OWN has revealed that the fourth season of acclaimed drama Queen Sugar will premiere Wednesday, June 12th at 9:00, a change from previous seasons when the show would receive a two-night premiere.
Additionally, the series has promoted Walter Perez (The Avengers) to series regular after recurring last season as Charley’s love interest Romero. The season will see the debut of Erica Tazel (Justified) as socially conscious attorney Deesha Brown-Sonnier and Kendall Clark as Deesha’s bright tomboy daughter Joie, who becomes friends with Blue, both of which are recurring.
Season four of Queen Sugar continues two of its yearly traditions, with an all-female director roster including Carmen Marrón (Go for It!), Numa Perrier (SMILF), Heidi Saman (Namour), Bola Ogun (Are We Good Parents?), and Tchaiko Omawale (Solace) and a showrunner change, as Anthony Sparks (Stomp) subs in for season three showrunner Kat Candler.
Queen Sugar is part of a scripted slate for OWN that includes The Haves and the Have Nots, Greenleaf, If Loving You is Wrong, and The Paynes, as well as upcoming dramas Ambitions and David Makes Man.
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Hah. The brilliant writer-producer and Showrunner Anthony Sparks is not “subbing in” for the highly inexperienced Kat Candler. The truth is Candler was fired for almost ruining Queen Sugar. In addition to DuVernay, Sparks has been a key creative force of Queen Sugar and has been with the show since the beginning. Sparks promotion to Queen Sugar Showrunner was seen as long overdue by many industry watchers. He’s a rare Black male tv drama Showrunner, is beloved and respected by many, and it’s sickening and racist how the press keeps protecting the white Candler’s totally foreseeable failure as a Showrunner. All of TV knows she tanked and should have never been given or accepted the job. That’s the Truth!