Photo Coverage: SHOWTIME Kicks Off 2018 Emmy Season with THE CHI at the DGA in Los Angeles
Last night, Showtime kicked off the 2018 Emmy® season with its new one-hour drama series, THE CHI at the DGA in Los Angeles. Members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences viewed an episode of THE CHI, followed by a conversation with Creator and Executive producer Lena Waithe and Executive Producer Common, Jason Mitchell, Director Rick Famuyiwa and panel moderator Lil Rel Howery.
On Chicago's south side, an average day finds kids prepping for school as their parents head off to work, young adults trying to make a living, and the elders keeping an eye on things from their front porches. But in this tough neighborhood, real dangers threaten daily to squelch dreams, and the simplest decisions can have life or death consequences. From Emmy® winner Lena Waithe, THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
Jason Mitchell at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME.
Jason Mitchell at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
Jason Mitchell at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Panel Moderator Lil Rel Howery at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Byron Bowers at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
Jason Mitchell and Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Jason Mitchell and Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18.
Jason Mitchell and Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Jason Mitchell and Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Jason Mitchell and Executive Producer Lena Waithe and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18.
Moderator Lil Rel Howery and Jason Mitchell at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Jason Mitchell and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Director Rick Famuyiwa at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Moderator Lil Rel Howery, Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Common at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Common at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
The Chi Executive Producers Common and Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
The Chi Executive Producers Common and Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18.
Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, Executive Producer Common and Gary Levine, President Of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, Executive Producer Common and Director Rick Famuyiwa at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Moderator Lil Rel Howery, Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, Executive Producer Common, and Director Rick Famuyiwa at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18.
Moderator Lil Rel Howery and Executive Producer Common at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Jason Mitchell at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Moderator Lil Rel Howery at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Executive Producer Common at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME.
Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, Executive Producer Common, and Director Rick Famuyiwa at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Moderator Lil Rel Howery, Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, Executive Producer Common, and Director Rick Famuyiwa at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
Executive Producer Lena Waithe at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, and Executive Producer Common at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
Director Rick Famuwiya at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME.
Moderator Lil Rel Howery, Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, Executive Producer Common, and Director Rick Famuyiwa at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18
Executive Producer Lena Waithe, Jason Mitchell, and Executive Producer Common at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
Executive Producer Lena Waithe and Jason Mitchell at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
Executive Producer Lean Waithe's shoes at the 2018 Showtime EMMY FYC screening of THE CHI at DGA on 3/9/18. - Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/SHOWTIME
