Showtime Announces Season 5 Premiere Date For The Chi
Showtime has announced that The Chi Season 5 will premiere on Friday, June 24th. The first new episode will be available on streaming and on demand for all Showtime subscribers before making its on-air debut on Sunday, June 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Each new episode of the fifth season will be available on Fridays on streaming and on demand.
Season four ended as one of the network’s most-streamed series ever, averaging 4.2 million weekly viewers. The Chi, from 20th Television, is currently in production on 10 episodes in Chicago.
“We’re so honored to be in our fifth season and grateful to the fans that show up for us and make sure people know about The Chi,” said series creator and executive producer Lena Waithe.
Series regulars Jacob Latimore, Alex Hibbert, Yolonda Ross, Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps, Birgundi Baker, Luke James and Curtiss Cook are back along with returning guest stars Kandi Burruss, La La Anthony, Jason Weaver and Iman Shumpert. Nia Jervier and Carolyn Michelle Smith will recur on the show this season, along with L’lerrét Jazelle and Antonyah Allen, and Jewel Coronel has been upped from co-EP to executive producer for the new season.
Filmed in Chicago and produced by 20th Television, the coming-of-age story revolves around a group of South Side residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Season 4 spotlighted the benefits and challenges of community policing on the South Side after Jake (Epps) has a fateful run-in with a group of officers.
Waithe and Coronel exec produce along with Common, Aaron Kaplan, Rick Famuyiwa, Derek Dudley, Shelby Stone, Rishi Rajani and showrunner Justin Hillian.