Episodes thereafter aired on Tuesday nights. time slot, with its second episode airing the following night. Ridley served as the primary showrunner when Sofia Coppola left production to film Lost in Translation. A lot of networks are just ignoring a segment of the population.' įrancis Ford Coppola served an executive producer for the show. Ridley spoke of networks’ resistance to shows focused on black culture as the reason for the time it took for the series to air, saying, ' Hip-hop is very multicultural and we want to make the show multicultural, but it's still ingrained in black culture and there's just not a lot of venues serving people of color. The show was originally titled Empire, but producers could not secure the rights to the name and instead went with Platinum.

In the interim, a deal with HBO fell through and at one point, producers had a deal with Fox. After three years of not finding a network, the series was picked up by UPN with an order of six episodes. John Ridley co-created the series with Sofia Coppola. Note: All episodes written by John Ridley. Standing by the brothers' side is their childhood friend and chief counsel David Ross, their younger sister Jade Rhames and Jackson's wife Monica Rhames. Set in New York City against the backdrop of the glamorous hip-hop lifestyle, the series portrays a cutthroat and sometimes dangerous business notorious for its flashy stars with money to burn and ruthless record executives who stop at nothing to make it big. Though they are deeply trusting of and dependent upon one another, the brothers approach business in starkly contrasting fashions.

Clawing their way up from the streets, the brothers have created a successful record company in the high-stakes hip-hop music business. Created by John Ridley and Sofia Coppola, the series is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company.īrothers and record industry moguls Jackson and Grady Rhames are the archetype of rags-to-riches success after building their company, Sweetback Entertainment, from the ground up.

Platinum is an American drama series which aired on UPN from April 14 to May 13, 2003. International Famous Players Radio Corporation.

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