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‘Power’ Creator Courtney A. Kemp To Develop Corrupt Cop Drama Series For HBO

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&num;Starz’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Power” might have one more season left&comma; but it certainly won’t be the last we hear from the show’s creator and showrunner &num;CourtneyAKemp&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">She’s taking her &num;BlackGirlMagic to &num;HBO&comma; where she will be developing a one-hour drama series called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dirty Thirty&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Like &num;Power&comma; the show will be set in present day &num;NewYork&comma; though the show is actually inspired by a true story of a gang of bad cops operating out of the city’s 30th Precinct back in the 1990s&comma; according to &commat;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2019&sol;tv&sol;news&sol;courtney-a-kemp-hbo-dirty-thirty-1203128050&sol;">Variety<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It begins as a story of a cop family and ends as the story of a crime wave infecting the highest levels of municipal government&comma; corrupting the justice system and defining a city&comma;” according to Variety&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Kemp is going to be wearing ALL the hats with this show&comma; too&period; She’s serving as writer&comma; executive producer&comma; and showrunner under her End of Episode production banner&period; Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman of The Intellectual Property Corporation will also executive produce along with Power actor Jerry Ferrara&comma; Chris Selak and Danielle De Jesus for End of Episode&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The series&comma; a co-production between HBO and Lionsgate&comma; falls under the multi-year development and production deal Kemp signed with Lionsgate in October&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Kemp really hit it big with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Power&comma;” which marked her debut as a creator and showrunner&period; And for her first show&comma; she has attained much success for herself and the network&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Her prior credits include &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Good Wife&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Eli Stone&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Bernie Mac Show&period;” And before the days of her television prowess&comma; Kemp wrote for GQ&comma; Vibe and Marie Claire&comma; among other prestigious magazines&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&lpar;Spoiler alert ahead&rpar; A lot of people are looking forward to the final season of Power&comma; which will reveal what went down after Tommy shot Angela&comma; a bullet that was actually intended for Ghost&comma; in the final scene of the last season finale&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&num;Roommates&comma; will you be watching Courtney A&period; Kemp’s work now and later&quest; Let us know&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR STAFF&colon; Christina C&excl; &commat;cdelafresh<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"47514" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;power-creator-courtney-a-kemp-to-develop-corrupt-cop-drama-series-for-hbo&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; 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