Tales (TV series)
2017–2022 anthology television series
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Tales is an American anthology television series created by Irv Gotti. The series premiered on BET on June 27, 2017.[1][2] It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on July 2, 2019.[3][4] In March 2021, BET renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on August 9, 2022.[5][6]
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| Created by | Irv Gotti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company | Visionary Ideas |
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| Network | BET |
| Release | June 27, 2017 – September 27, 2022 |
Plot
Each episode tells a new "tale" inspired by past and current songs that are turned into stories.[citation needed]
Cast
- Tristan Wilds as Kayron (episode: "Deep Cover", season 2)
- Justine Skye as Violet (episode: "Bodak Yellow", season 2)
- Boris Kodjoe as prosecutor Ray Vance (episode: "F**k the Police", season 1)[1]
- Ben Vereen as Harry (season 2)
- Jennifer Freeman as Ashley (episode: "I Got a Story to Tell", season 1)
- Lance Gross as Reggie (episode: "Trap Queen", season 1)
- Rhyon Nicole Brown as Germaine (episode: "99 Problems", season 1)
- Debbi Morgan as Clarice (season 2)
- DeRay Davis as Davenport (episode: "Slippery", season 2)
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Tobias McCall (episode: "Fight the Power", season 3)
- Woody McClain as Slim (episode: "I Got a Story to Tell", season 1)
- Matthew Noszka as Brody Wilson (episode: "F**k the Police", season 1)[2]
- Romeo Miller as Rider (episode: "Bodak Yellow", season 2)
- Bre-Z as Ty (episode: "Children Story", season 1)
- Hassan Johnson as Dougie (episode: "Deep Cover", season 2)
- Grace Byers as Edie (season 2)
- Elise Neal as Detective Beatriz (episode: "I Got a Story to Tell", season 1)
- Laila Odom as Renee (episode: "Renee", season 3)
- Jim Jones as Taggert (episode: "All I Need", season 1)
- Walnette Marie Santiago as Angelica (season 2)
- Demetrius Shipp, Jr. as Kenny (episode: "All I Need", season 1)
- Dawn Halfkenny as Officer Cooper (episode: "Slippery", season 2)
- Draya Michele as Viveca (episode: "Brothers", season 2)
- Rick Ross as Zeke (episode: "My Life", season 2)
- Peyton Alex Smith as Miles (episode: "99 Problems", season 1)
- MC Lyte as Detective Makena Daniels (episode: "Cold Hearted", season 1)
- Bella Thorne (season 2)
- Keith Powers as Amari "Gutta" Anderson (episode: "Cold Hearted", season 1)
- Lex Scott Davis as Angie (episode: "You Got Me", season 1)
- Sinqua Walls as Marcus (episode: "All I Need", season 1)
- Michelle Mitchenor as Crystal (season 1)
- Sean Nelson as prosecutor Stokely Overton (episode: "Fight the Power", season 3)
- Elijah Kelley as Paul (episode: "Brothers", season 2)
- Christian Robinson as Lil Tank (episode: "Cold Hearted", season 1)
- Charles Malik Whitfield as Blue (episode: "99 Problems", season 1)
- Steve Harris as Officer McBride (episode: "Slippery", season 2)
- Morocco Omari as Chris (season 2)
- Shayla Love as Trina (season 1)
- Thomas Q. Jones as Jimmy (episode: "Brothers", season 2)
- Bri Collins as Camille King (episode: "Act Up", season 3)
- Nafessa Williams as Jenny Davis (season 1)
- Clifton Powell as Bob Davis (episode: "F**k the Police", season 1)
- J. Alphonse Nicholson as Ricky (seasons 1—3)
- Tami Roman as Silk (episode: "All I Need", season 1)
- Jharrel Jerome as Deacon (episode: "Children's Story", season 1)
- Boogiie Byrd as Frank (episode: "Slippery", season 2)
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "F**k the Police" | Irv Gotti | Story by : Irv Gotti Teleplay by : Sherman Payne & Joy Kecken | June 27, 2017 | 101 | 0.544[7] |
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Cast: Boris Kodjoe, Matthew Noszka, Chet Hanks, Nafessa Williams, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Parker Sack, Tyrin Turner and Clifton Powell | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Cold Hearted" | Benny Boom | Denise Harkavy | July 11, 2017 | 102 | 0.451[8] |
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Cast: Keith Powers, Christian Robinson, Michelle Hayden, Sean Baker, Maino, Clayton Landey and MC Lyte | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "A Story to Tell" | Jessy Terrero | Story by : Irv Gotti Teleplay by : Yule Caise & Joy Kecken | July 18, 2017 | 103 | 0.432[9] |
| 4 | 4 | "Trap Queen" | Benny Boom | Sara Feinberg & Joy Kecken | October 10, 2017 | 104 | 1.039[10] |
| 5 | 5 | "Children's Story" | Erik White | Sherman Payne | October 17, 2017 | 105 | 0.539[11] |
| 6 | 6 | "99 Problems" | Tasha Smith | Story by : Joy Kecken Teleplay by : Marcus J. Guillory | October 24, 2017 | 106 | 0.542[12] |
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Cast: Peyton Alex Smith, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Mike Pniewski, Jerod Haynes, Charles Malik Whitfield and Tyra Ferrell | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "You Got Me" | Erica A. Watson | Joy Kecken | October 31, 2017 | 107 | 0.440[13] |
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Cast: Sinqua Walls, Lex Scott Davis, Shayla Love and Alvester Martin III | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "All I Need" | Irv Gotti | Adam Wiesen & Patrick Coker | November 25, 2017 | 108 | 0.706[14] |
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Cast: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Kyndall Ferguson, Sean Baker, John Bryant, Jim Jones and Tami Roman | |||||||
Season 2 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 9 | 1 | "Brothers" | Irv Gotti | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : Robert Munic | July 2, 2019 | 201 | 0.342[15] |
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Cast: Thomas Q. Jones, Elijah Kelley and Draya Michele | |||||||
| 10 | 2 | "Slippery" | Erik White | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : Marcus J. Guillory | July 9, 2019 | 202 | 0.451[16] |
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Cast: Johnell Young, Dawn Halfkenny, Jamila Thompson, Steve Harris, Irv Gotti, DeRay Davis and Boogiie Byrd | |||||||
| 11 | 3 | "My Life" | Tasha Smith | Leah Keith & Robert Munic | July 16, 2019 | 203 | 0.592[17] |
| 12 | 4 | "Deep Cover" | Robert Munic | Michael Cobian | July 23, 2019 | 204 | 0.435[18] |
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Cast: Tristan Wilds, Hassan Johnson, Chris Greene, Walnette Marie Santiago, Gonzalo Menendez and Louis Ferreira | |||||||
| 13 | 5 | "Bodak Yellow" | Ellie Foumbi | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : John Barcheski & Robert Munic | July 30, 2019 | 205 | 0.444[19] |
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Cast: Romeo Miller, Justine Skye, Monique MoMo Gonzalez, Danny Pardo, Rasheeda, Lil Duval, Tyla Harris and Lani Blair | |||||||
| 14 | 6 | "XO Tour Lif3" | Irv Gotti | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : Adam Wiesen & Patrick Coker | August 6, 2019 | 206 | 0.267[20] |
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Cast: Guyviaud Joseph, Brandon Thomas Lee, Bella Thorne, Britney Atkins, Devoun Dallas Stewart, Parker Sack, Emily Huff, Juwan Chapman, Robert Praigo and Debra Stipe | |||||||
| 15 | 7 | "My Mind Playing Tricks On Me" | Joshua Bulter | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : Larry D. Spivey | August 13, 2019 | 207 | 0.506[21] |
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Cast: Mo McRae, Brad T. Jordan, Trayce Malachi, Jaxon Rose Moore, Ric Reitz, Inanna Sarkis, Deja Dee, Alexandra Wright, Nikka Duarte, Charles Lawlor, Ana Mackenzie and Greg Clarkson | |||||||
| 16 | 8 | "I Gave You Power" | Benny Boom | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : Adam Wiesen & Patrick Coker & Larry D. Spivey & Benjamin Moore | August 20, 2019 | 208 | 0.472[22] |
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Cast: Antoine Harris, Little JJ, Isaiah Smith, Brii Renee', Rhonda Saunders, Kjay Saifullah, Jessica Fontaine and Jaxon Rose Moore | |||||||
| 17 | 9 | "Ex-Factor" | Leah Benavids | Leah Benavids | August 27, 2019 | 209 | 0.446[23] |
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Cast: Tyler Lepley, KJ Smith, Amin Joseph, Kaye Singleton, Chase Alexander Jackson, Jaidi Ventura and C.J. Lindsey | |||||||
| 18 | 10 | "Moonlight" | Bryant Barber | Story by : Irving Lorenzo Teleplay by : Trevor Vandelac | September 3, 2019 | 210 | 0.377[24] |
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Cast: Uriel J. Winfree III, Birgundi Baker, Odiseas Georgiadis, Chase Anderson, Monet A. Chandler, Maurie A. Chandler, Dwayne A. Thomas, Charmin Lee and Adrienne Ballenger | |||||||
Season 3 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [6][25] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [6][25] | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 19 | 1 | "Fight the Power" | Ya'Ke Smith | Larry "Legend" Spivey | August 9, 2022 | 301 | 0.348[26] |
| 20 | 2 | "Renee" | Leon Lozano | Story by : Leah Keith Teleplay by : Leah Keith & Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen | August 16, 2022 | 302 | 0.427[27] |
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Cast: Romeo Brown and Laila Odom | |||||||
| 21 | 3 | "Act Up" | Irv Gotti | Story by : Irv Gotti Teleplay by : Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen | August 23, 2022 | 303 | 0.328[28] |
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Cast: Lawrence H. Robinson, Bri Collins, Bria Myles and Deja Ware | |||||||
| 22 | 4 | "Hot in Here" | Terri J. Vaughn | Teleplay by : Tyree Elaine Story by : Tyree Elaine & Sonny Lorenzo | August 30, 2022 | 304 | 0.330[29] |
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Cast: Chyna Layne and Jeremy Denzel | |||||||
| 23 | 5 | "C.R.E.A.M." | Patrick Coker | Teleplay by : Larry "Legend" Spivey & Patrick Coker Story by : Sonny Lorenzo | September 6, 2022 | 305 | 0.317[30] |
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Cast: Tobias Truvillion and Lawrence Adimora | |||||||
| 24 | 6 | "Put It On Me" | Irv Gotti | Teleplay by : Brittney Atkins & Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen Story by : Irv Gotti | September 13, 2022 | 306 | 0.362[31] |
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Cast: Ja Rule and Jonetta Kaiser | |||||||
| 25 | 7 | "Ms. Jackson" | Robin Givens | Patrick Coker and Adam Wiesen | September 13, 2022 | 307 | 0.315[31] |
| 26 | 8 | "Murder She Wrote" | Erik White | Teleplay by : Patrick Coker & Adam Wiesen Story by : Irv Gotti | September 20, 2022 | 308 | 0.400[32] |
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Cast: Ajiona Alexus, Leland B. Martin and Marvin Jones III | |||||||
| 27 | 9 | "Jesus Walks" | Tamara Bass | Teleplay by : Darcell Lawrence & Larry "Legend" Spivey Story by : Darcell Lawrence & Rhonda Baraka | September 20, 2022 | 309 | 0.402[32] |
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Cast: Briyana Guadalupe, Redaric Williams, and J. Alphonse Nicholson | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Tim Folsome | Marcus J. Guillory | September 27, 2022 | 310 | 0.332[33] |
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Cast: Kyla Pratt and Jordan Calloway | |||||||