Netflix Renews Kenya Barris’ Show “#blackAF” For A Second Season

Peter White Television EditorKenya 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 documentaries under his multi-million dollar Netflix deal.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins comedy “The Moodys” is getting a second season at Fox.The series, which follows a tight-knit but dysfunctional family, is an adaptation of Australian series “A Moody Christmas” from The Jungleboys Entertainment and Australian Broadcasting Corporation. CBS Television Studios is the studio behind the show.“The Moodys” debuted as a six-episode holiday event series.

that decision came after Morgan had continuously stated his vision for the drama had always been a six-season run.“As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons,” Morgan said in a statement Thursday.Per Netflix, “we’ll have one more season with Queen Olivia Colman, before she passes the crown to Imelda Staunton.”More to come…(Tap photo and

The Last Kingdom will be back on Netflix for a brand new season, as the streaming service has announced the renewal of the show.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorShortly after Shira Haas auditioned for “Unorthodox,” she visited her grandmother, who is in her 90s and was in the hospital at the time.“She gave me a ring, and she told me that this one will give me luck, and that she really hopes that I will get this role, and she feels that I’m going to get it,” the Israeli actor says during an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “This was kind of like

Jake Kanter International TV EditorVienna Blood, the adaptation of Frank Tallis’ novels, has been renewed for a second season by Germany’s ZDF and Austria’s ORF, while BBC Two and PBS have again come aboard the drama series.Red Arrow Studios-owned Endor Productions and Austria’s MR Film will produce another three feature-length episodes, with Sherlock writer Steve Thompson and Robert Dornhelm (Anne Frank: The Whole Story) again writing and directing respectively.The first series starred Matthew

Netflix has renewed The Kominsky Method for a third season.According to Deadline, the third season will be the show’s last. Netflix has not yet revealed how many episodes the final season will contain.The show follows Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsk – an ageing actor turned acting teacher – alongside his agent and close friend, Norman Newlander (Alan Arkin).

Ozark has been renewed for a fourth season on Netflix and it will be the show’s final season.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIf exposing his life in the semi-autobiographical ABC comedy “Black-ish” wasn’t enough, Kenya Barris now plays a fictionalized version of himself in “#BlackAF.” The Netflix series — the first project under the $100 million overall deal that Barris signed with the streamer in August 2018 — is a satirical look at himself, his family (series co-producer Rashida Jones plays his wife) and his career.

Lena Waithe has a big reason to celebrate this weekend, her show “Twenties” has been renewed for a second season by BET.

Manchester United as speculation continues over his future at Arsenal.The Gabon striker’s contract at the Emirates Stadium runs out next summer.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAt this point in his television career of mining his personal life for family comedies, Kenya Barris tells his kids ahead of time what from their adolescence they should expect to see on-screen.In fact, for his Netflix comedy “#BlackAF,” in which Barris stars as a version of himself — a Hollywood showrunner with six kids — some of those children saw the material well ahead of time.“I made sure my oldest daughter read every script; my middle daughter,

Also Read: 'Black-ish' Creator Kenya Barris Turns the Camera on Himself in Netflix's '#BlackAF' Trailer (Video)Kenya and Joya’s children are played by Genneya Walton (“Extant”), Iman Benson (“Suits”), Scarlet Spencer (“Bright”), Justin Claiborne (“Reverie”), Ravi Cabot-Conyers (“Justine,” “The Resident”) and Richard Gardenhire Jr.Barris and Jones executive produce the show along with Hale Rothstein (“black-ish,” “grown-ish”).