The D.C. screening of TV Oneโs highly anticipated film โMediaโ at Silver Springโs AFI Silver Theatre left a breathless audience wanting more Wednesday night.

โMediaโ โ TV Oneโs โclapbackโ to โPower,โ โEmpireโ and โScandalโ โ stars Brian White, Blue Kimble, Chrystee Pharris and Penny Johnson Jerald as the Joneses, a fearsome family that owns Atlantaโs premier urban media conglomerate, JUMP (Jones Universal Media Properties).
With executive producer Cathy Hughes on board, the black business dynasty drama, which premieres Saturday at 8 p.m. ET, will join the rising tide of breakout black-centered film and TV productions to air in recent years.
The film will inevitably draw comparisons to a certain hit show on Fox, but White quelled any doubts about the showโs originality, explaining during a question-and-answer session that โMediaโ has been in development for almost eight years, six years ahead of โEmpire,โ which debuted in 2015.
โWe were first,โ he said.
โI can take Cookie!โ Jerald joked.

