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How to Die Alone, the Onyx Collective half-hour comedy series created, executive produced and headlined by Natasha Rothwell, will premiere Sept. 13 on Hulu. The series will launch with four episodes, followed by the debut of new episodes Fridays. Onyx also has released key art for How To Die Alone…

EXCLUSIVE: Onyx is not proceeding with Not Cops, a pilot from former Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny who is under an overall deal at the Disney collective. There is conflicting information over the reasons for the decision, which came days before filming was slated to begin in Atlanta, but timing seems…

The Onyx Collective’s Reasonable Doubt will return with its second season on August 22 with two episodes. New episodes stream on Thursdays via Hulu. From executive producers Raamla Mohamed, Kerry Washington and Larry Wilmore, Reasonable Doubt centers on Los Angeles-based high-powered criminal defense…

EXCLUSIVE: UnPrisoned, the Onyx Collective dramedy starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, has been renewed for a second season on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories. Additionally, Washington has renewed her overall deal with…

Onyx has ordered a scripted comedy from 20th Television featuring Gabourey Sidibe and has made straight to series order on a docuseries about Black Twitter. The pilot 1266 follows Gabby Brixton (Sidibe), who’s living with her mom and making half-hearted attempts to become a singer/model and…

EXCLUSIVE: A Real Housewife is joining The Other Black Girl. Garcelle Beauvais — who stars in Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — is joining the cast of the Hulu Original from Onyx, based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Beauvais will…

EXCLUSIVE: Bellamy Young and Eric McCormack have joined Hulu’s The Other Black Girl as series regulars. The Other Black Girl follows Nella, an editorial assistant, who is tired of being the only Black girl at Wagner Books so she's excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel's star begins to rise, Nella…

EXCLUSIVE: Sinclair Daniel, as well as Ashleigh Murray, Brittany Adebumola and Hunter Parrish have joined the cast of The Other Black Girl as series regulars. Production on the Hulu Originals drama from Onyx begins today in Atlanta. Related Stories …

Onyx is doubling down with non-scripted with three new series. The Disney-owned brand is launching true-crime docuseries Ring of Fire: The Life of Annie Mae Aquash (w/t), The Untitled Swizz Beatz Project and Searching for Soul Food. It comes after the brand won an Oscar for its Questlove-directed feature documentary Su…

EXCLUSIVE: Marque Richardson has been cast as a series regular opposite Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo in the Onyx Collective comedy series Unprisoned, which will be streamed exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories. Created and executive produced by Tracy…

EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Holland, a TV lit agent and partner at WME, is leaving the agency to join Onyx Collective, Disney’s curated content brand for creators of color and underrepresented voices. I hear her deal is still being finalized, and she will stay at WME for a few more weeks, but Holland is expected to be a senior…

In a competitive situation, Disney's Onyx Collective has landed the Mahershala Ali starrer The Plot with a series order. The eight-episode limited series, from Endeavor Content, will stream on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories. The Plot, an adaptation of the bestselling…