Black Drama TV Shows 2024: Must-Watch Stories of Heart & Soul
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Black Drama TV Shows releasing in 2024
Black Drama TV Shows already released in 2024
Black Cast
Treasure Nkosi, Xolile Tshabalala, Buyile Mdladla, Mike Ndlangamandla, Connie Chiume, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Pallance Dladla
Release Date
September 20, 2024
Synopsis
After years of estrangement, Khanyi Adesina returns home to fight for her family's business empire as it threatens to collapse under corruption.
Black Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues, Edson Oliveira, Roberta Rodrigues, Sabrina Rosa, Eli Ferreira, Victor Andrade
Release Date
August 25, 2024
Synopsis
Twenty years after City of God, Buscapé recounts how conflicts between police, traffickers, and militias impacted the community.
Black Cast
Forest Whitaker, Grantham Coleman, Tiffany Mack, Paulina Lule, Deanna Reed-Foster, James Vincent Meredith
Release Date
July 14, 2024
Synopsis
Follows Talcott Garland, whose tranquil existence is upended by the death of his father. Mariah Denton, a former journalist and ardent conspiracy theorist, questions the manner of his death and thinks he was the victim of foul play.
Black Cast
Moses Ingram, Y'lan Noel, Byron Bowers, Josiah Cross
Release Date
July 18, 2024
Synopsis
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.
Black Cast
Tosin Cole, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Josh Tedeku, Adelayo Adedayo
Created By Black
Rapman
Release Date
June 27, 2024
Synopsis
When five ordinary South Londoners discover they have extraordinary powers, it's down to one man to bring them together to save the woman he loves.
Black Cast
Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, Dexter Darden, Taraji P. Henson, Myles Bullock, Don Cheadle, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Chloe Bailey, Melvin Gregg, Artrece Johnson, Jalyn Hall, Clifton Powell
Created By Black
Shaye Ogbonna
Release Date
September 05, 2024
Synopsis
The story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen.
Black Cast
Gabz, Victor Liam
Release Date
April 04, 2024
Synopsis
After her best friend Ícaro is found dead, aspiring rapper Malu sets out to unravel the truth behind his mysterious passing.
Black Cast
Dionne Brown, Samuel Adewunmi, Bellah
Created By Black
Candice Carty-Williams
Release Date
June 07, 2024
Synopsis
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild.
Black Cast
Tanzyn Crawford, Keiynan Lonsdale, Eliza Matengu, Alfred Chuol, Daniel Wuol, Blessing Mokgohloa, Jeriya Benn
Created By Black
Tig Terera
Release Date
April 24, 2024
Synopsis
When 21-year-old Elsie discovers that her hustler father Robert is being hunted down by a merciless crime boss over a bad debt, she decides to help him, sparking the beginnings of a reconciliation and a dubious reign as partners in crime.
Black Cast
Ncuti Gatwa, Angela Wynter, Michelle Greenidge
Release Date
May 10, 2024
Synopsis
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Black Cast
Diarra Kilpatrick, Morris Chestnut, Phylicia Rashād, Dominique Perry, Claudia Logan, Bryan Terrell Clark, Shannon Wallace, Jon Chaffin
Release Date
April 18, 2024
Synopsis
A divorcing, overworked teacher finds herself drawn into a cold case after a dating app matches her with a man she suspects is the adult version of a boy abducted in the 90s.
Black Cast
Jodie Campbell, Sekou Diaby, Aruna Jalloh, Myles Kamwendo, Josh Tedeku, Ene Frost
Created By Black
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Release Date
March 19, 2024
Synopsis
Brace yourselves - the new kids are here. Five talented black scholarship students, and an elite private school with a reputation problem. One of them will have to change...
Black Cast
Kali Reis
Release Date
January 14, 2024
Synopsis
When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.
Black Cast
Siena Kelly, Babirye Bukilwa, Alisha Bailey, Percelle Ascott, Christopher Jeffers, Sandra James-Young, Babirye Bukilwa
Created By Black
Lauren Sequeira
Release Date
February 28, 2024
Synopsis
A young witch with extraordinary powers, Domino desperately seeks a community to help her understand who she is. Still, she doesn’t need to look far, as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move, convinced they must stop her before her powers destroy everyone and everything around her.
Black Cast
Nyaniso Dzedze, Connie Chiume, Panch Gasela, Didintle Khunou, Thabo Malema, Dumisani Mbebe
Created By Black
Thabang Moleya
Release Date
January 19, 2024
Synopsis
A former freedom fighter orchestrates a series of heists in defiance of the law while trying to evade corrupt authorities and a cop with a tragic past.
Black Cast
Bethany Antonia, Deborah Ayorinde, Akil Largie, Victor Hugo
Release Date
February 24, 2024
Synopsis
A period adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. After a change in circumstances, Marianne is torn between two men, while Elinor longs for a man beyond reach.
Black Cast
Ava Mone't, Tatyana Ali, Sharon Conley, Jordan Coleman, West Montez, Donovan Christie Jr., Shawn Vaughn, Jalen Gilbert, Malcolm Xavier
Release Date
February 29, 2024
Synopsis
Set in Atlanta in the 1990s, the series centers around the Dawn family, daughter Paige, a sophomore at Spelman college whose life gets off track when she falls for a bad boy type; her father, Councilman Robert Dawn, whose political ambitions on his quest to become mayor come at a grave personal and moral cost; and his wife, Connie, who tries to keep the family together. Their personal drama takes place against the larger backdrop of two of Atlanta's biggest cultural events at the time: Freaknik and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Black Cast
Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ron Cephas Jones, Weruche Opia, Jayme Lawson
Release Date
February 01, 2024
Synopsis
MLK/X follows Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X from their formative years to their rich, parallel stories as they shape their identities and become the change they wish to see in the world; the two visionaries ultimately rise to pioneer a movement.
Black Cast
Giancarlo Esposito, Bonnie Mbuli, Zackary Momoh, Ivan Mbakop, Arica Himmel, Dax Rey, Ekow Blade, Tim J. Smith, Enuka Okuma, Kenneth Kynt Bryan
Created By Black
Sunu Gonera
Release Date
March 31, 2024
Synopsis
Gray Parish is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man. But when his son is violently murdered, old habits return, sending him on a relentless quest with moral intentions and dangerous consequences.
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Black Cast
Danai Gurira, Lesley-Ann Brandt
Created By Black
Danai Gurira
Release Date
February 25, 2024
Synopsis
The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can they find each other and who they were in a situation unlike any they've ever known?
Black Cast
Vince Staples
Release Date
February 15, 2024
Synopsis
Kind of famous and sort of rich, rapper and actor Vince Staples navigates the challenges and surprises of everyday life in his hometown of The Beach.
Black Cast
Cush Jumbo, Cathy Tyson
Release Date
January 10, 2024
Synopsis
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
Black Cast
André Holland, Tiffany Boone, Don Cheadle, Jordane Christie, Glynn Turman
Created By Black
Janine Sherman Barrois
Release Date
May 16, 2024
Synopsis
Follows Huey P. Newton's life. He escaped to Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder with the help of Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, as well as a few other celebrity radicals.
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Black Cast
Jasmine Jobson
Release Date
December 07, 2023
Synopsis
Lisa, after witnessing a cataclysmic event on Platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the event she has just witnessed.
Black Cast
Didintle Khunou, Thando Thabethe, Anthony Oseyemi, Mothusi Magano, Jesse Suntele, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Nqobile Sipamla, Bongani Thwala, Lunathi Mampofu, Sonni Chidiebere, Kefentse Mokoena, Vika Matshingana, Khabonina Qubeka, Kkgabo Ramotshela, Sharon Chimhanda
Release Date
December 01, 2023
Synopsis
Best friends, Marcus and Lloyd, have just been evicted from their apartment and are struggling to keep their pest control business afloat. Then an old classmate introduces them to an ancient African statue that just might be the answer to their prayers. The tribe who created the relic believes it has the power to make dreams come true. Just not the kind of dreams our friends were hoping for.
Black Cast
Olivia Swann
Release Date
November 10, 2023
Synopsis
The brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
Black Cast
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kevin Vidal
Release Date
November 08, 2023
Synopsis
A family man with a secret criminal past reunites with his crew when a killer starts targeting them.
Black Cast
Chipo Chung, Ashley Thomas, Adrienne Warren, Mia Isaac, Faith Alabi, Lashay Anderson
Created By Black
Marissa Jo Cerar
Release Date
November 01, 2023
Synopsis
Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her children a flash drive that holds untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America; the stories shock her children and challenge everything they know about their family's origin.
Black Cast
Octavia Spencer
Release Date
November 05, 2023
Synopsis
Explores the crimes that occurred along Highway 20 between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, where several young women and girls vanished, were sexually assaulted, or were killed.
Black Cast
William Nascimento, Seu Jorge, Jeniffer Dias, Tatiana Tiburcio, Bruno Vinicius, Caetano Vieira, Douglas Silva, Iza Moreira, Larissa Nunes
Created By Black
Marton Olympio
Release Date
November 16, 2023
Synopsis
The original series will tell the life of Anderson Silva, the fighter who became one of the great champions in the history of MMA. Born in São Paulo, he practiced practiced taekwondo, jiu-jitsu and muay thai as a child, and later in life, he entered professional wrestling.
Black Cast
Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer
Release Date
September 25, 2023
Synopsis
Alec Baker is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law enforcement. However, he meets his match in a female domestic terror suspect who turns his world upside down.
Black Cast
Sophie Wilde, Lauryn Ajufo
Release Date
October 05, 2023
Synopsis
After months in recovery for an eating disorder, 16-year-old Mia devises a bucket list of quintessential teen experiences to make up for lost time.
Black Cast
Shanola Hampton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta
Release Date
October 03, 2023
Synopsis
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. Of these reported cases, more than half of the missing people are people of color, too easily neglected by the system. Gabi Mosely, a former missing person herself, now specializes in PR and leads a crisis management team that seeks out these missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, Mosely is hiding a dark secret of her own.
Black Cast
Jessye Romeo, Nykeem Provo, Idrissa Sanogo, Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Jonathan Langdon, Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Lisa Michelle Cornelius
Created By Black
Director X.
Release Date
September 27, 2023
Synopsis
Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.
Black Cast
Omar Sy, Etan Simon, Adama Niane
Release Date
October 05, 2023
Synopsis
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Black Cast
Raphael Logam, Leandro Firmino
Release Date
August 30, 2023
Synopsis
Rio de Janeiro, during the 90's. Evandro dreams about becoming a great businessman, but ends up entering the world of crime and making an empire out of his criminal organization. His business skills and leadership abilities draw the attention of Morello, a federal police officer with a self-destructive behavior who sees in Evandro a worthy enemy. Two strategists that share the love for danger. The hunt down begins.
Black Cast
Sinclair Daniel, Ashleigh Murray, Garcelle Beauvais, Karina Willis, Brittany Adebumola, Cassi Maddox, Amber Reign Smith, Briana Starks
Created By Black
Danielle Henderson
Release Date
September 13, 2023
Synopsis
Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
Black Cast
Kane Robinson, Ashley Walters, Micheal Ward, Araloyin Oshunremi, Jasmine Jobson, Little Simz, Kadeem Ramsay
Release Date
September 07, 2023
Synopsis
Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
Black Cast
David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton
Release Date
November 05, 2023
Synopsis
The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded – and is believed to be the inspiration for The Lone Ranger.
Black Cast
Zoe Saldaña, LaMonica Garrett, Hannah Love Lanier, Morgan Freeman
Release Date
July 23, 2023
Synopsis
Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the spear in the CIA's war on terror. She enlists Cruz, a female special operations Marine, as an undercover operative in the Lioness Program.
Black Cast
Lakeith Stanfield, Clark Backo, Adina Porter, Alexis Louder, Malcolm Barrett, Teca Pereira, Amirah Vann
Written By Black
Victor LaValle
Release Date
September 07, 2023
Synopsis
Apollo and Emma's love story is a fairy tale—until Emma mysteriously vanishes. Bereft, Apollo finds himself on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn't know existed.
Black Cast
Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Tamara Lawrance, DeWanda Wise, Max Fincham
Release Date
August 23, 2023
Synopsis
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity’s existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
Black Cast
Uzo Aduba
Release Date
August 10, 2023
Synopsis
The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
Black Cast
Bresha Webb, Corbin Reid, Tosin Morohunfola, Amber Stevens West, Andrea Bordeaux
Release Date
May 26, 2023
Synopsis
The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
Black Cast
Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Coco Jones, Jabari Banks, Olly Sholotan
Release Date
February 23, 2023
Synopsis
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Black Cast
Damson Idris, Isaiah John, Nicco Annan, Brandon Jay McLaren, Matthew Hancock
Release Date
February 22, 2023
Synopsis
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
Black Cast
Deborah Ayorinde, Gabrielle Union, Haneefah Wood, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Beach, Octavia Spencer, Ron Cephas Jones, Tracie Thoms, Mychala Lee, Sharar Ali-Speakes
Created By Black
Nichelle D. Tramble
Release Date
January 19, 2023
Synopsis
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation.
Black Cast
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Erik LaRay Harvey, Forest Whitaker, Giancarlo Esposito, Ilfenesh Hadera, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Nigel Thatch
Release Date
January 15, 2023
Synopsis
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Black Cast
Zazie Beetz, Jharrel Jerome, CCH Pounder, Adia, Sheyi Cole, Gerald W. Jones III
Release Date
July 13, 2023
Synopsis
An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
Black Cast
Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Elvis Nolasco, Erik LaRay Harvey, Nigel Thatch, Markuann Smith, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Release Date
January 15, 2023
Synopsis
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Black Cast
Octavia Spencer, Mekhi Phifer, Ron Cephas Jones, Tracie Thoms, Gabrielle Union, Haneefah Wood, Merle Dandridge, Mychala Lee, Deborah Ayorin, Sharar Ali-Speakes, Michael Beach
Release Date
January 19, 2023
Synopsis
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation.
Black Cast
Damson Idris, Isaiah John, Nicco Annan, Brandon Jay McLaren, Matthew Hancock
Release Date
February 22, 2023
Synopsis
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
Black Cast
Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Coco Jones, Jordan L. Jones, Olly Sholotan, Jimmy Akingbola, Akira Akbar, Simone Joy Jones
Release Date
February 23, 2023
Synopsis
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Black Cast
Harold Perrineau, Corteon Moore, Angela Moore
Release Date
April 23, 2023
Synopsis
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
Black Cast
Bresha Webb, Corbin Reid, Tosin Morohunfola, Amber Stevens West, Andrea Bordeaux
Release Date
May 26, 2023
Synopsis
The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
Black Cast
Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, Kiersey Clemons, Byron Bowers, Damson Idris
Created By Black
Donald Glover, Janine Nabers
Release Date
March 16, 2023
Synopsis
A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn.
Black Cast
Adina Porter, Edwina Findley Dickerson, Halle Bush, Toheeb Jimoh, Reese Alexander
Release Date
March 30, 2023
Synopsis
The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. Following remarkable characters from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Eastern Europe, the Power evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of power balance.
Black Cast
India Ria Amarteifio, Golda Rosheuvel, Adjoa Andoh, Arsema Thomas
Created By Black
Shonda Rhimes
Release Date
May 04, 2023
Synopsis
The story of how the young Queen Charlotte’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.
Black Cast
Brian Tyree Henry, Rosalind Eleazar, Michael Burgess, LisaGay Hamilton, Greg Weeks, Britt Douyon, Zuri James, Maurice P. Kerry, Roxzane T. Mims
Release Date
May 10, 2023
Synopsis
Set in three distinct points in time, follow a class of FBI agents who grapple with immense changes as the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence.
Black Cast
Chyna Layne, Javon Terrell
Created By Black
Lynn Toler
Release Date
May 24, 2023
Synopsis
The story of a bright, young black woman who struggles with mental health issues, a ludicrous family, and volatile love life, as she takes on her new role as a judge in a court full of outrageous characters both in front of and behind the bench.
Black Cast
Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jessie T. Usher
Release Date
September 29, 2023
Synopsis
An irreverent, R-rated series set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International) exploring the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities.
Black Cast
Idris Elba, Mohamed Elsandel
Release Date
June 28, 2023
Synopsis
When Flight KA29 is hijacked during its seven-hour journey from Dubai to London, Sam Nelson—an accomplished corporate negotiator—tries using his professional skills to save everyone on board. Will this high-risk strategy be his undoing?
Black Cast
Deon Cole, Malcolm Barrett, Tammy Townsend, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Ashani Roberts, Stanley Aughtry, Teresa L. Graves
Release Date
June 16, 2023
Synopsis
Follows Joe Washington, who discovers his recently deceased father had stolen millions of dollars from dangerous people, and now those people think Joe knows where it is, so he must find the truth and the millions.
Black Cast
Samuel L. Jackson, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Samuel Adewunmi
Release Date
June 21, 2023
Synopsis
Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
