{"id":2339,"date":"2016-10-31T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T17:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2016-10-31T17:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T17:33:43","slug":"bet-series-the-quad-gives-viewers-an-epic-hbcu-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/bet-series-the-quad-gives-viewers-an-epic-hbcu-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"BET SERIES &#8220;THE QUAD&#8221; GIVES VIEWERS THE EPIC HBCU EXPERIENCE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/THE-QUAD-COLLAGE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2342\" src=\"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/THE-QUAD-COLLAGE-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"the-quad-collage\" width=\"309\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Author: Amy Nicole<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The last television series that centered around HBCU college life was the show \u201cA Different World\u201d which was popular back in the late 80s and early 90s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many people are referring to the the upcoming collegiate series \u201cThe Quad\u201d as a modern day version of<em> A Different World<\/em>.\u00a0The show will focus on the experiences of several students attending fictional school Georgia A&M University.\u00a0Actress Anika Noni Rose will portray newly hired university president Dr. Eva Fletcher who is hit with the tough task of bringing the university out of financial difficulty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From looking at the trailer the series seems to be a mixture of \u00a0the films<em>\u00a0Stomp The<\/em> <em>Yard<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Drumline<\/em>. The show will touch on topics like band hazing and college student promiscuity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2340\" style=\"width: 344px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/THE-QUAD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2340 \" src=\"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/THE-QUAD-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"the-quad\" width=\"344\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet.com\/shows\/the-quad.html\">BET<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The cast includes Jasmine Guy and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. It also\u00a0features upcoming\u00a0actors Zoe Renee, Jazz Raycole and Peyton Alex Smith. The series was created by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Felicia D. Henderson (Soul Food) and Charles Holland (New York Undercover).\u00a0Director Will Packer will also serve as one of the co-executive producers for the show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The Quad<\/em> will premiere January 31, 2017 on BET.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the<a href=\"blob:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/957605a7-4e16-4581-91a4-9ed34e0b041d\"> trailer<\/a>\u00a0and share your thoughts below!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Amy Nicole The last television series that centered around HBCU college life was the show \u201cA Different World\u201d which was popular back in the late 80s and early 90s. Many people are referring to the the upcoming collegiate series \u201cThe Quad\u201d as a modern day version of A Different World.\u00a0The show will focus on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/bet-series-the-quad-gives-viewers-an-epic-hbcu-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BET SERIES &#8220;THE QUAD&#8221; GIVES VIEWERS THE EPIC HBCU EXPERIENCE!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[54,76,95,125,156,157,206,232,251,277,326,401,458,471,473,495,496,510,518],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-film","tag-actors","tag-anika-noni-rose","tag-bet","tag-bloggers","tag-college","tag-college-students","tag-drumline","tag-films","tag-hbcu","tag-jasmine-guy","tag-media-promotion","tag-producers","tag-stomp-the-yard","tag-the-double-scoop","tag-the-quad","tag-twins","tag-university","tag-will-packer","tag-writers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}