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Kenya Barris Made Black-ish a Hit. He Makes #BlackAF a Miss.
To kick off his new $100 million Netflix deal, Kenya Barris — the talented creator of black-ish, grown-ish, and my...
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TV Today: Kenya Barris Channels His Inner Larry David in Netflix's #BlackAF
A successful TV writer/producer/creator leaves network TV to star as a fictionalized version of himself in an off-network comedy.
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Netflix's Astronomy Club Is the Sketch Comedy Show You Need to Be Watching
By their nature, sketch comedy shows are a mixed bag of comedic styles and personalities, all blended together in an...
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Posted Saturday 12/07/19 at 10:43AM EST
Astronomy Club is clever, ambitious, self-aware and completely ridiculous
The Kenya Barris-produced Netflix sketch show from the black sketch comedy troupe Astronomy Club is "so dense with fully-formed jokes,...
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Posted Friday 11/08/19 at 12:59PM EST
Netflix sets premiere date for Kenya Barris-produced Astronomy Club: Watch the first sketch
Barris explained to Vulture why he is producing a sketch comedy series based on the black-themed sketch comedy troupe Astronomy...
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Posted Tuesday 8/13/19 at 12:27AM EDT
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and wife Dr. Rania “Rainbow” Barris, whose marriage inspired the show, are divorcing
Kenya Barris and his wife are ending their marriage after 20 years.
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Posted Monday 8/05/19 at 1:34PM EDT
Mariah Carey wrote and performed the theme song for Black-ish spinoff Mixed-ish
Carey's new single "In the Mix" will debut with Mixed-ish's premiere on Sept.
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Posted Monday 7/22/19 at 1:32PM EDT
Kid Cudi teams with Kenya Barris on an animated Netflix series based on his upcoming album
Entergalactic, named after Kid Cudi's upcoming album, will follow a young man on his journey to discover love.
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Posted Tuesday 7/16/19 at 6:36PM EDT
Netflix greenlights Astronomy Club, a Kenya Barris-produced sketch-comedy show
Astronomy Club is based on the New York-based improv and sketch troupe of the same name that is known for...
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Posted Tuesday 7/02/19 at 9:39PM EDT
Kenya Barris' Freeform comedy series Unrelated, starring Jordin Sparks, is effectively dead
Freeform picked up the comedy, previously known as Besties, in May 2018, before the Black-ish creator left ABC for a...
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Posted Friday 5/10/19 at 1:08PM EDT
Kenya Barris will join Rashida Jones in starring in Black Excellence, his first Netflix series
Netflix says the Black-ish creator's comedy -- the first pickup as part of lucrative overall TV deal -- will pull...
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Posted Tuesday 2/05/19 at 8:25PM EST
Jordin Sparks to star in Kenya Barris' Besties comedy on Freeform
The American Idol winner is joining The Real O'Neals alum Matt Shively and Ranada Shepard on the multicamera comedy about...
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Posted Tuesday 2/05/19 at 2:26PM EST
Kenya Barris' Bewitched reboot won't be made for this pilot season
The Black-ish creator's interracial reboot of the classic comedy isn't dead yet.
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Posted Tuesday 11/13/18 at 10:47PM EST
Black-ish had access to nearly all of Prince's song catalog for its tribute to the music icon
The late singer's estate was very agreeable with this week's Prince tribute episode, especially since creator Kenya Barris and one...
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Posted Tuesday 11/13/18 at 10:03AM EST
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris isn't sure he'd want to invite Kanye West on as a guest-star anymore
“I still love him, but it’s … different,” says Barris, who used to consider West as his ideal guest-star.