photo via Jada’s Facebook
Following the recent beautiful resurgence of prime time shows with African American leads, ABC has now added a new series to their coveted roster.
According to reports, Jada Pinkett Smith will executive produce and star as the lead in a new legal drama called “Murder Town” on the network which currently houses “Scandal” and “How To Get Away with Murder”.
Smith will star as a beautiful and complicated prosecutor who makes history as Wilmington, Delaware’s first African-American District Attorney. She finds herself confronted by old loyalties and loves, a shocking revelation about her murdered husband and a polarizing, racially-charged case that threatens to burn her and her city to the ground.
Smith recently had a co-starring role on FOX’s “Gotham” but left the show several months ago. No word on when we can expect to see “Murder Town” but we expect it be sometime in 2016. Congrats to Jada!
