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6.1/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Created by Ty Scott Original language(s) English First episode date 6 March 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Christian KeyesKeith RobinsonJ. D. WilliamsClifton PowellJasmine BurkeGloria ReubenVanessa Bell CallowayAfemo Omilami Composer(s) Kenneth LamplAdam Lindquist Similar In the Cut, Mann & Wife, Greenleaf, Family Time, Let's Stay Together | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saints & Sinners is an American prime time television soap opera. Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clifton Powell and Gloria Reuben, the series follows the conflicts among the members of a Baptist church in small-town Georgia. The series premiered on the African-American-oriented television network Bounce TV on March 6, 2016, as the network's first original drama.
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Saints & Sinners has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and became a breakthrough series for Bounce TV, and their most-watched program ever since it launched. The first episode earned 1.3 million viewers, and in second week it drew 1.5 million viewers. On April 13, 2016 the show has been renewed for a second season.
Production
On May 7, 2015, Bounce TV announced that it had ordered a new original drama, Saints & Sinners, from independent production company Swirl Films to premiere in 2016. The series serves as the first original drama commissioned by the African-American-oriented digital television network, whose previous originals were sitcoms. Saints & Sinners also has same African-American church storyline like Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf, which also being produced in Atlanta at the same time.
The eight-episode first season began filming in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2016. On January 12, 2016, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Gloria Reuben, Clifton Powell, Richard Lawson, Keith Robinson, Christian Keyes, Jasmine Burke, J. D. Williams, and Afemo Omilami were announced as main cast members of the series . The pilot was directed by filmmaker Jerry Lamothe. Principal photography ended February 25, 2016. To promote the series, Bounce TV allowed affiliates who carry the network on a digital subchannel to air an encore of the series premiere on their main channels.