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Starz Announces Premiere Date For “Run the World” Season 2

Phyllis Coley @phyllis_coley

 New episodes of the Starz comedy Run the World are on the way.

(L-R) Amber Stevens West, Bresha Webb, and Corbin Reid (Courtesy of STARZ)

The network has announced that Season 2 is set to premiere on Friday, May 26 at 9:30/8:30c. New episodes will also become available at midnight ET via the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms.

Run the World follows a group of “smart, funny, and vibrant thirty-something Black women — fiercely loyal best friends — who live, work and play in Harlem,” per the official logline. “As they strive for world domination, they each navigate career highs and lows, hookups and heartbreaks that cause them to re-evaluate who they are and where they are going. At its core, it’s an authentic and unapologetic show about enviable friendship and not only surviving but thriving together.”

The series, which exemplifies STARZ #TakeTheLead commitment, stars Amber Stevens West (“The Carmichael Show”) as “Whitney,” a perfectionist who almost always plays by the rules; Bresha Webb (“Marlon”) as “Renee,” the vivacious, soon-to-be-divorced diva with a seemingly thriving career; and Corbin Reid (“Valor”) as “Sondi,” an erudite professional who begins to reevaluate both her career and personal priorities.

Andrea Bordeaux, who starred as Ella in Season 1, will not be back after exiting the show over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Lionsgate, which produces Run the World. As previously reported, Lionsgate was in conversations with Bordeaux regarding her concerns about the mandate and allegedly offered “reasonable ways to accommodate them.” However, a “workable solution” did not pan out and Bordeaux chose to walk away from the show. (Bordeaux, however, maintained that Lionsgate “made no efforts to find a workable solution. I was fired.”)

Tika Sumpter

New cast additions for Season 2 include Tika Sumpter (The Haves and the Have Nots), Isha Blaaker (Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming), Cree Summer (Rugrats), and Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins (Dear White People). Meanwhile, Rachelle Williams — whose credits include Love Life, mixed-ish, and Survivor’s Remorse — will take over for Yvette Lee Bowser (Living Single) as showrunner. Williams will also executive-produce alongside Bowser and series creator Leigh Davenport.