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Posted Wednesday 9/12/18 at 1:11PM EDT
Kenya Barris recalls the weeks-long battle with ABC and Disney over his shelved Black-ish episode
The Feb.
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Posted Friday 8/24/18 at 10:43PM EDT
ABC's plans for Bewitched is proof why reboots are a good idea
The classic 1960s sitcom is archaic by today's standards, but the reboot is using its dated premise and rebooting it...
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ABC developing an interracial Bewitched reboot from Kenya Barris
Bewitched is the third beloved witch-based TV show this year to get a reboot, following Charmed and Sabrina: The Teenage...
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Posted Thursday 8/16/18 at 10:40PM EDT
Report: ABC shelved Black-ish episode over comments about President Trump, not NFL players kneeling
According to a Variety report, the February episode that may have pushed Kenya Barris to exit his ABC Studios deal...
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Posted Thursday 8/16/18 at 4:38PM EDT
It's official: Black-ish creator Kenya Barris joins Netflix in deal worth "roughly $100 million"
Barris' three-year deal puts him "in the same ballpark" as new Netflix mega-deal showrunners Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes.
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Posted Tuesday 8/07/18 at 10:55PM EDT
ABC's Channing Dungey on Roseanne Barr's firing over racist tweet: "In some ways, this was a last straw"
More than two months after canceling Roseanne and essentially firing Barr, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey says she wouldn't have...
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Posted Saturday 7/28/18 at 12:28AM EDT
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris officially exits his ABC Studios deal, likely for a nine-figure Netflix megadeal
It's been nearly four months since The Hollywood Reporter reported on a frustrated Barris planning his exit from ABC Studios...
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Tracee Ellis Ross says ABC's yanking of a Black-ish episode was "frightening"
The actress says she never got an answer for why ABC shelved the February episode, which tackled the National Anthem...
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Posted Wednesday 6/06/18 at 6:44PM EDT
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris was ready to go "crazy" in protest after Roseanne Barr's racist tweet
Barris, who in recent months has reportedly expressed frustration with ABC in wake of the pulling of a February Black-ish...
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Posted Monday 6/04/18 at 2:49PM EDT
Kenya Barris settles Black-ish dispute with his former writing partner
Writer and director Bryan Barber had sued for $1 million saying he shared a role in the creation of his...
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ABC cancels Roseanne after Roseanne Barr's racist tweet
"Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.
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Posted Tuesday 5/15/18 at 10:53PM EDT
Kenya Barris says "we've moved past" the pulled Black-ish episode, but ABC wouldn't let him comment on the Roseanne joke
"We’ve moved past it," the Black-ish creator says of the “Please, Baby, Please” episode that he agreed with ABC to...
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Posted Tuesday 5/15/18 at 1:10PM EDT
ABC boss addresses rumored tension with Black-ish creator, says kneeling athletes was "not really the issue" in yanked episode
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said there were "a number of different elements that we had a hard time coming...
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Posted Monday 5/14/18 at 3:48PM EDT
Blackish creator's Bright Futures pilot, narrated by Lisa Kudrow, is still alive at NBC despite late Brooklyn Nine-Nine pickup
The pilot from Black-ish creator Kenya Barris starring Emily Ratajowski, Shameik Moore and Youtubber Lilly Singh as a group of...
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Posted Friday 5/11/18 at 6:52PM EDT
ABC renews Black-ish
The Kenya Barris comedy will return for a fifth season.