How Lena Waithe and Phylicia Rashad blend personal truth into 7th season of "The Chi"
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The most-streamed season premiere in "The Chi" history has brought together an talented duo: Emmy winner Lena Waithe and Broadway legend Phylicia Rashad, who are exploring how three generations of Black women navigate love, family and Chicago's South Side in the hit Showtime drama's seventh season.
The drama series, which follows characters from different walks of life on Chicago's South Side, has been renewed for an eighth season following the most-streamed season premiere in the show's history.
"You can't make a TV show without a loyal audience, and you also want to create characters that people fall in love with, that they can relate to," said Waithe, who serves as creator and executive producer. "Being a daughter of Chicago, we understand the responsibility of making sure people know that Chicago is a community."
