‘Insecure’: Issa Rae’s HBO Series To Get Run On OWN

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HBO’s Emmy Award-winning comedy Insecure, starring series’ co-creator Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji, will begin airing two back-to-back episodes on Tuesday night on OWN.

It premieres on Tuesday, February 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET/ PT with the show’s pilot episode titled “Insecure As F**k.” This is a rare HBO series to get an off-network run on basic cable where premium content has to be sanitized to comply with ad-supported networks’ broadcast standards for language, nudity, violence, etc.

HBO made a big push in the arena more than a decade ago when it sold edited versions of Sex and the City to TBS (and subsequently E!/Style), Curb Your Enthusiasm to TV Guide Channel, Entourage to Spike as well as The Sopranos to A&E for a blockbuster $200M deal.

There have barely been sales since then, with The Wire a rare exception, getting an off-network run on BET a couple of years ago, as the value of content exclusivity has increased in the streaming age.