National Geographic Premieres Third Season of Emmy-Winning Global Anthology Series Genius: Aretha as Four-Night Event Beginning Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020, At 9/8c
“Don’t say Aretha is making a comeback, because I’ve never been away!” – Aretha Franklin
Starring 2020 Academy Award Nominee and Triple Threat Tony(R)-, Emmy(R)- and Grammy(R) Award-Winning Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” “The Color Purple”) as Aretha Franklin
Tony(R)- and Emmy(R) Award-Winning Courtney B. Vance (“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”) Starring as Aretha’s Father, C.L. Franklin
Emmy(R)-, Golden Globe(R)- and BAFTA TV Award-Winning Anthony Hemingway Serves as Executive Producer and Producing Director; in Partnership With Fox 21 Television Studios and Imagine Television Studios, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks Serve as Executive Producers With Music Mogul Clive Davis, Atlantic Records Chairman and CEO Craig Kallman, and Ken Biller
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