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Barbaroslar: Akdeniz’in Kılıcı (Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean), a period drama series that bowed last month on TRT 1 in Turkey, picked up the most followers on Instagram of all the new series that made their debut in September, according to The Wit.

Get all the scoop on OUR KIND OF PEOPLE, airing on FOX on Tuesday, October 12, 2021!

Portrayed by Chicago Med‘s Yaya DaCosta, the protagonist of this story is hoping to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her haircare line that highlights the natural beauty of Black women. But the task is easier said then done when she discovers a dark secret about her own mother’s past which turns her world upside down. In the trailer, below, DaCosta’s character proudly states that “the only crown I’ve ever worn is the one growing out of my head.â�...

Fox Announces Fall 2021 Schedule FOX has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series.   Hit series 9-1-1 returns for its fifth season on  Monday, Sept. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the series premiere of uplifting drama THE BIG LEAP (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), starring Scott Foley, Simone Recasner, Piper Perabo, Ser’Darius Blain and Teri Polo. All-new drama OUR KIND OF PEOPLE, from executive producers Karin Gist and Lee Daniels, debuts  Tuesday, Sept. 21 (...

Former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett has joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ upcoming Fox drama 'Our Kind of People.'

Search Luckett will star opposite Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut Reid Nakamura | June 3, 2021 @ 11:00 AM Paras Griffin/Getty Images Former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett has joined the cast of Karin Gist and Lee Daniels’ upcoming Fox drama “Our Kind of People,” the network announced Thursday. Luckett joins the show in a series regular role, set to star opposite “Chicago Med” alum Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book, “Our Kind of P...

May 26, 2021 A new Fox drama series “Our Kind of People,” from “Empire” creator Lee Daniels is set for the Fall schedule. Affluent and well-connected Black families are the focus, based on “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class,” a 1999 nonfiction book by Lawrence Otis Graham.  Set on Massachusetts’ fabled Martha’s Vineyard island, it stars Yaya DaCosta (“Chicago Med,” “Whitney”) and Morris Chestnut (“The Resident”). The series will join the net...

May 18, 2021 Share LOS ANGELES — Affluent and well-connected Black families are the focus of “Our Kind of People,” a new Fox drama series from “Empire” creator Lee Daniels. Based on “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class,” a 1999 nonfiction book by Lawrence Otis Graham, the series will join the network’s fall schedule, while midseason’s “The Cleaning Lady” will bring the rarity of an Asian lead character to TV. Elodie Yung (“The Hitman’s Body...

Morris Chestnut has been casted as the male lead of Lee Daniels drama series Our Kind of People opposite of Yaya DaCosta.

Fox Fall Schedule: Monday’s ‘911’ Block Broken Up as ‘Lone Star’ Moves to Midseason “9-1-1” will lead into Scott Foley drama “The Big Leap,” while Lee Daniels’ “Our Kind of People” follows “The Resident” Jennifer Maas | May 17, 2021 @ 2:00 PM Fox announced its fall schedule Monday, revealing that “9-1-1” universe fans will no longer be enjoying the shows back to back in the first half of the 2021-22 season, as spinoff “9-1-1: Lone Star” has been pushed to mid...