Kenya Barris

After releasing a schedule on Wednesday that had the Kenya Barris-created comedy's return being held until midseason, Karey Burke, president, ABC Entertainment, says she spoke with Barris and they agreed that the current social climate made bringing the series back early a must: "Black-ish has a long-standing history of shining a light on current events[...]

In honor of the late Gregory Floyd and in support of protests taking place around the globe over his killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, ABC and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris announced that the network will re-air the 2016 police brutality-themed second season episode "Hope" (starting at 8 pm ET, and followed by[...]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Ron Tom/ABC[/caption]In a move considered to be a long time coming by those familar with the behind the scenes situation, black-ish creator and showrunner Kenya Barris (Girls Trip) is reportedly severing his relationship with ABC Studios and set to become the next producer to sign a major nine-figure overall deal with[...]

We were the kings and queens of promise, we were the victims of ourselves. Maybe the children of a lesser God between heaven and… The Weekly Static! With buckets of love and respect to Thirty Seconds to Mars, I need to make sure I stretch a little first before I go for a reach like that one […]

[caption id="attachment_848514" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Ron Tom/ABC[/caption]On the surface, Kenya Barris and ABC-Disney appear to be a match made in heaven, with the Black-ish creator currently shepherding three series on air His aforementioned series is readying for its fifth season on ABC, with spinoff Grown-ish and newly picked-up Besties finding homes at Freeform (and Barris[...]

So it's time to raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs! We will never be – never be – anything but loud and nitty-gritty, dirty little… The Weekly Static! While I continue riding the waves of Pink (P!nk) euphoria, we ask that you help control the pet population by […]

Well, looks like the other shoe has dropped and fans have gotten that answer - it's just not one they're going to be particularly happy with.In an exclusive report posted online by entertainment news site Variety, ABC has indefinitely pulled the once-scheduled February 27 episode 'Please, Baby, Please' over what the network and creator/showrunner Kenya[...]

ABC has stepped up to win the battle for a multi-camera comedy co-created and executive produced by Kenya Barris (Black-ish), Julie Bean (Grown-ish) and Alex Baldwin (30 Rock) According to Deadline, the network gave the project a straight-to-series order with the idea of Baldwin starring Barris, Bean and Baldwin all have overall deals with ABC[...]