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The project was first announced on July 8, 2019, as an untitled half-hour comedy series. [5] Filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Creator Tracy Oliver said she had the idea for the show because she felt there weren't a lot of "Black female friendship stories on the air," and she wanted to portray people in their thirties who were still searching for their path in life. [6]
A Harlem Cultural Festival was first proposed in 1964 to bring life to the Harlem neighborhood. [3] At the same time, in the mid-1960s, nightclub singer Tony Lawrence began working on community initiatives in Harlem, initially for local churches, but from 1966 working under New York City Mayor John Lindsay and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher.
The first two episodes of the season premiered in Harlem on September 28, 2016, with the full season of 13 episodes released on Netflix on September 30 to an estimated high viewership—it was believed to become the fourth most-viewed season on Netflix within 30 days of its release—and positive reviews, particularly for the first 7 episodes ...
Tony Lawrence (born c. 1936) is a Kittitian-American singer, actor, community activist and festival organiser.In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was one of the main organisers of the annual Harlem Cultural Festival [1] in New York City, including the 1969 festival celebrated in the 2021 documentary film Summer of Soul.
The Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) is an annual five-day film festival in Harlem, New York. [1] The first festival took place in 2005. [2] Michael Franti's I Know I'm Not Alone was named Best International Documentary at the festival that year. [3] The short film Eme Nakia was selected to be screened at the 2006 festival. [4]
Clapperboard from original videotape recordings of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. At the request of festival organizer and host Tony Lawrence, television producer Hal Tulchin recorded about 40 hours of footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival on videotape, [11] excerpts from which were packaged as two one-hour TV specials that were broadcast in 1969, one on CBS in July, and one on ABC ...
The eight-episode half-hour series premiered on Starz on May 16, 2021. It received positive reviews and holds a 100% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. [1] [2] In August 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on May 26, 2023. [3] In September 2023, the series was canceled after two seasons. [4]
The show returned in the summer on Tuesdays after Full House, which raised the ratings temporarily. Bill Cosby then became a consultant on the series. However, the show was moved to Saturday nights with the debuting George as its lead-in for its second season, and the ratings were even lower than before.