Soul Food: The Series is a popular television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. The show is currently shown in syndication on the BET and BET J cable networks in edited form.Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr., Soul Food is based upon Tillman's childhood experiences growing up in Wisconsin, and is a continuation of Tillman's successful 1997 film of the same name Having aired 74 episodes, it is the longest running drama with a predominantly African-American cast in the history of American prime-time television.