Power Book II: Ghost

Power Book II: Ghost
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Courtney A. Kemp
Based on	Power created by Courtney A. Kemp
Starring	Michael Rainey Jr. Shane Johnson Gianni Paolo Melanie Liburd Lovell Adams-Gray Daniel Bellomy Quincy Tyler Bernstine Paige Hurd Woody McClain Justin Marcel McManus Method Man LaToya Tonodeo Mary J. Blige Naturi Naughton Paton Ashbrook Berto Colon Alix Lapri Daniel Sunjata Larenz Tate Moriah Brown Monique Curnen Keesha Sharp David Walton Caroline Chikezie Michael Ealy
Opening theme	"Big Rich Town" by 50 Cent and Joe
Composer	Jeff Russo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producers	Bart Wenrich Chris Salek Courtney A. Kemp 50 Cent Danielle DeJesus Geoffrey Thorne Mark Canton Shana Stein
Running time	56–68 minutes
Production companies	End of Episode, Inc. G-Unit Film & Television Inc. Atmosphere Television CBS Studios Lionsgate Television
Original release
Network	Starz
Release	September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06) – October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04)
Related
Power Power Book III: Raising Kanan Power Book IV: Force

Power Book II: Ghost, or simply Ghost is an American crime drama television series created by Courtney A. Kemp, that aired from September 6, 2020, to October 4, 2024 on Starz.^[1] The series is both a direct sequel and spin-off to Power.

In December 2021, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on March 17, 2023.^[2][3] In January 2023, ahead of the third season premiere, the series was renewed for a fourth season.^[4] On March 14, 2024, it was announced that the fourth season will be the series' final season and is split into two parts; part one premiered on June 7, and part two premiered on September 6.^[5]

Premise

Ghost is the immediate fallout of the original series, and follows Tariq St. Patrick navigating his new life, in which his desire to shed his father's legacy comes up against the mounting pressure to save his family. Along the way, Tariq gets entangled in the affairs of the cutthroat Tejada family, adding further complications as he tries to balance his drug operations with his education, love life, family affairs, scrutiny from local and federal law enforcement.

Cast and characters

Character	Portrayed by	Seasons
		1	2	3	4
Tariq St. Patrick	Michael Rainey Jr.	Main
Cooper Saxe	Shane Johnson	Main			Does not appear
Brayden Weston	Gianni Paolo	Main
Caridad "Carrie" Milgram	Melanie Liburd	Main		Does not appear
Dru Tejada	Lovell Adams-Gray	Main
Ezekiel "Zeke" Cross	Daniel Bellomy	Main		Does not appear	Guest
Tameika Washington	Quincy Tyler Bernstine	Main	Guest		Does not appear
Lauren Baldwin	Paige Hurd	Main			Does not appear
Lorenzo "Cane" Tejada Jr.	Woody McClain	Main
Jabari Reynolds	Justin Marcel McManus	Main	Guest	Does not appear
Davis MacLean	Method Man	Main
Diana Tejada	LaToya Tonodeo	Main
Monet Stewart Tejada	Mary J. Blige	Main
Tasha St. Patrick	Naturi Naughton	Main	Guest		Recurring
Dante "Mecca" Spears	Daniel Sunjata	Does not appear	Main	Does not appear	Guest
Jenny Sullivan	Paton Ashbrook	Guest	Main		Guest
Lorenzo Tejada Sr.	Berto Colon	Recurring	Main	Recurring	Guest
Effie Morales	Alix Lapri	Recurring	Main
Rashad Tate	Larenz Tate	Recurring	Main		Guest
Keke Travis	Moriah Brown	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Blanca Rodriguez	Monique Curnen	Recurring	Guest	Main	Guest
Harper Benett	Keesha Sharp	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Lucas Weston	David Walton	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Noma Asaju	Caroline Chikezie	Does not appear		Recurring	Main
Don Carter	Michael Ealy	Does not appear			Main

Main

• Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick, the son of James "Ghost" St. Patrick and Tasha Green-St. Patrick, who is slowly following in his father's footsteps as a drug dealer.
• Shane Johnson as Cooper Saxe, the attorney protecting Tariq, despite failed attempts to catch Ghost, Tasha, Tommy and Tariq. (seasons 1–3)
• Gianni Paolo as Brayden Weston, Tariq's best friend and business partner from Choate, as well as a former roommate at Stansfield. He now works at Weston Holdings, his family's hedge fund on Wall Street.
• Melanie Liburd as Caridad "Carrie" Milgram, one of Tariq's professors who had a secret relationship with Zeke. (seasons 1–2)
• Lovell Adams-Gray as Dru Tejada, the artistic middle child of Monet and Lorenzo, and brother of Cane and Diana who is gay.
• Daniel Bellomy as Ezekiel "Zeke" Cross, Tariq's tutee who was the star basketball player at Stansfield, Monet's hidden son with Mecca and Carrie's love interest. (seasons 1–2; guest season 4)
• Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Tameika Washington, an attorney formerly affiliated with Saxe (season 1; guest seasons 2–3)
• Paige Hurd as Lauren Baldwin, Tariq's former classmate and ex-girlfriend who is currently in hiding after a failed murder attempt on her (seasons 1–3).
• Woody McClain as Lorenzo "Cane" Tejada Jr., the ruthless eldest child of Monet and Lorenzo, brother of Dru and Diana, Tariq's main rival and Effie's lover.
• Justin Marcel McManus as Jabari Reynolds, Carrie's ex-boyfriend and Tariq's professor. (season 1; guest season 2)
• Method Man as Davis MacLean, Tasha, Tariq and the Tejadas' lawyer, who looks to win at all costs.
• LaToya Tonodeo as Diana Tejada, the youngest child of Monet and Lorenzo and sister of Dru and Cane, who is also in the drug business, a fellow student at Stanfield and Tariq's love interest and later, mother of his child.
• Mary J. Blige as Monet Stewart Tejada, queenpin and second-in-command of the Tejada drug cartel, mother of Cane, Dru, Diana, and Zeke.
• Naturi Naughton as Tasha St. Patrick, Tariq's mother and James "Ghost" St Patrick's widow. (season 1; recurring season 4, guest seasons 2–3)
• Daniel Sunjata as Dante "Mecca" Spears, Cane's business associate, a former associate of Felipe Lobos, Monet's old flame and the father of Zeke. (season 2; guest season 4)^[6]
• Paton Ashbrook as Jenny Sullivan, an attorney working on the Jabari Reynolds case who is sleeping with Saxe. (seasons 2–3;^[7] recurring season 1; guest season 4)
• Berto Colon as Lorenzo Tejada Sr., Monet's husband, the leader of the Tejada operation and father to Cane, Dru and Diana. (season 2;^[7] recurring seasons 1 & 3; guest season 4)
• Alix Lapri as Effie Morales, Tariq's drug dealer ex-girlfriend at Choate and business partner, and later, Cane's love interest (seasons 2–4;^[7] recurring season 1)
• Larenz Tate as Councilman Rashad Tate, Ghost's former political rival and later an ethics professor at Stansfield. (seasons 2–3;^[8] recurring season 1, guest season 4)
• Keesha Sharp as Professor Harper Benett, Tariq's American Psyche professor, and also Councilman Tate fiancée (season 3)^[9]
• David Walton as Lucas Weston, Brayden's uncle and the CEO of Weston Holdings (season 3)^[10]
• Monique Curnen as NYPD Sergeant Blanca Rodriguez, an NYPD Sergeant who investigated Ghost and Tariq in the past (season 3; recurring season 1, guest seasons 2 and 4)^[10]
• Moriah Brown as Keke Travis, an employee at Weston Holdings, and Brayden's colleague and love interest (season 3)^[10]
• Michael Ealy as Detective Don Carter, a determined and vindictive NYPD detective who begins investigating Tariq's case at Paz's behest (season 4)
• Caroline Chikezie as Noma Asaju, a terrifying drug lord, Mecca's boss and Cane and Mclean's lover. (season 4; recurring season 3)^[11]

Recurring

• Kathleen Garrett as Judge Nina Larkin, the judge presiding over Tasha St. Patrick's case (season 1)
• LightSkinKeisha as BruShandria Carmichael, Tariq's classmate at Stansfield.
• Zoe Whitford as Ashley Fitzpatrick, Tariq's privileged classmate at Stansfield.
• Debbi Morgan as Estelle Green, Tasha's mother and Tariq and Yas' grandmother (guest season 1; seasons 2–3)
• Paris Morgan as Yasmine St. Patrick, Tariq's little sister and Ghost and Tasha's daughter (season 1, guest seasons 2–4)
• Victor Garber as Simon Stern, Ghost's former business partner (seasons 1–2)
• Bruce Altman as Oliver Simmons, Tariq's philosophy professor (seasons 1 & 4)
• Mark Feuerstein as Steven Ott, the representative of the political party Ghost was part of (seasons 1–2, guest season 3)
• Sung Kang as John Mak, an attorney formerly involved in the Lobos-Ghost investigation (season 1)
• Sherri Saum as Paula Matarazzo, top investigator and right hand of Davis (season 1; guest season 2)
• Shalim Ortiz as Danilo Ramirez, an NYPD officer stationed in the Tejadas' backyard of Queens, NY, and Monet's ex-boyfriend before Cane killed him (season 1)
• Brandi Denise Boyd as Epiphany Turner, a stripper single mom, who worked together with Tasha (season 1)
• Cory Jeacoma as Trace Weston, Brayden's entitled brother (season 1-3, guest season 4)
• Samantha Blaire Cutler as Becca Weston, sister to Brayden and Trace, daughter of Robert and Nicole
• Marcus Anderson Jr. as Lil' Guap, the Tejada's former partner, before Tariq, who frequently worked with Cane before being killed by Dru (seasons 1–2)
• Brittani Tucker as Chelle, Rel's ex-girlfriend who ends up being Cane's short-lived fling (seasons 1–2)
• Andrea Lee Christensen as Riley Saxe-Merchant, Cooper's niece and Brayden's new love interest (season 1)
• Bradley Gibson as Everett Neal, a member of Zeke's basketball team and Dru's new love interest (seasons 1–3)
• Geoffrey Owens, as Daniel Warren, a lawyer Ghost trusted with the handling of his will and assets (seasons 1–2)
• Michael J. Ferguson as Francis "2-Bit" Johnson, a convicted felon formerly associated with Andre Coleman and Tommy Egan (season 1; guest seasons 3–4)
• Jimmie Saito as Chef Eric Kamura, Mecca's right-hand man and chef (season 2)
• Jeff Hephner as Kevin Whitman, the lead detective investigating Jabari's murder until he was killed by Monet. (seasons 2–3)
• Lahmard Tate as Kamaal Tate, Rashad's brother who is a police officer (seasons 2 & 4)^[7]
• Frank Whaley as Judge Kenneth Lucas, the judge presiding over Tariq's case (season 2)^[12]
• Zephani Idoko as Stephanie, Davis MacLean's Stylist (season 2)
• Petey McGee as Salim Ashe Freeman, professor Benett's assistant and Diana's new love interest (season 3; guest season 4)^[13]
• Gbenga Akinnagbe as Ron Samuel Jenkins aka RSJ, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, who is being pursued by Weston Holdings for a partnership (season 3)^[11]
• Kyle Vincent Terry as Obi Okeke, Noma's right-hand man (seasons 3–4)^[11]
• Erik Hernandez as Gordo Castillo, Frank and Evelyn's son and Dru's new love interest (season 3)
• Kevin Tyler Rodriguez as Angel 'Junior' Young, a young DEA agent and Paz Valdes' son (season 3, guest season 4)
• Golden Brooks as Janet Stewart, Monet's cousin (season 4)
• Alison Luff as Felicia Lewis, a detective who works closely with Carter (season 4)
• Sydney Winbush as Anya Convington, Noma's daughter and Tariq's new love interest (season 4)
• Stephanie Suganami Shepard as Perla Tanaka, an attorney in Davis's team and his close confidante (season 4)
• Talia Robinson as Elle, a college student and band singer, who becomes Brayden's new love interest (season 4)

Guest stars

• David Zayas as Uncle Frank Castillo, a Tejada family friend who tried to set them up (season 1)
• Glynn Turman as Gabriel, uncle to Ghost (season 1)
• Elizabeth Rodriguez as Paz Valdes, Angela Valdes' sister (seasons 1, 3 & 4)
• Jeff Auer as Robert Weston, the patriarch of the Weston family
• Angel Reda as Nicole Weston, wife to Robert and mother to Brayden, Trace and Becca
• Donshea Hopkins as Raina St. Patrick, Tariq's twin sister (seasons 1-2)
• Luenell Campbell as Ms. Richards, Spanky's mother (season 1)
• Jackie Long as Rico Barnes, the man who provides the drugs for the Tejadas to distribute (season 1)
• Laz Alonso as Samuel Santana, a detective investigating the death of the GTG assassin on the faculty grounds (season 1)
• Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan, Ghost's best friend, Tariq's godfather and surrogate uncle and Cash's surrogate father (seasons 1 & 3)
• Denim Roberson as Cash Grant, LaKeisha Grant's son (season 1)
• Redman (season 2) and Jordan Mahome (season 3) as Theo Rollins, Davis' older brother who is in prison^[14]
• 50 Cent as Kanan Stark, Ghost's old friend and Tariq's mentor of sort, whom he got killed and has nightmares of (season 2)
• Alani "La La" Anthony as LaKeisha Grant, Tommy's ex and Tasha's former best friend, who was murdered by her in order to protect Tariq (season 2)
• Marcus Callender as Raymond "Ray Ray" Walker, the corrupt cop who murdered Raina St. Patrick and became Tariq's first victim (season 2)
• Jerry Ferrara as Joseph Proctor, Ghost and Tommy's former lawyer who was murdered by the latter, after Tariq allowed him access to his penthouse (season 2)
• Lauren Vélez as Evelyn Castillo, Frank's wife, who shows up after her husband has gone missing (guest seasons 2–3)
• Emeka Okafor as himself and a basketball trainer for Zeke (season 2)
• Patricia Kalember as Kate Egan, Tommy's mother (season 3)
• Moise Amadou as Kene Okeke, Obi's litte brother (season 4)
• Wesley Han as Pinky, a private investigator who works with Tariq (guest seasons 3 & 4)
• Pha'rez Lass as Marcus "Zion" Washington, a high-level distributor and one of Davis' clients in the past (season 4)
• Jequrey Slaton as Roman Price, a low-lever drug dealer working for Zion and Tariq's competitor (season 4)
• Terry Serpico as Wiley Adams, a criminal broker for a senator and acquaintance of Maclean's (season 4)
• Johnath Davis as Kevin Grant, Adams' aide and bodyguard (season 4)
• Sahr Ngaujah as Chinedu, Noma's brother and supervisor who came over from Nigeria (season 4)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06)	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)
2	10		November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)	February 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)
3	10		March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)	May 26, 2023 (2023-05-26)
4	10		June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07)	October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04)

Season 1 (2020–21)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Stranger"	Anthony Hemingway	Courtney A. Kemp	September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06)	0.680[15]
2	2	"Exceeding Expectations"	Marisol Adler	Monica Mitchell	September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13)	0.564[16]
3	3	"Play the Game"	Hernan Otaño	Gabriela Uribe & Aixsha Hiciano	September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)	0.535[17]
4	4	"The Prince"	Shana Stein	Charles Ray Hamilton & Julian Ouanés	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)	0.566[18]
5	5	"The Gift of the Magi"	Erica A. Watson	Andre J. Ferguson	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)	0.593[19]
6	6	"Good vs. Evil"	Eif Rivera	Geoffrey Thorne	December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)	0.587[20]
7	7	"Sex Week"	Hernan Otaño	Monica Mitchell & Charles Ray Hamilton	December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)	0.583[21]
8	8	"Family First"	Stewart Schill	Andre J. Ferguson & Julian Ouanés	December 20, 2020 (2020-12-20)	0.468[22]
9	9	"Monster"	Bart Wenrich	Gabriela Uribe	December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)	0.560[23]
10	10	"Heart of Darkness"	Rob Hardy	Story by : Aixsha Hiciano Teleplay by : Randy Huggins & Aixsha Hiciano	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)	0.617[24]

Season 2 (2021–22)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Free Will Is Never Free"	Rob Hardy	Brett Mahoney	November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)	0.518[25]
12	2	"Selfless Acts?"	Stewart Schill	Monica Mitchell	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	0.526[26]
13	3	"The Greater Good"	Brendan Walsh	Kevin J. Hynes & Oneika Barrett	December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05)	0.477[27]
14	4	"Gettin' These Ends"	Ruben Garcia	Charles Ray Hamilton	December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)	0.423[28]
15	5	"Coming Home to Roost"	Shana Stein	Aixsha Hiciano	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)	0.449[29]
16	6	"What's Free?"	Nefertite Nguvu	Andre J. Ferguson	January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09)	0.555[30]
17	7	"Forced My Hand"	Hernan Otaño	Monica Mitchell & Lacey Herbert	January 16, 2022 (2022-01-16)	0.522[31]
18	8	"Drug Related"	Shana Stein	Julian Ouanes	January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23)	0.566[32]
19	9	"A Fair Fight?"	Bart Wenrich	Sara Rose Feinberg	January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)	0.533[33]
20	10	"Love and War"	Rob Hardy	Gabriela Uribe	February 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)	0.801[34]

Season 3 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"Your Perception, Your Reality"	Geary McLeod	Brett Mahoney & Ashley Victoria Hudson	March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)	0.362[35]
22	2	"Need vs. Greed"	Ruben Garcia	Monica Mitchell	March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)	0.236[36]
23	3	"Human Capital"	Eif Rivera	Vladimir Cvetko & Jormond Thompson	March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)	0.280[37]
24	4	"The Land of Opportunity"	Stewart Schill	Andre J. Ferguson	April 7, 2023 (2023-04-07)	0.265[38]
25	5	"No More Second Chances"	Rob Hardy	Lacey Herbert	April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)	0.276[39]
26	6	"Land of Lies"	Erica Watson	Monica Mitchell & Gabriela Uribe	April 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)	0.248[40]
27	7	"Deal or No Deal"	Joy T. Lane	Thomas Wong	April 28, 2023 (2023-04-28)	0.279[41]
28	8	"Sacrifice"	Dawn Wilkinson	Sara Rose Feinberg	May 5, 2023 (2023-05-05)	0.248[42]
29	9	"A Last Gift"	Brendan Walsh	Gabriela Uribe	May 19, 2023 (2023-05-19)	0.209[43]
30	10	"Divided We Stand"	Geary McLeod	Vladimir Cvetko	May 26, 2023 (2023-05-26)	0.339[44]

Season 4 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [45]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [46]	U.S. viewers (millions)
31	1	"I Don't Die Easy"	Brendan Walsh	Michael C. Martin	June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07)	0.206[47]
32	2	"To Thine Own Self"	Jono Oliver	Sara Rose Feinberg	June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14)	0.213[48]
33	3	"Birthright"	Ben Semanoff	LaDarian Smith	June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21)	0.178[49]
34	4	"The Reckoning"	Monica Raymund	Jamila Daniel	June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28)	0.193[50]
35	5	"Ego Death"	Batan Silva	Lacey Herbert	July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05)	0.260[51]
36	6	"The Devil's Playground"	Sharon Lewis	Paul Eriksen & Stacey Matthew	September 6, 2024 (2024-09-06)	0.170[52]
37	7	"I Can't Fix This"	Ruben Garcia	Jormond Thompson	September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13)	0.160[53]
38	8	"Higher Calling"	Joy T. Lane	Ayanna A. Floyd	September 20, 2024 (2024-09-20)	0.154[54]
39	9	"Married to the Game"	Brendan Walsh	Ashley Victoria Hudson	September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)	0.218[55]
40	10	"Ghost in the Machine"	Dawn Wilkinson	Corey Deshon	October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04)	0.268[56]

Production

Development

On July 26, 2019, Starz announced the straight-to-series order with the news that Mary J. Blige would star.^[57] On February 9, 2020, Starz announced the premise of the series.^[58] On September 22, 2020, Starz renewed the series for a second season.^[59] On December 7, 2021, Starz renewed the series for a third season with Brett Mahoney taking over as the showrunner.^[2] On January 30, 2023, ahead of the third season premiere, Starz renewed the series for a fourth season.^[4] On March 14, 2024, it was announced that the fourth season will be the series final season and will have two parts.^[5]

Casting

Mary J. Blige was cast on July 26, 2019, with the initial news. On January 14, 2020, Method Man was cast in a main role.^[60] The remainder of the main cast was entirely announced on February 9, 2020.^[61] On July 21, 2020, Sherri Saum was cast for the series.^[62] Two days later, Shalim Ortiz was cast in a recurring role.^[63] On February 24, Daniel Sunjata was cast as a new series regular for the second season.^[6] On April 27, 2021, Redman joined the cast in a guest starring role for the second season.^[14] On June 21, 2021, Paton Ashbrook, Berto Colon, and Alix Lapri were promoted to series regulars while Lahmard Tate joined the cast in a recurring role, reprising his role as Kamaal Tate from the sixth season of Power.^[7] On October 1, 2021, Frank Whaley joined the cast in a recurring role for the second season.^[12] In January 2022, Keesha Sharp, David Walton, Monique Curnen, and Moriah Brown were cast as series regulars while Petey McGee joined the cast in a recurring role for the third season.^[9][10][13] In March 2022, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Kyle Vincent Terry, and Caroline Chikezie were cast in recurring roles.^[11] Upon the fourth season renewal announcement, Michael Ealy joined the cast as a new series regular.^[4]

Release

The series' official trailer was released on August 4, 2020.^[64] The series premiered on September 6, 2020 on Starz.^[1] The second season premiered on November 21, 2021.^[65] The third season premiered on March 17, 2023.^[3] The fourth season will air in two parts; part one premiered on June 7, 2024, and part two premiered on September 6, 2024.^[5]

Reception

Ratings

Power Book II: Ghost : U.S. viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number										Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	1	680	564	535	566	593	587	583	468	560	617	570
	2	518	526	477	423	449	555	522	566	533	801	537
	3	362	236	280	265	276	248	279	248	209	339	274
	4	206	213	178	193	260	170	160	154	218	268	202

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[a]

Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Power Book II: Ghost

Award	Year	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
NAACP Image Awards	2021	Outstanding Drama Series	Power Book II: Ghost	Won	[66]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Clifford 'Method Man' Smith Jr	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Mary J. Blige	Won
	2022	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Clifford 'Method Man' Smith Jr	Won	[67]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Mary J. Blige	Won

Note

1. The viewership statistics in the graph and table are sourced from the citations in the season-specific tables above.

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External links

• Official website
• Power Book II: Ghost at IMDb