{"id":273215,"date":"2026-04-30T17:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273215\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:23:07","slug":"starz-orders-texas-black-rodeo-drama-from-kirk-a-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273215\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Orders Texas Black Rodeo Drama From Kirk A. Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tStarz<\/a> has greenlit an untitled drama set in the world of black rodeo in Texas as the network, led by CEO Jeffrey Hirsch, looks to own more of its content pipeline after splitting from Lionsgate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe family series, to be showrun by Kirk A. Moore (Demascus, American Crime), also comes as the premium cable and streaming outlet continues to target women and underrepresented audiences.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cInfused with hip hop swagger and country soul, the series unfolds in southeast Texas, where rodeo isn\u2019t just what you do \u2014 it\u2019s who you are,\u201d a synopsis from the producers reads. \u201cAt the center are three siblings bound by the legacy their mother built and the unfinished business their father left behind. Driven by their own ambitions and drawn into each other\u2019s orbit, alliances shift, relationships tangle\u00a0and nothing stays private for long.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStarz earlier ordered<\/a>\u00a0Fightland, a drama set in the world of British boxing, from executive producer Curtis \u201c50 Cent<\/a>\u201d Jackson, as its first scripted series order as a standalone company. Without a studio partner, Starz is looking to develop and produce more IP that it owns.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlongside series like P-Valley, the untitled Texas rodeo drama also adds to a Starz \u00a0slate of premium dramas rooted in Black Southern culture. \u201cMessy family dynamics, jaw-dropping spectacle and an undeniable swagger \u2014 this is the kind of bold, original storytelling we\u2019re proud to own from the ground up,\u201d Kathryn Busby,\u00a0president of original programming at Starz, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tMoore will also executive produce the series, consisting of eight one-hour episodes, alongside Mark Johnson, Myki Bajaj, Tony Hernandez, Elise Henderson and Lilly Burns. Giovanna Desselle, vp of original programming, and Christina Jokanovich, senior vp of original programming, will oversee the series for Starz.<\/p>\n

\n\tMoore is represented by CAA and manager Scott Carr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starz has greenlit an untitled drama set in the world of black rodeo in Texas as the network,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[101383,27581,101384,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-273215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-curtis-50-cent-jackson","tag-lionsgate","tag-starz","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}