Thursday, July 20, 2017

Salim and Mara Brock Akil Sign a Deal with OWN


Last week Tyler Perry announced he was moving on from the OWN network after signing a deal to create content for Viacom [click here if you missed that].

Oprah replaces Tyler with husband and wife writing team Salim and Mara Brock Akil...

Salim and Mara, creators of Girlfriends, The Game and Being Mary Jane, have agreed to produce a new hour long dramedy for OWN called Love Is___'  a series loosely based on their lives that tells the tale of a modern-day power couple navigating Black Hollywood.