Showtime has today renewed its original drama series The Chi for an eighth season. The renewal comes after the drama has released two episodes of its seventh season this month.
The drama stars Jacob Latimore, Yolonda Ross, Michael V. Epps, Shamon Brown Jr., Birgundi Baker, Luke James and Lynn Whitfield.
Lena Waithe created the drama, with Justin Hillian and Jewel Coronel serving as co-showrunners. All three executive produce with Common, Aaron Kaplan, Rick Famuyiwa, Resheida Brady-Anderson, Derek Dudley, Shelby Stone, Naomi Funabashi and Rishi Rajani. 20th Television, Hillman Grad Productions, Kapital Entertainment and ID8 Multimedia produce.