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{{short description|American comedy television series}}
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* [[Christina Elmore]]
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*[[Susan Fales-Hill]]
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'''''Twenties''''' is an American single-camera comedy series created by [[Lena Waithe]]. The plot is semi-autobiographical and follows "a queer black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, Marie and Nia, who spend most of their days talking 'ish' and chasing their dreams." The show stars [[Jonica T. Gibbs]], [[Christina Elmore]], [[Gabrielle Graham]], [[Sophina Brown]], and [[Big Sean]].<ref name=":0"/> It premiered on [[BET]] on March 4, 2020.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title='Twenties' Trailer: First Look At Lena Waithe's New BET Comedy Series|url=https://deadline.com/video/twenties-trailer-first-look-lena-waithes-bet-comedy-series/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine|last1=Sepinwall|first1=Alan|last2=Fontoura|first2=Maria|title=25 Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2020|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/25-most-anticipated-tv-shows-2020-931597/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 3, 2020|access-date=January 21, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2020, the series was renewed for a second season,<ref name="S2Renewal"/> which premiered on October 13, 2021.<ref name="Season 2 Release Date and Talk Show"/>


== Plot ==
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The scripted comedy series follows a queer black woman in her twenties, Hattie ([[Jonica T. Gibbs]]), and her two straight best friends, Marie ([[Christina Elmore]]) and Nia ([[Gabrielle Graham]]), as they try to find their footing in life, love, and the professional world in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Ju|first=Shirley|title=Lena Waithe on Casting Big Sean for BET Series 'Twenties': 'He's Phenomenal, So Natural'|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/lena-waithe-interview-twenties-bet-series-big-sean-1203287792/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 1, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020|language=en}}</ref>


== Cast ==
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* [[Jonica T. Gibbs]] as Hattie,<ref name=":0"/> a lesbian aspiring screenwriter
* [[Christina Elmore]] as Marie,<ref name=":0"/> a television studio executive
* [[Gabrielle Graham]] as Nia,<ref name=":0"/> a yoga teacher
* [[Sophina Brown]] as Ida B,<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":0"/> Hattie's boss
* [[Big Sean]] as Tristan,<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":0"/> Nia's love interest


=== Recurring ===
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* Madeleine Byrne as Lauren
* Shylo Shaner as Idina
* Ashli Haynes as Courtney
* [[Parker Young]] as Zach


=== Guest stars ===
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* Jevon McFerrin<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Twenties: Season 1 (2020)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/twenties/s01|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref> as Chuck
* [[Rick Fox]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=LaTesha|title=TV News Roundup: BET Releases Trailer for Lena Waithe's 'Twenties'|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-lena-waithe-twenties-1203423324/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2020|language=en}}</ref> as Richard, Chuck's father
* [[Iman Shumpert]]<ref name=":1"/> as Quintrell
* [[Kym Whitley]]<ref name=":1"/> as Esther, Hattie's mom
* [[Vanessa Williams]] as Angela, Chuck's mother
* [[Nazanin Mandi]]<ref name="Twenties">{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title='Twenties' Trailer: First Look At Lena Waithe's New BET Comedy Series|url=https://deadline.com/video/twenties-trailer-first-look-lena-waithes-bet-comedy-series/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media]]|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> as Soraya

== Episodes ==
===Series overview===
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===Season 1 (2020)===
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|Title = Pilot
|DirectedBy = [[Justin Simien]]
|WrittenBy = [[Lena Waithe]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|04}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = I've Got the World on A String
|DirectedBy = Tiffany Johnson
|WrittenBy = Lena Waithe
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|04}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Happy Place
|DirectedBy = Tiffany Johnson
|WrittenBy = Daniel Willis
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|11}}
|Viewers = 0.47<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-11-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313222942/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-11-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 13, 2020|title=UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.11.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 12, 2019|website=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = You Know How I Like It
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|WrittenBy = Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|18}}
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|Title = Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
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|WrittenBy = Naomi Iwamoto
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Redemption Song
|DirectedBy = Justin Tipping
|WrittenBy = [[Keli Goff]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|01}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = What Would Todd Do?
|DirectedBy = Justin Tipping
|WrittenBy = Patricia Ione Lloyd
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|08}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Living The Dream
|DirectedBy = Justin Tipping
|WrittenBy = Azie Dungey
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|15}}
|Viewers = 0.51<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-15-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416210058/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-15-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2020|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 15, 2020|website=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref>
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===Season 2 (2021)===
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|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = One Night Only?
|DirectedBy = Diego Velasco
|WrittenBy = [[Susan Fales-Hill]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|13}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Special Delivery
|DirectedBy = Diego Velasco
|WrittenBy = Daniel Willis
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|20}}
|Viewers = 0.49<ref name="2.02">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-10-20-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 10.20.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=October 21, 2021|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=October 21, 2021}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Killing Me Softly with His Song
|DirectedBy = [[Steven Tsuchida]]
|WrittenBy = LaDarian Smith
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|27}}
|Viewers = 0.63<ref name="2.03">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-10-27-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 10.27.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=October 28, 2021|work=[[Showbuzz Daily]]|access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Everything
|DirectedBy = Steven Tsuchida
|WrittenBy = M. Cornish
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|03}}
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|Title = Cop or Drop?
|DirectedBy = Malakai
|WrittenBy = Naomi Iwamoto
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|10}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Epiphany
|DirectedBy = Malakai
|WrittenBy = Patricia Ione Lloyd
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|17}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Dancing in the Moonlight
|DirectedBy = Cierra Claude
|WrittenBy = Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|24}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = New Beginnings
|DirectedBy = Jingyi Shao
|WrittenBy = Naomi Iwamoto
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|01}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Everything I Wanted
|DirectedBy = Jingyi Shao
|WrittenBy = Brenson Thomas
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|08}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = How Do You Feel?
|DirectedBy = Cierra Claude
|WrittenBy = M. Cornish
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|15}}
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==''Twenties After-Show With B. Scott''==
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|Title = [[Lena Waithe]] & [[Jonica T. Gibbs]]
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|Viewers = 0.31<ref name="2.01"/>
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|Title = [[Iman Shumpert]] NBA player and & JessHilarious
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|Title = Xavier Watson & Amber Whittingham
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|27}}
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|Title = Jevon McFerrin & Crystal Anderson
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{{Episode list
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|Title = [[Sophina Brown]], Derica Cole Washington & Rich Fresh
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|Title = [[Kenya Moore]] & Shylo Shaner
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|Title = [[Parker Young]] & [[Christina Elmore]]
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|Title = [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]], David Bernard Jones, Lea Robinson
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{{Episode list
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Twenties
Three people are shown in a large picture frame, smiling at the camera.
Official promotional poster
GenreComedy[1]
Created byLena Waithe
Written byLena Waithe[2]
Starring
ComposerAmanda Jones
Country of originVereinigte Staaten
Original languageEnglisch
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time30 minutes[1]
Original release
NetworkBET
ReleaseMarch 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) –
December 15, 2021 (2021-12-15)

Twenties is an American single-camera comedy series created by Lena Waithe. The plot is semi-autobiographical and follows "a queer black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, Marie and Nia, who spend most of their days talking 'ish' and chasing their dreams." The show stars Jonica T. Gibbs, Christina Elmore, Gabrielle Graham, Sophina Brown, and Big Sean.[2] It premiered on BET on March 4, 2020.[3][4] In June 2020, the series was renewed for a second season,[5] which premiered on October 13, 2021.[6]

Plot

The scripted comedy series follows a queer black woman in her twenties, Hattie (Jonica T. Gibbs), and her two straight best friends, Marie (Christina Elmore) and Nia (Gabrielle Graham), as they try to find their footing in life, love, and the professional world in Los Angeles.[2]

Cast

Recurring

  • Madeleine Byrne as Lauren
  • Shylo Shaner as Idina
  • Ashli Haynes as Courtney
  • Parker Young as Zach

Guest stars

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
18March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)
210October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)December 15, 2021 (2021-12-15)

Season 1 (2020)

Twenties, season 1 episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [9]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [9]U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot"Justin SimienLena WaitheMarch 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)0.56[10]
22"I've Got the World on A String"Tiffany JohnsonLena WaitheMarch 4, 2020 (2020-03-04)0.45[10]
33"Happy Place"Tiffany JohnsonDaniel WillisMarch 11, 2020 (2020-03-11)0.47[11]
44"You Know How I Like It"Juel TaylorKimiko Matsuda-LawrenceMarch 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)0.56[12]
55"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"Juel TaylorNaomi IwamotoMarch 25, 2020 (2020-03-25)0.53[13]
66"Redemption Song"Justin TippingKeli GoffApril 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)0.52[14]
77"What Would Todd Do?"Justin TippingPatricia Ione LloydApril 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)0.49[15]
88"Living The Dream"Justin TippingAzie DungeyApril 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)0.51[16]

Season 2 (2021)

Twenties, season 2 episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [17][9]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [17][9]U.S. viewers
(millions)
91"One Night Only?"Diego VelascoSusan Fales-HillOctober 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)0.49[18]
102"Special Delivery"Diego VelascoDaniel WillisOctober 20, 2021 (2021-10-20)0.49[19]
113"Killing Me Softly with His Song"Steven TsuchidaLaDarian SmithOctober 27, 2021 (2021-10-27)0.63[20]
124"Everything"Steven TsuchidaM. CornishNovember 3, 2021 (2021-11-03)0.56[21]
135"Cop or Drop?"MalakaiNaomi IwamotoNovember 10, 2021 (2021-11-10)0.46[22]
146"Epiphany"MalakaiPatricia Ione LloydNovember 17, 2021 (2021-11-17)0.59[23]
157"Dancing in the Moonlight"Cierra ClaudeKimiko Matsuda-LawrenceNovember 24, 2021 (2021-11-24)0.49[24]
168"New Beginnings"Jingyi ShaoNaomi IwamotoDecember 1, 2021 (2021-12-01)0.60[25]
179"Everything I Wanted"Jingyi ShaoBrenson ThomasDecember 8, 2021 (2021-12-08)0.52[26]
1810"How Do You Feel?"Cierra ClaudeM. CornishDecember 15, 2021 (2021-12-15)0.54[27]

Twenties After-Show With B. Scott

No.Title [28][29]Original air date [28][29]U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Lena Waithe & Jonica T. Gibbs"October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)0.31[18]
2"Iman Shumpert NBA player and & JessHilarious"October 20, 2021 (2021-10-20)0.31[19]
3"Xavier Watson & Amber Whittingham"October 27, 2021 (2021-10-27)0.37[20]
4"Jevon McFerrin & Crystal Anderson"November 3, 2021 (2021-11-03)0.32[21]
5"Sophina Brown, Derica Cole Washington & Rich Fresh"November 10, 2021 (2021-11-10)0.27[22]
6"Kenya Moore & Shylo Shaner"November 17, 2021 (2021-11-17)0.40[23]
7"Parker Young & Christina Elmore"November 24, 2021 (2021-11-24)0.26[24]
8"Estelle, David Bernard Jones, Lea Robinson"December 1, 2021 (2021-12-01)0.38[25]
9"Donnell Rawling & Nia Jervier"December 8, 2021 (2021-12-08)0.34[26]
10"Jonica T. Gibbs, Big Sean & Gabrielle Graham"December 15, 2021 (2021-12-15)0.32[27]

Production

Development

Lena Waithe wrote the series when she was in her twenties based on her experience of Los Angeles when she first moved there.[2] She stated that she was intentional about creating a series starring a "masculine-presenting stud" with straight friends because that was her own personal experience.[30] Waithe asked Susan Fales-Hill to help her produce the series, which was initially in talks to be produced by BET, then landed at Hulu before being picked up by BET again.[30] It is the first series on the network to center a queer lead character.[30]

On April 15, 2019, BET announced that they had ordered the eight-episode comedy series, Twenties, written by Lena Waithe.[31] Waithe is the co-showrunner with Fales-Hill. The two are also executive producers with Rishi Rajani and Andrew Coles.[31] The director of the pilot, and co-executive producer is Justin Tipping.[3]

Of her experience filming Twenties, Waithe stated that BET gave no notes and was supportive of the producers' creative vision.[2]

On June 26, 2020, BET renewed the series for a second season.[5] A talk show hosted by B. Scott, Twenties After-Show With B. Scott, premiered on October 13, 2021.[6]

Release

The series premiered on March 4, 2020.[4] The second season premiered on October 13, 2021.[6]

Critical reception

Twenties has received "generally favorable reviews" according to aggregator Metacritic, where it received a score of 73/100.[32] It received a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is described in the critics consensus, "sharply written and hilarious relatable, Twenties is another impressive series from creator Lena Waithe that also announces Jonica T. Gibbs as a talent to watch."[7]

In a review for Variety, Caroline Framke wrote, "In large part thanks to Gibbs' appealingly loose performance, it's entertaining to watch Hattie figure out how to break into the business, but without any clear motivations pushing her, it's frustratingly ephemeral. If she and Twenties want to be memorable, they both have to figure out what's actually driving them to do it."[33] In a less positive review, Kellee Terrell of The A.V. Club stated: "Pilots are always tricky because they have to introduce viewers to new characters and rules, but the hyperfocus on Blackness distracts from the real issue at hand: [] character development."[34]

Accolades

Year Award Kategorie Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2022 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Twenties Nominated [35]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ju, Shirley (August 1, 2019). "Lena Waithe on Casting Big Sean for BET Series 'Twenties': 'He's Phenomenal, So Natural'". Variety. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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  35. ^ "The Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
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