Kenya Barris to Star in, Exec Produce ‘Black Excellence’ on Netflix

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Netflix has ordered Black Excellence from Kenya Barris, which it said is “inspired by Barris' irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting, relationships, race, and culture.” Black Excellence “looks to pull the curtain back and reboot the ‘family sitcom’ in a way we've never seen before.”

Barris and Rashida Jones will star and executive produce. Hale Rothstein will exec produce too.

Barris’ Khalabo Ink Society will produce.

Jones was in The Office, Parks and Recreation and Angie Tribeca.

Barris is the creator of ABC comedy Black-ish, which has spawned the spinoffs Grown-ish and Mixed-ish.

In August, Netflix announced a multi-year overall production deal with Barris. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.