{"id":23723,"date":"2025-06-18T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=23723"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:31:10","slug":"61st-street-with-courtney-b-vance-returns-to-universal-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/61st-street-with-courtney-b-vance-returns-to-universal-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;61st Street&#8221; with Courtney B. Vance Returns to Universal TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Courtney B. Vance reprises his role as Franklin Roberts in the second season of the popular crime-drama thriller, premiering on 19 June at 20:00 CAT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/universaltv-logo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/universaltv-logo.jpg?resize=220%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/universaltv-logo.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/universaltv-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/universaltv-logo.jpg?resize=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The American crime-drama thriller <strong><em>61<sup>st<\/sup> Street<\/em><\/strong> returns for an exhilarating second season on Universal TV (DStv 117). The eight-part series premieres on 19 June 2025, with new episodes airing every Thursday at 8pm (CAT) until 1 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><strong><em>61<sup>st<\/sup> Street<\/em><\/strong><\/a> tells the story of Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete, who gets swept up in the Chicago criminal justice system. He is arrested as a supposed gang member after an officer dies during a drug bust gone wrong. Franklin Roberts, who has promised his wife that he will retire as a public defender, takes on Johnson&#8217;s case because he recognises its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional racism and endemic corruption at its heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"61st Street | Brand New Season | Universal TV on DStv\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zeFrZN880jA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside Emmy\u00ae-winners Courtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis, the series also stars Mark O\u2019Brien, Holt McCallany, Tosin Cole, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Bentley Green and Jerod Haynes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From AMC Studios,&nbsp;<strong><em>61st Street<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is executive produced by BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat&nbsp;(<em>The Night Of<\/em>, <em>Your Honor<\/em>), J. David Shanks (<em>The Chi<\/em>, <em>Seven Seconds<\/em>, <em>Shots Fired<\/em>), Outlier Society\u2019s Michael B. Jordan and&nbsp;Elizabeth Raposo&nbsp;(<em>Just Mercy<\/em>, <em>David Makes Man<\/em>),&nbsp;Alana Mayo&nbsp;(<em>Tom Clancy&#8217;s Without Remorse<\/em>, <em>Just Mercy<\/em>),&nbsp;Jeff Freilich&nbsp;(<em>Lodge 49<\/em>, <em>Dispatches from Elsewhere<\/em>) and&nbsp;Hilary Salmon&nbsp;(<em>MotherFatherSon<\/em>, <em>The Night Of<\/em>, <em>London Spy<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season 2 of <em>61<sup>st<\/sup> Street <\/em>premieres on Universal TV on 19 June&nbsp; at 20.00, with new episodes airing every Thursday until the season finale on 1 August.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Universal TV is available on DStv Channel 117 across Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtney B. Vance reprises his role as Franklin Roberts in the second season of the popular crime-drama thriller, premiering on 19 June at 20:00 CAT. 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