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Winter’s breakout hit is a throwback soap pitched as “black Dynasty,” and viewers are watching. It’s this season’s top-rated newcomer among young-adult viewers, and ratings for Wednesday’s second episode climbed from the show’s premiere, a rare feat.
The show stars Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, a dying hip-hop music mogul, who wants to bequeath his business to one of three sons. But along comes ex-wife Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), fresh out of a 17-year jail stint, to fight her way back into the family business. She latches onto Jamal, their gay son, after Lucious is ashamed by his interest in coming out.
Co-creator Danny Strong “wanted to have someone who was running this family but doing it in an iron-fisted way,” while addressing social issues and “attacking homophobia in a mainstream genre.”
“It’s life, with a little bit of camp, so we can laugh,” said pajama-clad co-creator Lee Daniels (The Butler). “Don’t y’all miss Dynasty?” he asked writers at the Television Critics Association.
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SOURCE: USA Today – Gary Levin
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