Genius: Aretha Premiere Date and New Trailer Home » Genius: Aretha Premiere Date and New Trailer The Color Purple) revealed today during the network’s TCA session the Genius: Aretha premiere date and official trailer, which you can watch below. The Emmy-award-winning anthology series comes from 20th Century Television and Imagine Television. The Genius: Aretha premiere date has been set for Sunday, March 21 at 9/8c, with double-stacked episodes airing across four consecutive nights. The premiere episodes will be available the next day on Hulu, culminating in a celebration of Aretha Franklin’s birthday, with all eight episodes available to stream by Thursday, March 25.