Righteous Gemstones
Righteous Gemstones
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Premiered:
- Network: HBO
- Category: Series
- Genre: Comedy (Sitcom)
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Created by Danny McBride
- Subject Matter: Family
- Tags: religious, televangelist
Plot Synopsis
Created and executive produced by series star Danny McBride, RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES is a comedy series that follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work at their South Carolina megachurch. The larger-than-life patriarch of the Gemstones, Eli, built an evangelist empire with his late wife Aimee-Leigh, and he fears his children -- Jesse, Kelvin and Judy -- may be lost without her. When he's not tending to his gold mine of a flock, he's mediating petty disputes among his three children. The first-born son of Eli, Jesse, takes his role in the family's glitzy megachurch seriously, even if he's a party boy at heart. A husband and father of three, his life gets turned upside down when anonymous blackmailers with a scandalous video threaten to destroy his image as a righteous family man. As Jesse's younger brother, Kelvin has a lot to prove if he's going to be taken seriously as a minister and person. Small and fierce, he may be more innocent than his siblings, but he's just as fiery. Eli's only daughter and often the odd woman out, Judy, is relegated to being the secretary of the family and just wants to be included. While not-so-secretly living in sin with her fiance BJ, she has a few tricks up her sleeve in addition to the chip on her shoulder. RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES premieres on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT on HBO with a one-hour episode, followed by half-hour episodes on subsequent Sundays.
The sophomore season of THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES debuted with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, January 9, 2022 from 10-11:25pm ET/PT on HBO. The new season finds the Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.
Season 3 of THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES premiered with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, June 18, 2023 from 10-11:25pm ET/PT on HBO. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.
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On Sunday, July 30, 2023 from 10-11:15pm, HBO premiered back-to-back new episodes of THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES to close out the third season:
"I Will Take You by The Hand and Keep You" (10pm): The Gemstone siblings reconnect with their loved ones...and each other. As the Montgomery militia fractures from within, Chuck weighs his options, while Peter hatches a new plan.
"Wonders That Cannot Be Fathomed, Miracles That Cannot Be Counted" (10:32pm): The siblings compete in an all-out biblical brawl -- until a stroke of divine intervention forever alters the fate of the Gemstone family.
Three days earlier -- on Thursday, July 27 -- HBO renewed THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES for a fourth season.
Cast
- John Goodman - Dr. Eli Gemstone
- Danny McBride - Jesse Gemstone
- Adam Devine - Kelvin Gemstone
- Edi Patterson - Judy Gemstone
- Skyler Gisondo - Gideon Gemstone
- Tim Baltz - BJ
- Cassidy Freeman - Amber Gemstone
- Tony Cavalero - Keefe Chambers
- Gregory Alan Williams - Martin Imari
- Gavin Munn - Abraham Gemstone
- Troy Anthony Hogan - Matthew
- James DuMont - Chad
- Jennifer Hazelip - Pam
- Mary Hollis Inboden - Mandy
- Jennifer Nettles - Aimee-Leigh Gemstone
- Kristen Johnston - May-May Montgomery (Season 3)
- Shea Whigham - (Season 3)
- Steve Zahn - (Season 3)
- Stephen Dorff - (Season 3)
- Iliza Shlesinger - (Season 3)
- Casey Wilson - (Season 3)
- Sturgill Simpson - (Season 3)
- Lukas Haas - (Season 3)
- Stephen Schneider - (Season 3)
- Robert Oberst - (Season 3)
- Quincy Dunn-Baker - Dakota (Season 3)
- Maggie Winters - Taryn (Season 3)
- Kora Kokavec - Poppy (Season 3)
- Kelton DuMont - Pontius Gemstone
- Valyn Hall - Tiffany Freeman
- Walton Goggins - 'Baby Billy' Freeman
- J. LaRose - Gregory
- Jody Hill - Levi
- Cullen Moss - Brock
- Jason Schwartzman - Thaniel Block (Season 2)
- Eric Roberts - Junior (Season 2)
- Eric Andre - Lyle Lissons (Season 2)
- Jessica Lowe - Lindy Lissons (Season 2)
- Ashley LeConte Campbell - Deborah (Season 2)
- Hank Strong - Jericho (Season 2)
- Miles Burris - Titus (Season 2)
- James Preston Rogers - Tan Man (Season 2)
- Brock O'Hurn - Torsten (Season 2)
- Antwan Mills - Cody (Season 2)
- Joel Rush - Sky (Season 2)
- Wayne Duvall - Glendon Marsh (Season 2)
- Crystal Coney - Angie (Season 2)
- Scott MacArthur - Scotty (Season 1)
- Dermot Mulroney - John Wesley Seasons (Season 1)
- Andrea Powell - Victoria (Season 1)
- Andrene Ward-Hammond - Angie (Season 1)
- Toby Huss - Dale Nancy (Season 1)
- Jade Pettyjohn - Dot Nancy (Season 1)
- Marla Maples - Gay Nancy (Season 1)
- Charles D. Clark - Deacon (Season 1)
- Jana Allen - Kelly Seasons (Season 1)
Settings
- - South Carolina USA