Netflix Sets Beauty in Black Season 3 Premiere for August 27 as Tyler Perry's Hit Drama Returns
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Reel Perspectives
July 29, 2026
Netflix has officially announced that Tyler Perry's hit drama Beauty in Black will return for its highly anticipated third season on August 27, giving fans another chapter filled with shocking betrayals, dangerous power plays, and the kind of salacious twists that have made the series one of the streamer's biggest drama sensations. The announcement comes only days after Netflix surprised fans by reversing its previous plan to end the series, instead renewing Beauty in Black for a fourth season before Season 3 has even premiered.
Created, written, directed, and executive produced by Tyler Perry, Beauty in Black follows two women from completely different worlds Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams) and Mallory (Crystle Stewart) whose lives become deeply intertwined. As their paths collide, secrets, ambition, loyalty, and betrayal reshape both of their futures.
With so many scores left unsettled, Season 3 looks poised to deliver the most intense season yet. As old enemies return and new battles emerge, the fight for power inside the Bellarie family is expected to reach dangerous new heights. Speaking with Netflix, Williams shared, “By the end of Season 2, the entire power structure shifts. Part 2 is really the moment Kimmie stops surviving and starts playing the game. And once she does that … nobody in the Bellarie family is safe.”
The biggest surprise surrounding the series may not be what happens on screen, but what happens afterward. After previously announcing Season 3 would conclude the story, Netflix has officially renewed Beauty in Black for a fourth season, ensuring audiences will spend even more time inside Perry's unpredictable world.
With an August 27 premiere now locked in, fans don't have long to wait before returning to one of television's most addictive family sagas. If the first two seasons proved anything, it's that no one stays on top forever, and in the world of Beauty in Black, every victory comes with consequences.