United Shades of America

United Shades of America
StarringW. Kamau Bell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes54
Original release
NetworkCNN
ReleaseApril 24, 2016 (2016-04-24) –
August 20, 2022 (2022-08-20)
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United Shades of America is a CNN American documentary television series starring comedian W. Kamau Bell.[1][2][3][4][5] Bell visits communities across America to understand the challenges they face. The show was named Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program at the 69th, 70th, and 71st Emmy Awards.[6]

The first season premiered in 2016. A second season with eight new episodes aired in 2017.[7] The third season began on April 29, 2018.[8] On April 3, 2019, it was announced that the series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on April 22, 2019.[9] On June 30, 2020, it was announced that the fifth season would premiere on July 19, 2020.[10] On April 1, 2021, CNN announced the sixth season would premiere on May 2, 2021.[11]

  1. ^ Lee, Ashley (2015-10-03). "CNN Orders W. Kamau Bell Series, Steve Jobs Doc for 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  2. ^ "United Shades of America – CNN Press Room - CNN.com Blogs". Cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. 2015-03-10. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  3. ^ Lisa de Moraes (2015-03-10). "Kamau Bell, Reza Aslan To Host New CNN Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  4. ^ "W. Kamau Bell Is Returning to Serial TV for New CNN Origi | Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  5. ^ Opam, Kwame (2015-03-17). "We spoke with W. Kamau Bell about his new CNN show at SXSW". The Verge. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  6. ^ "W. Kamau Bell | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  7. ^ Brown, Heather (2017-04-03). "Season Two of the Emmy-Nominated CNN Original Series "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell" Premieres Sunday, April 30, at 10PM ET/PT". CNN Pressroom. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  8. ^ "United Shades of America". CNN.
  9. ^ "New CNN Original Series "The Redemption Project with Van Jones" and Season Four of the Emmy Award-Winning "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell" Debut Sunday, April 28". The Futon Critic. April 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "Season Five of Emmy Award-Winning CNN Original Series "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell" Premieres Sunday, July 19". The Futon Critic. June 30, 2020.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Season6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).