Lifetime will air the follow up to this year’s shocking docuseries about R. Kelly over three consecutive nights in January 2020.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning” will premiere Thursday, Jan. 2, on the network. The six-hour series will run for two hours a night for three consecutive nights, concluding Saturday, Jan. 4. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The continuation features interviews from a variety of new perspectives — including new survivors, supporters, music industry insiders (Damon Dash, Mathew Knowles, Jimmy Maynes), activists (#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke) and many others, such as W. Kamau Bell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Angela Yee, Gloria Allred and State’s Attorney for Cook Country Kimberly M. Foxx.
The follow up is part of Lifetime’s Stop Violence Against Women Initiative, and the series deepens the A + E Network’s relationship with RAINN ( Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) as Kelly’s survivors join the organization’s speakers bureau.
Since the first installment aired last January on the network, the series has been seen by 27 million viewers to date, won a Critics’ Choice Award, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy. Its revelations even sparked a national debate about the music industry’s longstanding silence over R. Kelly’s long list of allegations, including previous charges against him of child pornography. The hashtag #MuteRKelly led to the musician being quickly dropped from his label and disavowed by past collaborators, and seven weeks later, 10 felony counts of aggravated sexual assault involving four alleged victims which led to his arrest.
The self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B also had a new slew of charges filed against him. Just last week, the embattled singer was charged with bribery for procuring a fake ID for an unnamed female in 1994 — a day before his marriage to the late R&B singer Aaliyah, who was only 15 years old at the time.
