Does anybody watch Power on Starz? I discovered it last night and found myself hooked after the debut episode. The premise of the show, although cliche, isn't bad: James "Ghost" St. Patrick is a drug dealer turned club owner who wants to go legit and do right by his family but he can't seem outrun his past (his partner, Tommy, wants to expand their drug distribution empire, and his wife, Tasha, loves the life it affords her). I'm only on episode three (0f five, so far) and will be interested to see how it all plays out.

Power's first few episodes were directed by Anthony Hemingway (his credits include The Wire, Treme, True Blood, and That Movie We Don't Talk About) and the show is produced by Mark Canton and 50 Cent, among others. According to The Hollywood Reporter, we can expect a Season 2.

Starz handed out a quick renewal to drama Power earlier this summer after a modest start with audiences. Though [Starz CEO Chris] Albrecht did not discuss viewership on the show, he did say that most of them were not white. "The not-so-surprising secret about Power is that white people don't watch a lot of shows that don't have a lot of white faces in them," he said. "That's going to take some time." Power's black audience, which he noted made up more than half of the total viewership, is also the biggest for a pay cable network in some time: "[It has] the largest concentration of black households of any premium show since The Wire."

Oh, last thing: The theme song is classic 50 and features Joe on the hook. So, obviously, I love it.