Courtney B. Vance Drama '61st Street' Picked Up by The CW After Being Dropped by AMC
etonline.comCourtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis-led drama , four months after AMC Networks canceled the series in January.The dramatic thriller was originally ordered as a two-season pickup with both seasons being shot simultaneously.
But only its freshman installment aired in its entirety on AMC last spring. With the CW pickup, season 1 will air this fall followed by season 2 making its debut in 2024.The hard-hitting drama tells the story of Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole), a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system.
Taken by the police as a supposed gang member, he finds himself in the eye of the storm as cops and prosecutors seek revenge for the death of an officer during a drug bust gone wrong.
The series dives deep into the dark heart of the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as the death of an officer threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence.From Peter Moffat, J.
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