'Greenleaf' Returns with Two-Night Premiere August 15 & 16

OWN's acclaimed original drama series, Greenleaf, from award-winning writer/producer Craig Wright and executive producers Clement Virgo and Oprah Winfrey, will return with a two-night premiere on Tuesday, August 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (after a new episode of Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots" at 9 p.m. ET/PT) and Wednesday, August 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series regularly airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Greenleaf stars Merle Dandridge, Keith David and Lynn Whitfield.

Year to date, Greenleaf is one of the Top 5 original scripted series on ad-supported cable in W25-54 in Live+3. It is Wednesday night's #2 original scripted cable series for W25-54 and one of the Top 4 original scripted cable series for African-American women and total viewers. The series is averaging over 2 million total viewers in Live+3.

Greenleaf takes viewers into the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. The series centers on the journey of estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge) who has returned home after 20 years on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister, Faith. As she reenters the world of Calvary Fellowship World Ministries, the Memphis megachurch run by her powerful parents Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David) and Lady Mae Greenleaf (Lynn Whitfield), it becomes evident that things are not as virtuous as they seem and that the family's outward display of faith hides sin and misdeeds. The series also stars Lamman Rucker (As the World Turns, All My Children), Deborah Joy Winans, GregAlan Williams, Kim Hawthorne, Tye White, Rick Fox, Desiree Ross and Lovie Simone.