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The veteran drama will continue in 2026.
May 29, 2025
Paramount+ with Showtime announced today that The Chi has been picked up for an eighth season. The renewal is an early one, coming less than two weeks after the drama's Season 7 return. The first episode on May 18 garnered 2 million cross-platform viewers in the first seven days, making it the show's most-streamed premiere.
Set in Chicago, the city of which it is named after, The Chi focuses on working-class residents within a south side community who become linked by coincidence but are bonded by the need for connection and redemption. It is a tough neighborhood, where there is real and constant danger, meaning even the simplest decisions can have life or death consequences.
Comments (4)
06/01/25 at 05:24am
Is there a story arc somewhere in this mess? Just what we need guns, drugs, and stinking (c)rap "music."
05/31/25 at 10:42pm
.. all the "urban" shows seem to devolve into drugs and violence in a soap opera-like storyline...
05/29/25 at 08:38pm
I was going to say what Jimmy said. First 3 seasons really good.
4 +5 were not as good.
4 +5 were not as good.
05/29/25 at 10:43am
This show is nothing like it use to be. It has turned into a soap opera. I do not see it going back to what it was. I guess people like it this way enjoy.
