Mara Brock Akil
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Posted Monday 9/27/21 at 12:39PM EDT
Mara Brock Akil to adapt Judy Blume’s Forever as a Netflix series
The Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane and The Game creator's adaptation of Blume’s YA romance novel revolves around two Black high schoolers...
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Posted Tuesday 8/31/21 at 6:13PM EDT
The Game revival sets Nov. 10 premiere date, brings back Coby Bell and adds Tim Daly and Toby Sandeman
The Paramount+ revival will see Bell reprising his role as former football star Jason Pitts.
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Posted Saturday 9/12/20 at 2:47AM EDT
Mara Brock Akil is proud of Girlfriends' impact on TV's portrayal of Black women
Friday marked not only the 20th anniversary of Akil's UPN/CW sitcom, but also its streaming debut on Netflix.
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Posted Wednesday 9/09/20 at 1:10PM EDT
Mara Brock Akil signs an overall deal with Netflix
Akil's deal comes ahead of her classic sitcom Girlfriends' premiere on Netflix on Friday.
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Posted Friday 1/31/20 at 6:22AM EST
The CW scraps The Game reboot plans
The CW is not moving forward with The Game revival one month after a plan to revive the nine-season Mara...
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Posted Tuesday 12/17/19 at 10:50PM EST
CW planning to reboot The Game
Mara Brock Akil is developing a follow-up to her Girlfriends spinoff that helped launch The CW in 2006.
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Posted Friday 12/21/18 at 1:58PM EST
OWN's Love Is__ cancelation was "the right thing," says the women who accused co-creator Salim Akil of abuse
"I did feel a sense of this is the right thing, this is correct response from the OWN network.
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OWN cancels Love Is__ following domestic abuse allegations against co-creator Salim Akil
The romantic drama, which premiered in June and was renewed for Season 2 in July, has been canceled, effective immediately,...
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Posted Wednesday 11/28/18 at 8:50PM EST
Salim Akil, Black Lightning boss and Love Is___ co-creator, sued for for alleged physical and sexual abuse
Actress Amber Dixon Breener filed suit against Akil on Nov.
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Posted Tuesday 7/31/18 at 1:32PM EDT
Love Is__ renewed for Season 2
OWN's pickup for Season 2 comes amid strong ratings for the romantic drama from real-life spouses Mara Brock Akil and...
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Posted Monday 7/16/18 at 8:37PM EDT
Girlfriends deserves a proper ending, says creator Mara Brock Akil
"I would like to end the Girlfriends story," says Akil, who reportedly wrote a film version to close out the...
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Posted Wednesday 6/20/18 at 3:57AM EDT
OWN's Love Is__ is revolutionary in the way it gives a black TV couple the When Harry Met Sally treatment
"To the best of my recollection there has never been a TV series fronted by a predominantly black cast that...
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Posted Wednesday 1/17/18 at 12:03AM EST
Black Lightning is the Black Lives Matter of TV shows, arriving on TV at a timely moment
“Black Lightning is slick, smart, and infused with a social conscience that feels especially spot-on in light of the heightened...