Lena Waithe has a big reason to celebrate this weekend, her show “Twenties” has been renewed for a second season by BET.
The hit comedy series follows three mid-twenty girls, a queer Black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, who spend their days together chasing their dreams.
“It took a long time to get this show on the air, but it was absolutely worth the wait. I needed THIS phenomenal cast and crew to make it happen,” Waithe said in a statement via Variety. “I’m looking forward to continuing this journey with this amazing group of people and our incredible viewers.”
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BET added their own statement, “The first season of ‘Twenties, led by the incredible Jonica T. Gibbs, Christina Elmore and Gabrielle Graham, was a joy to watch in every sense. BET has always been about empowering and elevating black stories and we’re so excited to see where Lena Waithe and Susan Fales-Hill’s remarkable vision takes us in the second season.”
Before being picked up by BET, Waithe launched “Twenties” as a YouTube pilot in 2013.
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