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[07/13/22 - 07:16 AM]
Paramount Garners 86 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations
This marks the most nominations for the company since the merger of Viacom and CBS in 2019.

[04/05/22 - 12:00 PM]
Video: BET+ Originals - "The Porter"
"The Porter" follows the journeys of characters who hustle, dream, cross borders and pursue their ambitions in the fight for liberation - on and off the railways that cross North America.

[07/19/21 - 11:40 PM]
Development Update: Monday, July 19
Updates include: Madeleine Mantock to exit The CW's "Charmed"; Emma McDonald scores lead role in AMC's "Moonhaven"; and HBO's Alicia Vikander-led "Irma Vep" fills out principal cast.

[06/17/21 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 17
Updates include: FOX's "The Moodys," Netflix's "Grand Army" get the axe; Patrick Fugit boards HBO Max's "Love and Death"; and Showtime's "Let the Right One In" pilot fills out cast.

[04/08/21 - 08:01 AM]
Aml Ameen, Ronnie Rowe Jr. and Mouna Traore Set to Co-Star in New CBC and BET+ Original Series "The Porter"
The series is set to start production in Winnipeg, Manitoba later this spring, more additions to the cast will be announced in the coming weeks.

[12/11/20 - 09:22 AM]
CBC and BET+ Greenlight "The Porter" (working title), An Original Drama About Railway Workers in Canada and the United States Who Joined Together to Give Birth to the World's First Black Union and Sparked a Civil Rights Movement
Annmarie Morais and Marsha Greene are writers/showrunners on the eight-part series, with Charles Officer and R.T. Thorne set to executive produce and direct.







PORTER, THE (BET PLUS)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
5/5/22
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2021-2022 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (8 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
(from BET+'s web site, May 2022) EMMY-NOMINATED® BET+ ORIGINAL. Four people hailing from St. Antoine, Montreal, hustle, dream and confront racial barriers on and off the railways between Canada and Chicago in the 1920s.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alfre Woodard as Fay
· Aml Ameen as Junior Massey
· Arnold Pinnock as Glenford
· Bruce Ramsay as Dinger
· Loren Lott as Lucy
· Mouna Traoré as Marlene Massey
· Oluniké Adeliyi as Queenie
· Ronnie Rowe, Jr. as Zeke Garrett
CREW INFORMATION:
· Annmarie Morais as EP
· Arnold Pinnock as CRTR/CO-EP
· Aubrey Nealon as EP
· Bruce Ramsay as CRTR/CO-EP
· Charles Officer as DIR/EP
· Marsha Greene as EP
· R.T. Thorne as DIR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Inferno Pictures
· Sienna Films