BET+ Reveals KevOnStage’s ‘Churchy’ Season 2 Premiere Date (Exclusive)
Breakout comedy Churchy, created and led by Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks, will be back in August.
BET Media Group announced on Monday that the BET+ original series will drop all 10 episodes of season two on the streamer Aug. 21.
Fredericks will reprise his role as Pastor Corey Carr Jr. in Churchy season two, which sees his character inherit “leadership of Bethlehem Temple, along with a surprise book of debts. He and his wildly unqualified church crew must navigate the daily headaches of ministry life, all while fending off a vengeful rival’s plan to replace the church with a trampoline park,” the logline reads.
Returning series regulars also include Mark J.P. Hood, Lexi Allen, and Anthony Elfonzia, Quin Walters, Tahir Moore, alongside newcomers Jasmine Luv and Nic Few. Guest stars for the second season also include Tabitha Brown, Kirk Franklin, Keith Lee and Tony Baker.
In addition to Churchy season two, BET has also greenlit The Hospital, another original series from KevOnStage.
Set inside the “most incompetent medical facility in the country,” the new satirical sketch comedy series, premiering Sept. 10, “offers a behind-the-scenes look at what happens when you mix improv comedy with ‘total medical negligence,’” according to BET.
The Hospital stars KevOnStage, Baker, Chris “CP” Powell, D’Lai, Dinora Walcott, Walters, Moore, Candice Renee, Tamara Jade, Patrick Cloud, Mel Mitchell, Jordan Conley, Loren Lott and Jazmine Robinson.
The new series marks BET’s second time teaming up with KevOnStage (who has amassed millions of followers on social media), as the network continues to offer a broader platform for creators who are social and digital first. After Churchy season one debuted last year, it became the most-watched scripted comedy on BET+ during its premiere week before later premiering on BET’s linear cable network.
KevOnStage is executive producing Churchy with Melissa Fredericks for KevOnStage Studios. The series was penned by Richard A. Washington and David Murphy.
As for The Hospital, KevOnStage and Washington serve as the creators, executive producers, showrunners and directors, with Melissa Fredericks also executive producing.
LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson and Lezlie Wills are also serving as executive producers for SpringHill for both Churchy and The Hospital.
