Overview

• The seventh-season premiere drew two million cross-platform viewers in its first seven days, marking a 2% increase from last year and the show’s most-streamed opener.
• Paramount+ with Showtime officially ordered an eighth season following the premiere’s viewership success.
• With its eighth-season pickup, The Chi now matches Dexter, Homeland and Weeds for the second-longest run in Showtime history, behind Shameless.
• Showtime commissioned a Season 8 writers room in early February, signaling early confidence in the series before the Season 7 launch.
• Created by Lena Waithe under her Hillman Grad banner and produced by 20th Television, the Chicago-set drama features Lynn Whitfield alongside Jacob Latimore, Yolonda Ross, Michael V. Epps, Shamon Brown Jr., Birgundi Baker and Luke James, with new episodes streaming Fridays.