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EXCLUSIVE: The Chi is still going strong. The second half of Season 6 debuted on May 12, scoring nearly 2M viewers across platforms in its first seven days, according to Paramount+. That’s its best premiere viewership yet on streaming, up 4% versus the last premiere episode (for the first half…

Paramount+ with Showtime has renewed The Chi for a seventh season. The first half of The Chi’s season six delivered its most-watched season yet on streaming, increasing nearly 25 percent over season five. The second half returns on Friday, May 10 on demand and on streaming for Paramount+ subscribers…

Paramount+ with Showtime has released the trailer and key art for the upcoming second half of season six of The Chi, which will return May 10. The series recently wrapped production in Chicago on the remaining eight episodes of the supersized 16-episode season. The season-six premiere, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime’s The Chi will feature four additional new actors in recurring guest star roles when Part 2 of Season 6 premieres on May 10. They are Kadeem Hardison (A Different World), Leon (Swarm), Brett Gray (I’m A Virgo) and Daniel J. Watts (Werewolf By Night). Hardison plays Professor…

EXCLUSIVE: Audiences appeared eager for the return of Showtime’s The Chi. The drama series saw a 65% surge in streaming viewership on Paramount+ with the debut of the first eight episodes of Season 6 on August 4. In the first seven days, the Season 6 premiere drew more than 1.8M viewers…

UPDATED, 12 PM: Showtime has released the official trailer and key art for Season 6 of Lena Waithe’s critically acclaimed drama series The Chi. New challenges await Kevin (Alex Hibbert), Jake (Michael Epps) and Papa (Shamon Brown Jr) and the rest of the Chi fam in the upcoming expanded season. Season 6…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Story) is set for a key recurring role on the upcoming sixth season of Showtime’s The Chi, from 20th Television. Created and executive produced by Lena Waithe and her Hillman Grad banner (Twenties, Master of None) and executive produced by…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime's hit drama The Chi, which films entirely in Chicago, has paused production on its upcoming sixth season, effective today. The decision was made Monday after a second consecutive day of shooting was disrupted by WGA strike-related picketing. Eight episodes from Season 6 have been…

Showtime’s The Chi is the latest series whose production has been disrupted by the ongoing writers strike. According to sources, the hit drama, which is based in Chicago, filmed Friday morning before moving to another location, which had a picket line already in place. As a result, no shooting was…

Showtime has picked up a sixth season of The Chi, its popular drama series created and executive produced by Lena Waithe and executive produced by Common. The renewal comes while Season 5 is still airing, with new episodes dropping Fridays on streaming and on-demand and Sundays on the linear network, heading to the…

This weekend’s scheduled episodes of two Showtime dramas have been jacked. The premium cabler said today that it will air the Paramount Pictures theatrical sequel Jackass Forever in the Sunday 8-10 p.m. slots usually occupied by The Chi and City on a Hill. Both series will return on Sunday, August 28, Showtime said…

Showtime’s The Chi will be one cast member short when it returns in June. On Thursday, Jasmine Davis who appears as Imani revealed that she will not be in the series’ upcoming fifth season. “Due to the many inquiries I’m officially announcing I will not be part in Season 5 of @SHOTheChi and I will no longer be part of…