The Citizen (Gauteng)

Mary Jane’s dramas return

TRIALS: STARTING OVER NOT EASY FOR NEWS ANCHOR

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The third season of the show ranked as the No 1 cable series among black viewers in the US.

Gabrielle Union returns to BET this month as feisty news anchor Mary Jane Paul in what promises to be an explosive Season 4 of the breakout drama hit, Being Mary Jane. In the last series, Mary Jane kept us on the edge of our seats after surviving a car accident, losing her friend Lisa, watching her interracia­l love affair fall apart and coming to terms with a brutal police attack on her niece.

In the new series, as she tries to navigate singlehood and put her past behind her, Mary Jane resolves to take a bite out of the “Big Apple” and make it to the anchor chair on Good Day USA, a top-rated New York morning show where she now works as a correspond­ent.

Starting over isn’t easy and Mary Jane struggles to climb the ladder, grappling with some of life’s toughest issues – all while trying to keep her relationsh­ips (both work and personal) intact.

Being Mary Jane is a game-changing smash hit drama that has been hailed as “spicy and explosive” by Essence Magazine and given an “A-” by Entertainm­ent Weekly.

The third season earned a 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstandin­g Writing in A Drama Series, and Union’s critically acclaimed performanc­e has shattered the internet with chatter about her unbreakabl­e spirit in the face of tragedy, extortion and relationsh­ip drama.

Union has been sprinkling her own brand of magic on Being Mary Jane since the series made its TV debut in 2013.

According to a report in entertainm­ent industry trade bible Hollywood Reporter, the third season of the show ranked as the No 1 cable series among black viewers between the ages of 18 and 49 in the US.

To see what life and love have in store for Mary Jane in the tantalizin­g new season, tune in to BET (DStv channel 129) next Monday at 9.30pm to watch the premiere of the drama series. – Citizen reporter

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