Being Mary Jane (2013)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 51 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful TV news anchor balances her high pressure career with complicated personal relationships. She navigates family expectations, romance, and the demands of being a Black woman in media.

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What happens

Being Mary Jane is an American drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and starring Gabrielle Union. The pilot aired on July 2, 2013, as an hour-long television film across a 90-minute timeslot, before resuming as a weekly series on January 7, 2014, on BET. The series follows the professional and personal life of successful TV news anchor Mary Jane Paul, who lives in Atlanta and New York City. Being Mary Jane received positive reviews from critics. It debut as BET's highest-rated series premiere with four million viewers. On January 6, 2016, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on January 10, 2017. It was announced on October 11, 2017, that the series would end. A two-hour television film finale was planned to air in 2018 but never came to fruition. On December 7, 2018, BET announced that the finale had been pushed back to air on April 16, 2019. On April 1, 2019, it was announced that the TV film finale date was pushed back to April 23. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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