Paramount+ With Showtime is putting the South Side of Chicago in its rearview mirror — the upcoming eighth season of The Chi (premiere date TBD) will be its last, TVLine has confirmed. Production on the now-final season begins in early 2026.

Created by Lena Waithe , The Chi is a coming-of-age story about a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become “linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.”

“When I created The Chi , it wasn’t just about making a TV show — it was about owning our narratives and telling our stories with truth, care, nuance and complexity,” Waithe says in a statement. “It was about showing the soul of the South Side — the beauty, the pain, the grit, and the magic that lives in every block, and in every family.

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