Netflix Renews ‘Dear White People’

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Netflix Thursday announced it will bring back its original series Dear White People for a third season.

The series, based on the acclaimed 2014 film by the same name, continues to follow a group of Winchester University students of color as they navigate a diverse landscape of social injustice, cultural bias, political correctness (or lack thereof) and activism in the millennial age, said Netflix.

Dear White People, from series creator, executive producer, director, writer and co-showrunner Justin Simien, is produced by Lionsgate for Netflix and stars Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, Antoinette Robertson, DeRon Horton, John Patrick Amedori, Ashley Blaine Featherson and Marque Richardson.

Yvette Lee Bowser serves as co-showrunner and executive producer for the series, with Stephanie Allain and Julia Lebedev also serving as executive producers. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.