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Kenya Barris' single-camera comedy series #blackAF will not be returning for a second season at Netflix. The renewal decision, announced a year ago today, has been reversed. Barris is in early conversations with the streamer to potentially turn #blackAF into a comedy movie franchise in the mold of National Lampoon's Va…

Rashida Jones has more than a few strings to her bow. Between roles in a slew of cult TV hits like The Office, Parks and Recreation and Angie Tribeca, writing skills that span everything from poignant indie film Celeste & Jesse Forever to Toy Story 4 and Black Mirror, her Grammy-winning documentary Quincy, and a…

Iman Benson, who stars as Drea Barris in Netflix comedy #BlackAF, has signed to UTA. The actor has signed with the agency in all areas. Benson's character Drea is the moral center and narrator of Kenya Barris' series; her university application documentary is the framing device for the show, which centers around a…

Kenya Barris says he is working harder than he ever has in his life. The writer, who added actor to his resume with #blackAF, is working on a second season of the Netflix comedy, is plotting a feature-length music about Juneteenth with Pharrell Williams and is developing a multitude of comedies, dramas, films and…

“Comedy 100% changes things," says Kenya Barris, the creator and star of Netflix's #blackAF. He is discussing whether the art of laughter can bring about a meaningful societal shift in light of the May killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against police brutality. Barris, who also created ABC family…

Kenya Barris' #blackAF is returning for a second season at Netflix. The Black-ish creator will once again play an exaggerated version of himself, with Rashida Jones as his wife Joya, in the comedy. Barris is a busy fella; the renewal comes days after Deadline revealed that he was teaming up with Happy singer Pharrell…

In what may be the first prerequisite comedy of this stay-at-home time, Kenya Barris' #blackAF is funny AF. A bit of a self-generated therapy session in motion, the eight-episode meta-sitcom co-starring Rashida Jones and launching April 17 on Netflix is also often extremely self-aware and self-deprecating about…

Kenya Barris and Rashida Jones put a unique and stylish spin on parenting in the newly released trailer for the forthcoming Netflix comedy #blackAF. Barris and Jones star and executive produce the series, which is slated to drop on April 17. Additional cast includes Iman Benson, Genneya Walton, Scarlet Spencer, Justin…