A 24-hour live premiere party, hosted by Curtis Duncan.
Presented to Carl Weber & Urban Books Media · Marquis Barnes, Trademarqs Laboratory · October 2026
By day, the Duncans sell exotic cars. For 24 hours, the fans run the night.
A nonstop live event around the premiere: watch party, aftershow, IRL bounty hunt, cast drop-ins and fan takeovers. Curtis Duncan holds it down from first countdown to last call.
Curtis holds the chair. The family rotates through: aftershow panels, the Family Meeting, surprise calls to the fans who've been here since season one.
Drop-in lineup is illustrative and subject to cast availability.
A bounty hunter is built for the road. Curtis can leave the set, chase a lead across the city and bring the audience with him live.
L.C.'s nephew who arrived as an outsider in "Who Is Curtis Duncan?" He can tease every side of the family without picking one.
Curtis carries weight in the books too, including The Family Business 7 and his own novel, Curtis Duncan, Bounty Hunter, co-written by Ben Stephens. Readers and viewers both know him.
Scripted overnight chase. Fans decode clues in chat and vote on Curtis's next move.
Sponsor fit: energy drink, phone carrier, rideshare
Exotic car walkthroughs. A natural home for an automotive sponsor.
Sponsor fit: luxury or exotic auto brandCarl Weber live: readings, fan Q&A and what's next on the page.
Sponsor fit: Urban Books bundle, audiobook appCast drop-ins, trivia, and calls with the most loyal fans. Ends on the closing reveal.
Presenting partner closeYouTube Live, TikTok Live and Twitch at once, so fans watch wherever they already are.
The stream counts down and reacts; it never rebroadcasts the episode. Every link points to BET+.
24 hours of footage becomes a vertical clip library for the show's socials through the season.
The Book Club turns viewers into readers and readers into subscribers. Every hour of After Dark is an ad for both.
A lounge set styled as the family's private room after the showroom closes.
Bonded cellular so the Bounty never drops, wherever Curtis chases it.
Fresh hands every eight hours so nobody runs on fumes.
Cast co-hosts rotate in so Ben rests between beats.
A live moderation team plus brand-safety filters across every platform.
AI-assisted cutting, posted to socials while the stream is still running.
Director and producer · Trademarqs Laboratory and Frequincy Inc.
On set for the original series and The Family Business: New Orleans. We already know the world and the people.
SAG-AFTRA sci-fi music film with Deon Cole, Chelsea Tavares and Paige Hurd.
Event coverage and our own IRL streaming rig.
Cinematography, directing and AI filmmaking.
Green light on the After Dark concept and the use of the Family Business name and world.
An intro to Ben Stephens to bring Curtis Duncan on as host.
Cast and Carl Weber time across the 24 hours.
Alignment with BET+ on the premiere date: [date].
Next step: a 30-minute call to lock the date and the host.
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