Pretty Faces, Real Power—and Zero Loyalty: RAATV Announces First Original Reality Series, The Access Index: Jackson
Mississippi's new reality show, premiering Friday, June 19, 2026 at 7 PM CT on RAATV — where status is currency and loyalty is disposable.
JACKSON, Miss. — In The Access Index: Jackson, access gets you in — but not everyone can afford to stay.
The Access Index: Jackson, the first original reality series from independent Black-owned streaming network RAATV, will premiere Friday, June 19, 2026, at 7 PM CT (8 PM ET / 5 PM PT), the company announced today. The series will also serve as RAATV's official network launch.
Set inside Jackson, Mississippi's elite social and business circles, The Access Index: Jackson follows a cast of powerful Black women navigating ambition, loyalty, influence, relationships, business, and access. The series departs from traditional reality television in a key way: the cast is drawn from real life. The women featured are entrepreneurs, business owners, mothers, and professionals — not actors recruited for the screen.
From elite galas to quiet betrayals, alliances shift, tensions rise, and every move is calculated. This isn't friendship — it's positioning. And when the rules get questioned, loyalty is the first thing to go.
"What separates The Access Index: Jackson from typical reality programming is that the women carry their ambition, resilience, and leadership into real life," said Peggy Jara Everett, RAATV founder and the show's Creator and Executive Producer. "Viewers won't just be entertained — they'll be inspired by women making real moves in business and culture while opening doors for the next generation."
Because the relationships at the center of the series are real, the network describes the drama as organic and unforced — powerful personalities colliding in a city where status, loyalty, influence, and access carry real weight. The cast brings elegance, humor, conflict, vulnerability, ambition, and authenticity to the screen.
The Access Index is designed as a franchise format. RAATV has confirmed plans for a reunion special following the season's run and is in early development on future installments set in additional cities. The next city could be anywhere.
The Access Index: Jackson streams exclusively on RAATV. The network launches on Android (Google Play) and the web at raatv.net for premiere day, with apps for Apple, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV rolling out across summer 2026. A RAATV subscription is required.
PRODUCTION CREDITS — Created and Executive Produced by Peggy Jara Everett. Co-Creator, Show Producer, and Director: Larry Ingram. A RAATV Original.
About RAATV — RAATV (Rich Azz Auntie TV) is an independent, Black-owned streaming network headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, founded by media entrepreneur Jara Everett. The platform launches on Android (Google Play) and the web at raatv.net, with apps for Apple, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV rolling out across summer 2026.