton’s final work — on the campus Thursday night. Set for location outside of the dean’s office suites, the seating area will be decorated with posters showcasing the work of the late filmmaker and USC alum who also co-founded the school’s African American Cinema Society while he was a student there.

“I want to thank John for being my son, and I want to thank John for listening to me and allowing me to guide his life,” said Singleton’s mother, Sheila Ward-Johnson, in opening remarks during the event, which was one of a series of screenings Sca has held throughout the 2022-2023 academic year as part of a yearlong celebration honoring the Academy Award-nominated director.

Network: FX.

Episodes: 60 (hour).

Seasons: Six.

TV show dates: July 5, 2017 — April 19, 2023.

Series status: Ending.

Performers include: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Emily Rios, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, Amin Joseph, Angela Lewis, Juan Javier Cardenas, Isaiah John, Filipe Valle Costa, Alon Aboutboul, Malcolm Mays, Marcus Henderson, Kevin Carroll, Devyn A. Tyler, Gail Bean, and Alejandro Edda.

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A crime drama created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, the Snowfall TV show kicks off in 1983 in Los Angeles at the dawn of the crack cocaine epidemic. The story centers on several characters who will crash into each other's lives in a brutal fashion.

Although he was born and raised in South Central L.A., Franklin Saint (Idris),...

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"Snowfall"'s reign has come to an end, but the cast and crew are pleased with their series's epic six-season run. "Looking at the totality of it, I'm just so proud that it went the distance," cocreator Dave Andron tells Popsugar while reflecting on the FX show's legacy. "We managed to make something that meant a lot to a lot of people. We got to end the story, with the blessing of FX, the way we wanted to and on our terms. And that's an incredibly special and gratifying thing."

"We got to tell our story from beginning, middle, to end. That makes me extremely proud, grateful, and very excited."

For the past six seasons, "Snowfall" has built the world of the critically acclaimed crime drama, as Damson Idris's Franklin Saint would say, "brick by brick." Set against the backdrop of an '80s South Central LA,...

This article contains spoilers for “Snowfall” Season 6.

Despite the death of his character in this season of “Snowfall,” Amin Joseph’s job on the series wasn’t quite finished with that. The actor, who starred as uncle Jerome Saint, returned to the FX series to direct this week’s episode, “Ballad of the Bear.”

As “Snowfall” inches closer to the series finale, Gustavo ‘El Oso’ Zapata’s (Sergio Peris-Mencheta) important decision to choose a side takes center stage in this week’s episode. After being approached by the CIA, the DEA and the Kgb to turn on his associates, Oso must figure out whose side he’ll stand on — will he continue to stay loyal to Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) or former agent Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson)? Or will he choose to put his faith behind a third party player, Ruben, the former Cuban national with Russian heritage, working for...

Exclusive: A spinoff of the hit drama series Snowfall is in early stages of development at FX, sources tell Deadline. No one would comment but we hear that, if it comes to fruition, the offshoot would potentially star Gail Bean reprising her fan-favorite Snowfall character, Wanda.

The spinoff is a continuation of the original story set in 1990s Los Angeles as South Central transitions out of the crack era into the gangster rap business, with areas heavily infested by gangs led by the Bloods and Crips. Wanda would serve as the connective tissue between the original show and the offshoot, which is expected to introduce other main characters, sources tell Deadline.

It is as yet unknown if any other characters from the original could also appear in the new show.

Malcolm Spellman will serve as executive producer and writer of the pilot. Returning executive producers include Dave Andron (co-creator of...

We don't have to wonder if Snowfall will be cancelled this time since it's already been announced that season six is the end. The FX series has been one of the cable channel's top-rated series in the ratings. Will it go out on top? Could some Snowfall characters return in a new series or a seventh season someday? Stay tuned.

A crime drama series created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, the Snowfall TV show stars Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, Amin Joseph, Angela Lewis, Isaiah John, and Devyn Tyler. Unfolding in 1980s Los Angeles, the series explores the crack cocaine epidemic. In the fifth season, it's October 1986, and civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin (Idris) is desperate and forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Lewis) and Uncle Jerome (Joseph) after being wiped out by...

Franklin is faced with losing everything in the sixth season of the Snowfall TV show on FX. As we all know, Nielsen ratings typically play a significant role in determining whether a TV show like Snowfall is cancelled or renewed for season seven. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the sixth season episodes of Snowfall here.

An FX crime drama series created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, the Snowfall TV show stars Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, Amin Joseph, Angela Lewis, Isaiah John, and Devyn Tyler. Unfolding in 1980s Los Angeles, the series explores the crack cocaine epidemic. In the...

"Snowfall", the crime drama TV series, created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, premieres final Season Six starting February 22, 2023 on FX and Hulu:

"...the series follows the stories of several characters whose lives are fated to intersect: 20-year-old drug dealer 'Franklin Saint', Mexican luchador 'Gustavo El Oso Zapata'...

"...'CIA' operative 'Teddy McDonald', and a Mexican crime boss's niece, 'Lucia Villanueva'..."

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Longtime crime fiction novelist and “Snowfall” writer Walter Mosley says John Singleton gave writers everything creatively that they needed to know to continue “Snowfall” before his April 2019 death.

“Snowfall” is set to premiere its sixth and final season on Feb. 22 on FX. The series has become the network’s top-rated show, averaging 4.3 million total viewers across linear, VOD and streaming with its Season 5 debut.

Aside from its stellar cast, the show’s success can easily be attributed to Dave Andron, co-creater, executive producer and writer; Mosley, executive producer and writer; and the late Singleton, who co-created the series alongside Andron and Eric Amadio. Singleton died about three months before show’s Season 3 premiere, and the show has since maintained the essence and meticulousness of Singleton’s creative decisions and guidance.

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Are you ready for the end of Snowfall?

FX confirmed this week that the sixth and final season would premiere Wednesday, February 22, at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on FX and streaming the next day on Hulu.

The premiere will include the first two episodes of the 10-episode final season.

Additionally, the final season of Snowfall will be internationally available on Disney+ under the Star banner.

"This was how crack began. Over the course of five seasons, FX's Snowfall has chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A," the logline reads.

"It's October 1986 in this sixth and final season, as civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin (Damson Idris) is desperate, forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph) after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson)."

"Meanwhile,...

The sixth and final season of “Snowfall” will return Feb. 22 at 10 p.m. Et on FX, and stream the next day on Hulu, the network announced. The premiere will include the first two episodes of the 10-episode final season.

The final season kicks off during October 1986, as a brewing civil war threatens to end the Saint family. After being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), Franklin (Damson Idris) becomes desperate and is forced to rob his own blood to get ahead. Now faced with losing everyone he loves and everything he built, Franklin has to out-maneuver the Kgb, the DEA and the CIA, along with the LAPD’s corrupt Crash units, to survive.

The drama series was created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, and is executive produced by Singleton, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Amadio, Michael London, Trevor Engelson, Walter Mosley, Julie DeJoie and John Labrucherie.

FX’s Snowfall’s highly-anticipated sixth and final season will premiere on Wednesday, February 22 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on FX, and streaming the next day on Hulu. The premiere will include the first two episodes of the 10-episode final season. Snowfall will be available on Disney+ under the Star banner internationally. Additionally, the key art for season six was released today. This was how crack began. Over the course of five seasons, FX’s Snowfall has chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A. It’s October 1986 in this sixth and final season, as civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin (Damson Idris) is desperate, forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph) after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson). Meanwhile, Louie has...

Poster for ‘Snowfall’ season 6 (Photo Credit: FX)

The sixth and final season of the critically acclaimed drama Snowfall will debut on FX on February 22, 2022. The final season will kick off with the release of the first two episodes at 10pm Et/Pt, with new episodes arriving on subsequent Wednesdays.

Damson Idris returns to lead the cast as Franklin Saint for the 10-episode sixth season. Amin Joseph is back as Jerome Saint, Carter Hudson plays Teddy McDonald, and Angela Lewis is Aunt Louie.

John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron created the series and serve as executive producers. Thomas Schlamme, Michael London, Trevor Engelson, Walter Mosley, Julie DeJoie, and John Labrucherie also executive produce, and series star Damson Idris produces.

Dave Andron guides the series as showrunner.

Damson Idris as Franklin Saint in ‘Snowfall’ season 6 (Photo Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FX)

FX’s official description of Snowfall season 6:

“This was how crack began.

We knew Franklin’s story was coming to an end, and now we know exactly when.

FX has announced that Snowfall will premiere the first two episodes of its sixth and final season on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 10/9c. All episodes of the crime drama’s 10-episode farewell run will also stream the next day on Hulu.

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Snowfall‘s sixth and final season will premiere on Wednesday, February 22 with the first two episodes beginning at 10 p.m.

The series chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A.

It’s October 1986 in this sixth and final season, as civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin (Damson Idris) is desperate and forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph) after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson). Meanwhile, Louie has taken over Franklin’s role as Teddy’s sole buyer, undercutting her nephew and creating a competing empire in the process.

Franklin is now faced with losing everyone he loves and everything he’s built, and coming through it all will mean out-maneuvering the Kgb, the DEA and the CIA, as well as avoiding the LAPD’s fully militarized,...

Exclusive: Tamara Taylor has joined the cast of FX’s Snowfall for its sixth and final season.

Details regarding who she will portray are under wraps.

From John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and showrunner Dave Andron, Snowfall follows Los Angeles’ criminal underbelly in the 1980s when the crack epidemic was bringing it a lot of cash but also ruining countless lives.

At the center of the story is Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), a teen at the start of the series, with smarts that could take him from college to the career of his dreams. But the challenges he faced led him down a different and darker path. After becoming a young drug kingpin, he’s got more money and power than he could’ve ever asked for but the consequences of his actions normally lead folks with similar ambitions to the morgue or prison. Family, friends,...

Snowfall is closing in on its endgame at FX.

The cabler on Tuesday confirmed the hit drama would return for a sixth -- and final -- season.

News of the renewal comes as the fifth season is airing.

Snowfall Season 5 is set to conclude on April 20.

The hit drama was co-created by the late John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, and chronicles how crack cocaine became a key part of the drug trade in the 1980s, focusing on a young dealer (Damson Idris) in South Los Angeles.

“I couldn’t imagine telling this story anywhere but at FX,” said star/producer Idris in a statement.

“I’m incredibly proud of the history we have all made. Especially the impact Snowfall has had on the culture."

"Very rarely does a TV show get to the sixth season mark and saying goodbye to Franklin Saint will be heartbreaking."

"But the family...

FX has renewed “Snowfall,” the crime drama created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, for its sixth and final season.

The series is set in Los Angeles during the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s. Season 5, which is currently airing on FX, takes place in summer 1986, and follows Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) and his family as they’ve become rich and are on the verge of having everything they’ve ever wanted, until basketball star Len Bias’ crack-related death sends lawmakers and the Los Angeles Police Department after them. Amidst all of this, the biggest threat the family faces are each other as they try not to let greed, resentment and ego tear them all apart.

“FX first partnered with legendary writer-director John Singleton and the rest of the creative team six years ago to pursue their vision for an ambitious, powerful drama about the explosion of the...

Franklin’s story probably won’t have a happy ending on Snowfall, but it will definitely have a conclusion: FX has renewed the drama series for a sixth and final season.

The show is currently nearing the end of its fifth season, with the finale set to air April 20.

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“I couldn’t imagine telling this story anywhere but at FX,” said star/producer Damson Idris in a statement.

The end is in sight for FX’s critically acclaimed drama series Snowfall. The network has renewed the series, co-created by the late John Singleton, for a sixth and final season.

The renewal comes a little more than midway through Season 5, which is pacing as the series most-watched season ever, according to Nielsen and FX, up 6 from the equivalized first six episodes of Season 4 and +55 from Season 3. Season 3 did not air next day on Hulu.

“FX first partnered with legendary writer/director John Singleton and the rest of the creative team six years ago to pursue their vision for an ambitious, powerful drama about the explosion of the crack epidemic of the early 80s,” said Nick Grad, President, Original Programming. “Today, as the fifth season of Snowfall reaches new heights of acclaim and viewership, there is no question that this series has become an FX classic drama. We are thrilled...

“Snowfall” will end after its upcoming sixth season. FX president of original programming Nick Grad made the announcement Tuesday, along with news of the season 6 renewal.

The popular series was co-created by late “Boyz n the Hood” director John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron.

“FX first partnered with legendary writer/director John Singleton and the rest of the creative team six years ago to pursue their vision for an ambitious, powerful drama about the explosion of the crack epidemic of the early 80s,” said Grad in a statement.

“Today, as the fifth season of ‘Snowfall’ reaches new heights of acclaim and viewership, there is no question that this series has become an FX classic drama. We are thrilled to order a sixth season that will enable Dave Andron, Walter Mosley, and the rest of the producers to bring ‘Snowfall ‘to a climatic finale showcasing the brilliance of everyone involved,...

Exclusive: Brandon Perea (Nope) is attached to star alongside Common (Alice) in The Faith of Long Beach, an upcoming drama written and to be directed by Snowfall co-creator Eric Amadio.

The film follows Romy Faith (Perea), a soft-spoken street fighter, raised in a group home in Long Beach, CA who is torn between his street life past and a promising future when he attempts to move beyond backyard brawls and follow his estranged father’s footsteps into the world of professional boxing.

Adonis Tountas is producing for Everlast Pictures, alongside Common and Marie Cisco for Stardust Films, and Garrett Weaver.

“Alongside the producing team, I couldn’t be more grateful and excited to be bringing Brandon on board to play our lead character Romy Faith,” said Amadio. “Beyond being a dynamic, soulful performer with limitless range, Brandon is also just a stand up human being who I look forward to working with.

FX’s Snowfall started off its fifth season strong, hitting series highs with its two-episode debut.

On Wednesday, FX revealed that Snowfall averaged 4.3 million Total Viewers across linear, VOD and streaming with its Feb. 23 premiere, marking the series’ most-watched season to date. The latest total viewer count was up 13% from the previous season and 43% up from Season 3. Snowfall Season 4 was FX’s most-watched series of 2021.

Season 5 of Snowfall is set in the summer of 1986. Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) and his entire family are rich beyond their wildest dreams, on the verge of having everything they’ve ever wanted…right as the ground begins to fall out from under their feet.

The sudden and tragic death of basketball star Len Bias makes the rock cocaine epidemic front-page news, the target of both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. Law enforcement is on a warpath and the militarization of the L.A.P.D.

The acclaimed drama Snowfall will return for its fifth season on Wednesday, February 23 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on FX, with a new trailer set to air on Christmas Day during ESPN and ABC’s slate of NBA games. “Snowfall is enjoying a justly deserved burst of success with season 4, and we’re excited to follow it up with another explosive season early next year,” said Eric Schrier, President, FX Entertainment. “Our thanks to everyone on the creative team, the remarkable cast and crew who make Snowfall one of the best series on television.” The fourth season of the Damson Idris starring drama was FX’s most-watched series of 2021. Created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron, the series premiered on July 5, 2017, and is set in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, revolving around the first crack epidemic and its impact on the city. Season 5 takes place in 1986, as...

Today is the first day of winter, and there’s Snowfall in the forecast.

FX has set Wednesday, February 23, for the Season 5 premiere of its hit drama series co-created by the late John Singleton. The reveal comes after its fourth season was the cable net’s most-watched series of 2021.

Set in the summer of 1986, Snowfall follows Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) and his entire family, who are rich beyond their wildest dreams and on the verge of having everything they’ve ever wanted — right as the ground begins to fall out from under their feet. The sudden death of basketball star Len Bias makes the rock cocaine epidemic front-page news, the target of both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. Law enforcement is on a warpath, and the militarization of the LAPD continues as police and politicians decide the only way to deal with this growing scourge is through force — and the creation...

Snowfall fans can expect a richer, meaner and more endangered Franklin when the FX drama’s fifth season kicks off — and we just learned when that will be.

Season 5 will premiere Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 10/9c with the first two episodes, the cabler announced on Tuesday. Plus, a new teaser trailer will drop Christmas Day on ESPN and ABC during the two networks’ slate of NBA games.

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Lifetime greenlit “Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez,” a film based on the real-life kidnapping of 14-year-old Abby Hernandez while walking home from school in North Conway, N.H. in 2013. The film premieres on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m.

“Girl in the Shed” will follow the state’s search for Abby (Lindsay Navarro) as captor Nathaniel Kibby (Ben Savage) psychologically and sexually abused her using a soundproof container and a shock collar, as well as Abby’s fight to stay alive in hopes of seeing her family again, including her mother Zenya (Erica Durance).

Sprott Productions Inc. produces in association with Johnson Production Group. Hernandez executive produces along with Stacy Mandelberg and Michael Vickerman, who also wrote the script. Jessica Harmon serves as director.

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Dates FX announced that Season 5 of “Snowfall” will premiere with two episodes on Feb. 23 at 10 p.m.

The upcoming fifth season of FX drama Snowfall will see Brandon Jay McLaren (Turner & Hooch), DeVaughn Nixon (Prom), and Tiffany Lonsdale (Siren) join the show in significant recurring roles. Created by Eric Amadio, Dave Andron, and the late John Singleton, the series is set in early 1980s Los Angeles and centers around the first crack epidemic and its impact on the city. The story follows several interconnected characters, led by 21-year-old drug dealer Franklin Saint, played by British actor Damson Idris. McLaren is set to play Buckley, a detective with the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (C.R.A.S.H.) Unit, who presents an outwardly tough appearance but deep down is battling demons, including drug addiction and a failing marriage. Meanwhile, Nixon will portray Kane Hamilton, a powerful ex-con who used to be a member of the neighborhood and is the older brother of Kevin Hamilton (Malcolm Mays). Kane is also like an...

Exclusive: Brandon Jay McLaren (Turner & Hooch) DeVaughn Nixon (Prom) and Tiffany Lonsdale (Siren) are set for heavily recurring roles opposite Damson Idris in the upcoming fifth season of FX drama Snowfall. The series hails from the late Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron.

In the most recent fourth season, business is booming. It’s January 1, 1985. Ronald Reagan has won his re-election campaign, proclaiming it is “morning again in America,” but in South Central, Los Angeles, it feels more like the sun is getting low. The demand for crack cocaine is high, and while our crew of dealers led by Franklin Saint (Idris) are benefitting greatly from the rising tide of addiction, they are also starting to become aware of the damage the drug is doing to the people and to the place they love.

McLaren will play Buckley, a detective with the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (C.R.A.S.H.) Unit.

Exclusive: Devyn Tyler (Clarice) is set as a new series regular opposite Damson Idris in the upcoming fifth season of FX drama Snowfall. The series hails from the late Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron.

In the most recent fourth season, business is booming. It’s January 1, 1985. Ronald Reagan has won his re-election campaign, proclaiming it is “morning again in America,” but in South Central, Los Angeles, it feels more like the sun is getting low. The demand for crack cocaine is high, and while our crew of dealers led by Franklin Saint (Idris) are benefitting greatly from the rising tide of addiction, they are also starting to become aware of the damage the drug is doing to the people and to the place they love.

Tyler will play Veronique. She’s smart, ambitious, with a worldly sophistication but also appreciates the small things and...

Exclusive: In what is sure to be one of the hotter packages currently on the market, Entertainment 360 is partnering with Cannabis brands, Cookies and Gashouse, on a new untitled series exploring the origins of the legitimate present-day boom of the marijuana business. Snowfall co-creator Eric Amadio will write the series and exec produce with Den of Thieves director Christian Gudegast helming the pilot and also exec producing. Joining the two as exec producers are Berner, CEO of Cookies and Felix Murry of Gashouse along with 360’s Guymon Casady and Evan Silverberg. Jeff Karam will serve as a consulting producer.

In what’s being described as an epic one-hour drama, inspired by true events, that will offer the inside story of how two young cannabis entrepreneurs navigated the marijuana business from its illegal origins to its legitimate present-day boom, the series marks the first collaboration for Amadio, whose series...

Common is set to star and produce The Faith of Long Beach, an indie boxing drama being made by Adonis Tountas and his Everlast Pictures banner.

Eric Amadio, the creator of FX’s crime drama Snowfall, wrote the script and is also directing.

According to the producers, the project centers on a soft-spoken street fighter raised in a group home in Long Beach, California, who is torn between his street life past and a promising future when he attempts to move beyond backyard brawls and follow his estranged father’s footsteps into the world of professional boxing.

Common will star as Clifton Battles, a ...

Common is set to star and produce The Faith of Long Beach, an indie boxing drama being made by Adonis Tountas and his Everlast Pictures banner.

Eric Amadio, the creator of FX’s crime drama Snowfall, wrote the script and is also directing.

According to the producers, the project centers on a soft-spoken street fighter raised in a group home in Long Beach, California, who is torn between his street life past and a promising future when he attempts to move beyond backyard brawls and follow his estranged father’s footsteps into the world of professional boxing.

Common will star as Clifton Battles, a ...

Common has been tapped to star in and will produce The Faith of Long Beach, and indie boxing drama to be written and directed by FX’s Snowfall co-creator and executive producer Eric Amadio. Adonis Tountas of Everlast Pictures, who put the project together, is also producing.

The pic centers on a soft-spoken street fighter who was raised in a group home in Long Beach, CA and is torn between his street-life past and a promising future when he attempts to follow his estranged father’s footsteps into the world of professional boxing. Common will play a washed-up trainer who takes the challenge of transforming the youngster into a legitimate boxer.

Common and Marie Cisco are producing via their Stardust Films, along with Tountas and Garrett Weaver.

“I’ve had this story idea for a few years and always envisioned Common playing an important role so I am extremely humbled...

Common, the rapper, songwriter and actor, will star in and produce “The Faith of Long Beach,” an upcoming boxing film from the creator of “Snowfall” Eric Amadio.

Amadio will write and direct the film for producer Everlast Pictures. And Common and Marie Cisco will also produce the film for their banner Stardust alongside Adonis Tountas and Garrett Weaver for Everlast.

“The Faith of Long Beach” follows a soft-spoken street fighter raised in a group home in Long Beach, California, who is torn between his street-life past and a promising future when he attempts to move beyond backyard brawls and follow his estranged father’s footsteps into the world of professional boxing. Common in the film will play Clifton Battles, a washed up boxing trainer forced to face his questionable past when he decides to train the young street fighter as a legitimate boxer.

“Marie and I are excited to be...

Snowfall‘s Damson Idris is adding the title of producer to his resume. In addition to his starring role as Franklin Saint on the hit FX series, Idris will serve as a producer for the upcoming fifth season, due to premiere in 2022.

Idris is the latest addition to the creative team on the series from the late Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron.

In the recently wrapped fourth season, business is booming. It’s January 1, 1985. Ronald Reagan has won his re-election campaign, proclaiming it is “morning again in America,” but in South Central, Los Angeles, it feels more like the sun is getting low. The demand for crack cocaine is high, and while our crew of dealers led by Franklin Saint (Idris) are benefitting greatly from the rising tide of addiction, they are also starting to become aware of the damage...

Karyn Smith-Forge, senior vice president of production for Berlanti Productions, is exiting the company to serve as president for Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act production banner, Variety has learned exclusively.

Smith-Forge takes over her new role from Mika Pryce, who was recently hired as senior vice president of production for Paramount Pictures’ motion picture group. In her new role, Smith-Forge will work closely with Eli Holzman, CEO of Industrial Media, on the company’s television productions and development.

Cheadle formed This Radicle Act in 2019, at which time the company inked a first-look deal with Industrial Media to produce television and digital programming. This Radicle Act’s currently slate includes the dark comedy “Max” from writer Camilla Blackett at HBO Max, a TV adaptation of the A. Lee Martinez novel “Monster” with Akela Cooper attached as showrunner, and the TV series “War,” which will explore the origins of the Bloods...

“Snowfall,” the acclaimed drama set during the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the 1980s, has been renewed for a fifth season by FX, the network announced on Tuesday.

Currently airing its fourth season, the show has seen a 41% increase in total viewers over its past season, with an average of 5.1 million people across all platforms.

“‘Snowfall’ has come into its own as one of the best dramas on TV,” FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier said in a statement. “Its quality and audience growth is a remarkable achievement for a show in its fourth season.”

The current season is set in 1985, as dealers in South Central Los Angeles, led by Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), are profiting enormously from the increased demand for crack cocaine — just as the devastating effects of the drug are also beginning to hit home, and cause waves from the White House to CIA headquarters. Carter Hudson,...

FX has handed Snowfall an early renewal for a fifth season, just three episodes into Season 4.

The crime drama from the late John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron is seeing ratings growth in its fourth season to date, up 41% over the same period in Season 3 and averaging 5.1 million total viewers across all platforms.

Snowfall, which airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m., takes place in the 1980s in South Central Los Angeles. The demand for crack cocaine is high, and while our crew of dealers led by Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) are benefitting greatly from the rising tide of addiction, they are also starting to become aware of the damage the drug is doing to the people and the place they love.

With the entire nation taking note, the LAPD is diverting serious money and resources to the “war on drugs.” Politicians’ phones are ringing. Powerful people are concerned from the...

Take away the drugs and the crime, and FX’s gritty ’80s crack epidemic drama Snowfall is a show about choices.

Not the gray-area choices of wrong from right, because that’s subjective, but the choices about life’s paths and allegiances. This is something the series’ writers and producers explored in the Season 3 finale when viewers got an alternate-universe version of Franklin’s (Damson Idris) life had he gone the collegiate route. Now that Snowfall has returned for Season 4 (airing Wednesdays at 10/9c) after a year-and-a-half-long hiatus lengthened by Covid, fans will get a greater understanding of Franklin and...

"Snowfall" is the crime drama TV series, created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, set in Los Angeles 1983, during the first 'crack cocaine' epidemic and its impact on the culture of the city, starring Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Emily Rios, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, and Amin Joseph, premiering Season Four, February 24, 2021 on FX:

"...the series follows the stories of several characters whose lives are fated to intersect including drug dealer 'Franklin Saint', Mexican 'luchador' 'Gustavo El Oso Zapata', 'CIA' operative Teddy McDonald, and Mexican crime boss niece, Lucia Villanueva..."

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"Snowfall" is the crime drama TV series, created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, set in Los Angeles 1983, during the first 'crack cocaine' epidemic and its impact on the culture of the city, starring Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Emily Rios, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt, and Amin Joseph, premiering Season Four, February 24, 2021 on FX:

"...the series follows the stories of several characters whose lives are fated to intersect including drug dealer 'Franklin Saint', Mexican 'luchador' 'Gustavo El Oso Zapata', 'CIA' operative Teddy McDonald, and Mexican crime boss niece, Lucia Villanueva..."

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Snowfall Season 4 TV Spots — FX‘s Snowfall: Season 4 TV show commercials have been released and stars Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Isaiah John, Amin Joseph, Adrianna Mitchell, Isaiah John, Bruno Bichir, Omar Cook, Michael Ray Escamilla, Taylor Kowalski, Jesse Luken, Ambyr McWilliams, Adrianna Mitchell, and Kwame Patterson. Crew Dave Andron, Eric Amadio, and [...]

Continue reading: Snowfall: Season 4 TV Spots: ‘Public Enemy’ Damson Idris is on the ‘Wrong’ side of the Drug Trade [FX]...

FX has announced the premiere dates for the new docuseries Hip Hop Uncovered and the fourth season of Snowfall. Included was the key art for both series and the main title from Hip Hop Uncovered.

Hip Hop Uncovered will premiere on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on FX and be available the next day on FX on Hulu. The six-part series will air two episodes each week.

The series come from executive producer Malcolm Spellman and Oscar and Emmy-winning production company Lightbox. It examines a dying breed of power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop. Set against 40 years of music history, this six-part documentary series, directed by Rashidi Natara Harper, takes a deep dive into the paradox of America’s criminalization of the genre and its fascination with the street culture that created it and still exists within it.

Instead of telling the story of...

In today’s TV news roundup, Peacock has made various titles from Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network available, and HBO Max renewed “12 Dates of Christmas” for a second season.

Casting

HBO Max revealed that “Red Bird Lane” has added Crispin Glover to its cast of series regulars, while James Urbaniak, Jamie Clayton, Rya Kihlstedt, Grantham Coleman and Damon Dayoub are set to guest star. Recurring guest stars include . “Red Bird Lane” is a thriller revolving around a house in isolation. Eight different people show up to the house for various different reasons before coming to the realization that they are being met with much more than anticipated. Previously announced series regulars include Susan Sarandon, Kiersey Clemons, Isidora Goreshter, Danny Huston, Ash Santos, Fiana Dourif, Dizzie Harris and Tara Lynne Barr.

Renewals

HBO Max renewed dating reality series “12 Dates of Christmas” for Season 2. The initial season premiered this year on Nov.

Adrianna Mitchell (The Good Fight) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of Snowfall, FX’s acclaimed drama series about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. Mitchell will play Tanosse, a friend and former lover of Franklin’s who has an inherent sensuality about her. She too grew up in the neighborhood but these two haven’t seen each other in a while. Her older brother was a drug kingpin in the 70s and has since gone to prison for life. She has a working-class sophistication, charm and slight edge about her, but we can’t quite tell if she’s trustworthy. Created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, Snowfall is executive produced by Singleton, Amadio, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Michael London, Trevor Engelson and Walter Mosley. A graduate of the American Conservatory Theater, Mitchell is a series regular on the upcoming...

Mayans M.C. alum Antonio Jaramillo is set for a recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of FX’s Snowfall. Created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, the drama series revolves around the start of the cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. Jaramillo will play Chief Oscar Fuentes, the new Tijuana Police chief who is bold, ambitious, connected, smart and dangerous. He’s willing to let Teddy and Gustavo continue to go about their business in Mexico but only if they make it worth his while. Best known for his role as Riz Arisa on Mayans M.C., Jaramillo’s previous credits include on NBC’s Shades of Blue, TNT’s Dallas and Universal Picture’s Savages. He was recently cast opposite Octavia Spencer in Amazon’s Invasion. Jaramillo is repped by McKeon/Myones Entertainment and SMS Talent.

Yvonne Chapman (Street Legal) has booked a recurring role opposite Olivia Liang in Kung Fu,...

Exclusive: Don Cheadle’s Radicle Act banner and HBO Max are taking it to the Max, literally and figuratively.

The AT&T-owned streamer has inked a development deal with the Emmy nominee’s production company for the dark comedy created by Camilla Blackett, I’ve learned.

With the Fresh Off Boat, Skins and Newsroom scribe Blackett on-board as showrunner Max focuses on a black millennial woman who is trying to juggle her intense professional life and intricate sex life, with, as the official logline says, “some light sociopathic tendencies.”

Cheadle and Radicle Act’s Mika Pryce will serve as executive producers on Max. Industrial Media, whom Radicle Act has a first look deal with, will also be EPs on Max.

“The act of the radicle punching through the seed and rooting into the soil is a bold move too,” the Oscar nominated actor told Deadline of the new deal.

“That...

Exclusive: Indie studio wiip has optioned the rights to New York Times bestselling author A.J. Baimes’ book The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World for development as a limited series executive produced by Dylan Clark.

Scott Bloom (Roosevelt) is attached to pen the adaptation of The Accidental President, which was published in 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It tells the dramatic story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikely, small-town Washington outsider had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

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