Netflix Officially Signs Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris to Multimillion-Dollar Deal Kevin Fleming August 16, 2018 Entertainment, Movie News, TV News Black-ish creator and Girls Trip writer Kenya Barris has landed at Netflix with a multi-million-dollar overall deal, just six months after ABC scrapped a politically themed episode of the writer-producer’s sitcom for “creative differences.” The pact is no surprise: In April, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news Barris was looking to leave ABC’s studio arm for Netflix, and late last month, Barris and the Disney-owned company confirmed they were breaking up three years before their existing agreement was set to expire. Read more from Vulture. Related