{"id":82509,"date":"2018-03-13T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2018\/03\/13\/starz-sets-july-1st-premiere-date-for-power-season-5-renews-series-for-season-6\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T01:50:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T01:50:32","slug":"starz-sets-july-1st-premiere-date-for-power-season-5-renews-series-for-season-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/starz-sets-july-1st-premiere-date-for-power-season-5-renews-series-for-season-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Sets July 1st Premiere Date For Power Season 5, Renews Series For Season 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starz Sets July 1st Premiere Date For Power Season 5, Renews Series For Season 6<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 13, 2018<\/p>\n

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In advance of production wrapping on season five, Starz announced today the early renewal<\/strong> of hit STARZ Original series \u201cPower\u201d for an additional sixth season, with<\/strong> Curtis \u201c50 Cent\u201d Jackson scheduled to direct the season six premiere episode.<\/strong> From creator and showrunner Courtney A. Kemp, \u201cPower\u201d has continued to perform for the network growing with each season and establishing several all-time high performances for STARZ viewership. The much-anticipated fifth season will return on Sunday, July 1st at 9PM ET\/PT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starz President of Programming Carmi Zlotnik said, “As \u2018Power\u2019 wraps production on season five, we want to acknowledge and thank our spectacular \u2018Power\u2019 team for producing another great season. We are also pleased to announce a pick-up for season six.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cPower\u201d is the hugely successful New York-based crime drama created by Courtney A. Kemp who executive produces alongside Curtis \u201c50 Cent\u201d Jackson, Mark Canton, Randall Emmett, Gary Lennon and Shana Stein. The critically-acclaimed fourth season averaged 9.3 million multiplatform viewers per episode and is the most-watched franchise for Starz, averaging 7.4 million multiplatform viewers for all four seasons.* \u201cPower\u201d ranks number 3 among premium scripted series for viewers* * and was a top three Sunday night program on Nielsen Social Rankings nine out of 10 weeks.* * * The series is the recent recipient of three 2018 NAACP Image Awards\u00ae including \u201cOutstanding Drama Series\u201d and \u201cOutstanding Actor in a Drama Series,\u201d and a 2017 People\u2019s Choice Award\u00ae for \u201cFavorite Premium Drama Series.\u201d<\/p>\n

About \u201cPower\u201d \u201cPower\u201d is a visionary drama that straddles the glamorous Manhattan lifestyles of the rich and infamous and the underworld of the international drug trade. The cast is led by Omari Hardwick<\/strong> as James \u201cGhost\u201d St. Patrick, a man trying to escape his role as a drug kingpin for a legitimized life in the elite of NYC; Joseph Sikora<\/strong> as his brother in arms in the drug business, Tommy Egan; Naturi Naughton<\/strong> plays Ghost\u2019s fierce wife Tasha St. Patrick; and Lela Loren<\/strong> is his first love, Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Valdes.<\/p>\n

The show is also produced by G-Unit Films and Television, the production company launched by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and Canton\u2019s Atmosphere Entertainment MM.<\/p>\n