Queen Sugar: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The contemporary drama Queen Sugar, set in the fictional town of Saint Josephine, Louisiana, chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings: Nova, a worldly-wise journalist and activist; Charley, the savvy wife and manager of a professional basketball star; and Ralph Angel, a formerly incarcerated young father in search of redemption. After a family tragedy, the Bordelons must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run a struggling sugarcane farm in the Deep South.

Series details

• Title: Queen Sugar
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2016-09-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-11-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Oprah Winfrey Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 11649
• IMDb ID: tt4419214
• TVDB ID: 314442

Cast and credited roles

• Rutina Wesley — Nova Bordelon
• Kofi Siriboe — Ralph Angel Bordelon
• Tina Lifford — Violet Bordelon
• Nicholas L. Ashe — Micah West
• Omar J. Dorsey — Hollywood Desonier
• Dawn-Lyen Gardner — Charley Bordelon West
• Ethan Hutchison — Blue Bordelon
• Henry G. Sanders — Prosper Denton
• Bianca Lawson — Darla Sutton
• Dondre T. Whitfield — Remy Newell
• Timon Kyle Durrett — Davis West
• Greg Vaughan — Calvin Gaston

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-09-06; final listed air date 2016-11-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-06-20; final listed air date 2017-11-15; episode order: 16.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-05-29; final listed air date 2018-08-22; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2019-06-12; final listed air date 2019-09-11; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2021-02-16; final listed air date 2021-04-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2021-09-07; final listed air date 2021-11-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2022-09-06; final listed air date 2022-11-29; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Queen Sugar on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.