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BET+ has set the return of Carl Weber’s The Family Business, starring Ernie Hudson. The series premieres on Thursday, July 4 on BET+ with two episodes, followed by a new episode every Thursday throughout the ten-episode season.  The finale arrives on August 29. The series follows the…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has ordered a New Orleans-set spinoff of Carl Weber’s The Family Business, with Brandon T. Jackson set to star. He also will serve as an associate producer on the eight-episode series, which is set to begin production in March. Related Stories …

EXCLUSIVE: Brely Evans and Ben Stephens, who recur on Carl Weber’s The Family Business as Sonya Duncan and Curtis Duncan, have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming fourth season. Additionally, Bern Nadette Stanis (Good Times), Nayirah Teshali and Sacaiah Shaw have joined the BET+ series in heavily…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+'s The Family Business has added Nazo Bravo in a recurring role for season three. Bravo, who has appeared in series including CBS' NCIS: LA and TNT's Southland, will play Russian oligarch Demetri Igor in the third season of Carl Weber's drama. It comes as the series, which is based on Weber's…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ is rounding out its cast for Season 3 of Carl Weber’s The Family Business. KJ Smith, who recurred in the first two seasons as Sasha Duncan, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3. Additionally, Stan Shaw (Rocky), Sheila E., Denise Boutte (Meet the Browns, Young Justice), Jasper Cole (Brooklyn…

EXCLUSIVE: Midway through its second season, BET+ has picked up a third season of Carl Weber’s The Family Business, based on Weber’s bestselling crime drama book series. Production is scheduled to begin next month in Los Angeles. You can watch a trailer below. The Family Business follows the Duncans, an upstanding…

BET+ has ordered a second season of Carl Weber’s The Family Business, based on his bestselling crime drama book series. The 12-episode Season 2, up from the first season’s eight-episode order, recently started production under the helm of The Family Business Productions in Los Angeles. It’s slated to launch on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Ernie Hudson, who just wrapped stints on two TV series — season 4 of Netflix’s hit Grace and Frankie and Fox’s freshman prime time cop show A.P.B. — has just signed on to headline the feature film The Family Business which is based on The New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber’s novel. The film also…

NBC purchased The Family Business from writer Matt Wheeler, The Dan Jinks Company, and CBS Television Studios.  The story was pitched as the birth of a young would-be Godfather,  a la Michael Corleone.  Dan Jinks, who will executive produce, hatched this idea after hearing of a friend who learned in his late 20's that…