OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Hosts private screening of “Greenleaf”

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Pictured Oprah Winfrey (Executive Producer and recurring role as Mavis McCready) along with β€œGreenleaf” cast/(Photo Credit: Mark Davis/Getty Images.

Last night,Β OWN: Oprah Winfrey NetworkΒ hosted a private screening event at The Lot in West Hollywood to celebrate the premiere of β€œGreenleaf” the network’s highly anticipated new original drama series.Β The family megachurch series, which features Oprah’s first recurring scripted television role in two decades, takes viewers into the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis church where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. After the screening, Oprah gave welcoming remarks and invited guests to join her at the Memphis BBQ reception that followed.

β€œGreenleaf” will launch with a two-night premiere on Tuesday, June 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT andΒ Wednesday, June 22 at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET/PTΒ on OWN.Β Β The series will regularly air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT for the remainder of its 13-episode first season.

Attendees includedΒ Oprah WinfreyΒ (Executive Producer and recurring role as Mavis McCready) along with β€œGreenleaf” cast membersΒ Merle DandridgeΒ (Grace Greenleaf),Β Keith DavidΒ (Bishop James Greenleaf),Β Lynn WhitfieldΒ (Lady Mae Greenleaf),Β Kim HawthorneΒ (Kerissa Greenleaf),Β Lamman RuckerΒ (Jacob Greenleaf),Β Tye WhiteΒ (Kevin Satterlee),Β Deborah Joy WinansΒ (Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee),Β Desiree RossΒ (Sophia Greenleaf),Β GregAlan WilliamsΒ (β€œMac McCready”),Β Benjamin PattersonΒ (β€œNoah Kendall”),Β Kristin Erickson(β€œAlexa”),Β Anna DiopΒ (β€œIsabel”),Β Terri AbneyΒ (β€œFaith Greenleaf”),Β Zachary S. WilliamsΒ (β€œWilliam”),Β Jason DirdenΒ (β€œBassie Skanks”),Β Deji LaRayΒ (β€œDavid Nelson”), plusΒ Craig Wright(Executive Producer/Creator),Β Clement VirgoΒ (Executive Producer/Director),Β Erik LoganΒ (President, OWN),Β Kevin BeggsΒ (Chairman, Lionsgate Television), andΒ Sandra SternΒ (President, Lionsgate Television Group).Β  Additional attendees includeΒ Niecy NashΒ (Scream Queens),Β David OyelowoΒ (Selma)Β and more.

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