Victoria Rowell and Days Ferry Productions announced today that BET Plus (BET+) is the new home for Season 4 of her hit series, The Rich and the Ruthless. Season 4 is set to premier on Sunday, May 13 with seasons one through three available to stream now on BET+.
The Rich and the Ruthless is a behind-the-scenes, dram-com soap that follows the fictional story of the first black owned family sudser on broadcast television, stopping at nothing to stay in power. The show has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy-award and has won Best Ensemble Cast and Best Lead Actress by the Independent Series Awards.
The series stars Richard Brooks (Good Trouble; Shameless), Victoria Rowell (Birdie), Alesha Renee (Kenan), Robert Ri’chard (Harlem), Chrystale Wilson (All the Queens Men), Michael Colyar (BET’s Hollywood Heartbreak), Dawnn Lewis (Star Trek; Lower Decks), Vivian Lamolli (All the Queens Men), Kristen Mako (The Big Rant), Bryton James (The Young & The Restless) and new talent Akilah Releford.
Season 4 of The Rich and the Ruthless is executive produced by Victoria Rowell in association with Days Ferry Productions, Carletta S. Hurt, Richard Brooks, Vanzil Burke and Jill Warner. Head Writer, Victoria Rowell. Writing Consultant, Victoria Christopher Murray.
Victoria Rowell is an Emmy nominated and 11-time NAACP Image Award-winning actress and New York Times best-selling author. The actress is most known for her playing Drucilla Winters in the hit CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. After her departure from the show in 2007, Rowell went on to star in several made for TV films such as the Lifetime TV remake of Jane Austen’s classic, Pride & Prejudice, where she played Catherine Darcy.
Rowell has offered more than acting to Hollywood as she has produced and directed several projects. She executive produced and directed the film Jacqueline and Jilly, which addressed the Opioid addiction crisis in a well to do Virginian black family. Rowell historically directed Viacom/CBS BET HER movie, Everything Is Fine, focusing on mental wellness in a black family. Rowell appeared in two subsequent BET HER movies from the same series, The Waiting Room: A Long Look in the Mirror and Like, Comment, Subscribe in October 2020 as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Rowell also co-executive produced several Christmas holiday movies for Uplifting Entertainment Network.
This year, Rowell teamed up again with AMC Networks/RLJ Entertainment streamer/ UMC.tv using her interior design prowess for the original limited Series, Trash vs Treasure, working with people to reimagine their spaces with reused or items purchased on a budget.
Rowell/Days Ferry Productions also co-produced a five-part, behind the scenes, Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva podcast with Entertainment Speakers Bureau, available now wherever podcasts are available, such as Apple, Spotify and more. Currently, Rowell co-stars with Greg Alan Williams in the dramatic, criminal justice feature film, Birdie, releasing this month.
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