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GENIUS
Air Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
Time Slot: 3:01 AM-4:00 AM EST on DISNEY+
Episode Title: (#405/406) "Matriarchs / The American Promise" (Repeat)
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Friday, February 16

New to Disney+

Genius: MLK/X (Season 4)

Episodes 5 and 6

In a first for the franchise, the new season of the Emmy(R) Award-winning anthology series will focus on two iconic geniuses: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm X (Aaron Pierre). "Genius: MLK/X" will explore the formative years, where they were molded by strong fathers and traumatic injustices, to their rich, parallel stories as they shaped their identities and became the change they wished to see in the world. The docudrama series offers an intimate look into their complex lives as husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, taking them off the iconic T-shirts to show their humanity. With their formidable wives, Coretta Scott King (Weruche Opia) and Betty Shabazz (Jayme Lawson) leading by their sides, King and X are two visionaries who ultimately rose to pioneer a movement.

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GENIUS (NGC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/25/17 - ???
STATUS:
on hiatus or fate to be determined
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (8 episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
completed airing its fourth season on 2/22/24; has yet to be renewed for a fifth season
DESCRIPTION:
(from National Geographic's web site, February 2024) Following 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.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Aaron Pierre as Malcolm X
· Jayme Lawson as Betty Shabazz
· Kelvin Harrison, Jr. as Martin Luther King, Jr.
· Ron Cephas Jones
· Weruche Opia as Coretta Scott King
RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Alessio Scalzotto as 14-year-old Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
· Alex Rich as Young Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
· Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
· Clémence Poésy as Françoise Gilot (Season 2)
· Courtney B. Vance as C. L. Franklin (Season 3)
· Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin (Season 3)
· David Cross as Jerry Wexler (Season 3)
· Emily Watson as Elsa Einstein (Season 1)
· Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein (Season 1)
· Gwendolyn Ellis as Young Elsa Einstein (Season 1)
· Johnny Flynn as Young Albert Einstein (Season 1)
· Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Ruth Bowen (Season 3)
· Malcolm Barrett as Ted White (Season 3)
· Michael McElhatton as Philipp Lenard (Season 1)
· Nikki Hahn as Young Mileva Marić (Season 1)
· Patrice Covington as Erma Franklin (Season 3)
· Ralph Brown as Max Planck (Season 1)
· Rebecca Naomi Jones as Carolyn Franklin (Season 3)
· Richard Topol as Fritz Haber (Season 1)
· Samantha Colley as Dora Maar (Season 2)
· Samantha Colley as Mileva Marić (Season 1)
· Shaian Jordan as Little Re (Season 3)
· Timothy Lyons as 9-year-old Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alan Polsky as EP
· Brian Grazer as EP
· Chris Cooney as EP
· Clive Davis as EP
· Francie Calfo as EP
· Gabe Polsky as EP
· Gigi Pritzker as EP
· Jeff Cooney as EP
· John Valentine as EP
· Kenneth Biller as CRTR/EP
· Noah Pink as BOOK/CRTR/EP
· Rachel Shane as EP
· Ron Howard as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Sam Sokolow as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
· EUE / Sokolow
· Imagine Television
· MWM Studios
· Paperboy Productions