Monday, April 15, 2019

BET Picks Up Comedy 'Twenties' Created by Lena Waithe

BET is expanding its relationship with Boomerang creator Lena Waithe. The cable network has today given a series order to the original comedy series Twenties created by Waithe.

The comedy follows the adventures of a queer black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, Marie and Nia, who spend most of their days talking "ish" and chasing their dreams. It's a show about friendship, finding love and messing everything up along the way.

Waithe will serve as showrunner on the first season with Susan Fales-Hill. They will also executive produce with Rishi Rajani and Andrew Coles. Hillman Grad Productions will produce.

"BET Networks is thrilled to partner once again with the creative visionary Lena Waithe on both Boomerang and Twenties as she is without a doubt a leading relevant voice of our generation and a disruptor in her own right," said Connie Orlando, Head of Programming, BET Networks. "BET is committed to the elevation of inclusive and authentic storytelling that viewers continues to expect from the brand."

"Twenties has been a project I've been dreaming about for as long as I can remember," added Waithe. "I think a lot of people were interested, but didn't see the vision. I'm so grateful [BET President] Scott Mills and Connie Orlando did. I couldn't be more excited to deepen my relationship with BET. I know audiences have been waiting a long time for this one."