Monday, August 20, 2018

Kenya Barris Signs a Deal with Netflix


Don't tell Mo'Nique but Blackish producer Kenya Barris just snagged a huge with the streaming service Netflix...

According to reports Kenya Barris just signed a $100 million deal to create content for Netflix.

Barris is reported to have ended his contract with ABC years early after they refused to air an episode of Blackish  regarding NFL quarterback Colin Kapernick taking a knee during the National Anthem.
Barris will continue working on his ABC projects but will not be creating any new content for the network.

Barris joins Shonda Rimes who also signed a large production deal with the online streaming service [click here if you missed that].