Showtime has renewed “The Chi” for a second season, when Ayanna Floyd Davis will take over as its new showrunner.
“The Chi” is a coming-of-age story centering on a group of Chicago’s South Side residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption, per its official description. Kevin (Alex Hibbert) is the pre-teen who must step past shattered illusions and embrace the normal rites of childhood, while Brandon (Jason Mitchell) the dreamer makes his own nearly impossible leap of faith to succeed in life and love with girlfriend Jerrika (Tiffany Boone).
Emmett (Jacob Latimore) is the carefree teen thrust into the complex responsibility of fatherhood with guidance from his mother Jada (Yolonda Ross), and Ronnie (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) is the drifter whose struggle to love and be loved calls into question his every pursuit.