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The fate of Leah Franklin Dupont may remain unsolved after Fox canceled freshman drama Our Kind of People.  The series, which was created by Karin Gist and Wendy Calhoun with Lee Daniels as exec producer, was given a 12-episode run when it was greenlit in March 2021 under Fox’s straight-to-series model. It evoked…

This Is Us and FBI are back at the top of Tuesday primetime for the second consecutive week, leading demo ratings and audience, respectively. CBS was once again in a slate of repeats for its FBI trio but that didn’t stop the flagship series from winning not just its hour, but the night’s largest audience. Per fast…

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…

Fox launched three new drama series this season – The Big Leap, Our Kind of People and The Cleaning Lady. The Big Leap and Our Kind of People both were designed for shorter episode runs – the former, for instance, wrapped up its 11-episode freshman run at the end of last year, and Our Kind of People was handed 12…

The Voice was Tuesday’s highest-rated primetime program for the fourth week in a row. The NBC singing competition was stable from last week and earned a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and 6.60 million viewers, per fast affiliates. Last night’s episode bid farewell to Jeremy Rosado and Holly Forbes, who were among the 10…

UPDATED: Fox just released its midseason schedule, and it does not include the network’s new fall 2020 scripted series, dramas The Big Leap and Our Kind of People. The Big Leap will end its freshman run of 11 episodes, while Our Kind Of People’s first season consists of 12 episodes. Sources indicate that both The Big L…

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa De Sousa (The Best Man franchise) and McKinley Freeman (Titans, Queen Sugar) are set for recurring roles opposite Morris Chestnut and Yaya DaCosta in Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels. The role reunites De Sousa with…

Less than a day after the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out, the new fall TV season is upon us. As you can see on the billboards all over Los Angeles, the multimillion-dollar hype machine is in full throttle, though we all know most of the new kids on the block won't even make it to a sophomore year. So, with…

Our Kind of People, Monarch and The Big Leap – three of Fox's new originals for the 2021-22 broadcast season – all took different routes to screen. The network has been shaking up its development process for the past couple of years, using a mixture of traditional pilot orders, straight-to-series orders…

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 addressed her shocking departure from NBC’s Chicago Med after six seasons and whether or not her role in Fox’s Our Kind of People from executive producer Lee Daniels played a role in her decision. “My exit from Chicago Med and the arrival of this show happened really simultaneously. There isn’t much to…

EXCLUSIVE: Being Mary Jane alumna Raven Goodwin and Nicole Chanel Williams (Boomerang)  are set for recurring roles opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and Joe Morton in the Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels. Inspired by Lawrence Otis…