OWN Sets Akil Drama Love Is Premiere Date

OWN has set a Tuesday, June 19th premiere date for upcoming relationship drama Love Is. The series will be airing at 10:00 following The Haves and Have Nots, joining a summer slate for the network that also includes acclaimed drama Queen Sugar.

From Mara Brock and Salim Akil (Girlfriends), Love Is follows Nuri (Michele Weaver) and Yasir (Will Catlett), a power couple as they navigate the intricacies of Black Hollywood. Told from the perspective of the characters’ present-day selves and primarily set in 1990’s Los Angeles, Love Is revisits the social issues and vibrant black culture of that time reflecting on how it all aligned to shape the couple they have become nearly 20 years later.

In addition to Weaver and Catlett, Love Is stars Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing (Hunter Street), Tyrone Marshall Brown (Chicago PD), Idara Victor (Mad Men), Kadeem Hardison (Parenthood), Clarke Peters (Treme), and Wendy Davis (Army Wives).

 The series was previously under development at ABC, where it was a multi-camera comedy.