Twenties: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

BET | Season Premiere Date: March 4, 2020

Summary: Aspiring writer/PA Hattie (Jonica "JoJo" T. Gibbs), film executive Marie (Christina Elmore) and ex-child-star-turned-yoga-instructor Nia (Gabrielle Graham) balance work, love and friendship in Los Angeles in the comedy series from Lena Waithe.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: October 27, 2021
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S1:E9. Episode 9
Air Date: October 27, 2021
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S1:E8. Living The Dream
Air Date: April 15, 2020

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IndieWire Tambay Obenson

Mar 4, 2020

It’s a cutesy, sometimes insightful, and humorous comedy-drama about navigating maybe the most exciting and terrifying decade of adulthood, all while trying to make it in showbiz. It’s a series that clearly wants to set itself apart with its visual style and rhythm, and, for the most part, it succeeds in that regard. Holding it all together are the natural comedic talents of Gibbs as Hattie. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Mar 3, 2020

The playful, immediately winsome BET comedy (which shares its title with Waithe's 2013 webseries) is a dishy showbiz tale that's eager to reveal some ugly truths about an outwardly glamorous business. Read full review

Verne Gay

Feb 28, 2020

Newcomer Gibbs is good, but it's a shame Waithe doesn't appear in her own story — a sharply written, often amusing one. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Mar 3, 2020

Twenties palpably comes from a real place. And while autobiography isn’t always a storytelling virtue unto itself, it’s clear that Lena Waithe learned a lot of smart lessons in her journey from being someone with Hattie’s job to being someone with Ida B’s. Read full review

Kellee Terrell

Mar 4, 2020

For the moment, Waithe’s Twenties is fine, it gets by, but here’s hoping it exceeds that to become the Black excellence Waithe believes she can deliver—and that her viewers deserve. Read full review

Hannah Giorgis

Mar 6, 2020

While the dialogue sometimes veers into cliché, Twenties is sharpest when its characters work through issues rooted in Waithe’s own path to Hollywood power. Read full review

Joel Keller

Mar 12, 2020

Twenties is definitely light on character development, but Gibbs shines as Hattie and the perspective the show presents is unique. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 13, 2021
Season 1

72
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 4, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: October 27, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E9. Episode 9
  Air Date: October 27, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E8. Living The Dream
  Air Date: April 15, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E7. What Would Todd Do?
  Air Date: April 8, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E6. Redemption Song
  Air Date: April 1, 2020
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  S1:E5. Ain't Nothing LikeThe Real Thing
  Air Date: March 25, 2020
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  S1:E4. You Know How I Like It
  Air Date: March 18, 2020
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  S1:E3. Happy Place
  Air Date: March 11, 2020
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  S1:E2. I've Got The World On A String
  Air Date: March 4, 2020
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: March 4, 2020