At a time when networks are loudly hunting for the next “second-screen series” (meaning a show you watch while you scroll on your phone), “Diarra from Detroit” is a bracing blast from the not-so-distant past when TV wasn’t just background noise.
“For me, TV can be a really sacred time,” series creator/showrunner/star Diarra Kilpatrick told IndieWire. “TV watching time can be like a really sweet and sacred time. And so I did want to make something where each episode felt like a full meal. That was intentional from the very beginning. You know when you have half of a piece of key lime pie left in the refrigerator and all day, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to go home and eat the other half of that key lime pie with some peppermint tea’? It gets you through the day, you know? And I really like that about television,...
“For me, TV can be a really sacred time,” series creator/showrunner/star Diarra Kilpatrick told IndieWire. “TV watching time can be like a really sweet and sacred time. And so I did want to make something where each episode felt like a full meal. That was intentional from the very beginning. You know when you have half of a piece of key lime pie left in the refrigerator and all day, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to go home and eat the other half of that key lime pie with some peppermint tea’? It gets you through the day, you know? And I really like that about television,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Diarra From Detroit is, at various points, a hard-boiled mystery, a quarter-life crisis comedy, a complicated love triangle (that’s occasionally a quadrangle), and an ensemble hangout show about a group of longtime friends. Some of these elements in theory make sense together — though in theory they should not all fit within the same series. But the reason Diarra, which debuted last week on the BET+ streaming service, is among this year’s most pleasant TV surprises is how much it all makes sense when you watch it.
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- 3/28/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Actress, writer and producer Diarra Kilpatrick has signed an overall deal with BET for its BET Studios division. As part of the deal, BET+ ordered eight episodes of the straight-to-series project Diarra from Detroit.
Each one-hour episode of the dark comedy follows a divorcing schoolteacher with an acerbic sense of humor who refuses to believe she’s been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date. Her search for the missing man pulls her into a decades-old mystery involving the Detroit underworld. Production is currently wrapping up on Diarra from Detroit, which is slated to premiere later in 2023.
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“We are so excited to partner with Diarra.
Each one-hour episode of the dark comedy follows a divorcing schoolteacher with an acerbic sense of humor who refuses to believe she’s been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date. Her search for the missing man pulls her into a decades-old mystery involving the Detroit underworld. Production is currently wrapping up on Diarra from Detroit, which is slated to premiere later in 2023.
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“We are so excited to partner with Diarra.
- 3/21/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: USA Network has firmed up cast for its upcoming Nash Bridges revival. The network has confirmed Nash Bridges will return as a two-hour movie with stars Don Johnson (Nash Bridges), Cheech Marin (Joe Dominguez) and Jeff Perry (Harvey Leek) reprising their roles. Joining Johnson, Marin and Perry are new cast members Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko), Bonnie Somerville (Code Black), Joe Dinicol (Arrow), Alexia Garcia (Pose), Angela Ko (Rebel) and Paul James (The Last Ship). A premiere date has not yet been announced.
The movie brings Johnson and Marin back together as elite investigators for the San Francisco Police Department Special Investigations Unit. The revival, which has been in development at USA since 2019 as a two-hour movie, comes from Johnson, Bill Chais (Franklin & Bash) and Marc Rosen. Village Roadshow Television, which also controls rights to the property, is producing.
Perry’s Harvey Leek is an eccentric, paranoid, conspiracy-theory spouting former...
The movie brings Johnson and Marin back together as elite investigators for the San Francisco Police Department Special Investigations Unit. The revival, which has been in development at USA since 2019 as a two-hour movie, comes from Johnson, Bill Chais (Franklin & Bash) and Marc Rosen. Village Roadshow Television, which also controls rights to the property, is producing.
Perry’s Harvey Leek is an eccentric, paranoid, conspiracy-theory spouting former...
- 5/7/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Grammy nominated recording artist Wale Folarin, Cedric Sanders, Jackson White, Colin Woodell and Olivia Stambouliah are joining Michael Bay’s Endeavor Content-Universal action thriller Ambulance, we have learned.
The five join the growing cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzalez, Garret Dillahunt, A Martinez, Keir O’Donnell and Moses Ingram.
As we first told you, the pic is based off the original Danish Film Ambulancen and in the spirit of such 1990s action pics as Speed and Bad Boys. Chris Fedak wrote the original script. Bay, Bradley Fischer of New Republic Pictures, James Vanderbilt, Will Sherak and Ian Bryce are producing. Michael Kase and Mark Moran are EPs.
Folarin is best known as a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist. Folarin’s albums The Gifted [2013] and The Album About Nothing [2015] were both named to the Billboard 200 at #1 back-to-back with follow up, “Ambition” achieving gold certification. To this day, he...
The five join the growing cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzalez, Garret Dillahunt, A Martinez, Keir O’Donnell and Moses Ingram.
As we first told you, the pic is based off the original Danish Film Ambulancen and in the spirit of such 1990s action pics as Speed and Bad Boys. Chris Fedak wrote the original script. Bay, Bradley Fischer of New Republic Pictures, James Vanderbilt, Will Sherak and Ian Bryce are producing. Michael Kase and Mark Moran are EPs.
Folarin is best known as a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist. Folarin’s albums The Gifted [2013] and The Album About Nothing [2015] were both named to the Billboard 200 at #1 back-to-back with follow up, “Ambition” achieving gold certification. To this day, he...
- 2/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video is not just bringing a roster of horror, comedy and superheroes to Comic-Con@Home, but they are also bringing the first-ever Amazon Virtual-Con which will include virtual experiences and activations that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home. Things are set to kick off on San Diego Comic Con’s official YouTube channel and on the Amazon Virtual-Con portal starting at 12 p.m. Pst on July 23.
The Amazon series joining this year’s virtual edition Comic-Con include The Boys, Upload, Truth Seekers and Utopia. Like every Comic-Con, the panels will include cast, creators and crew of the series and will feature fan Q&As, behind-the-scene-stories, breaking news from the aforementioned series.
To further heighten the Comic-Con experience, Amazon Virtual-Con, a virtual convention content hub, will be a destination for fans to access and engage with Amazon’s full range of Comic-Con activations. Fans will be...
The Amazon series joining this year’s virtual edition Comic-Con include The Boys, Upload, Truth Seekers and Utopia. Like every Comic-Con, the panels will include cast, creators and crew of the series and will feature fan Q&As, behind-the-scene-stories, breaking news from the aforementioned series.
To further heighten the Comic-Con experience, Amazon Virtual-Con, a virtual convention content hub, will be a destination for fans to access and engage with Amazon’s full range of Comic-Con activations. Fans will be...
- 7/8/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Dec 20, 2018
While the debut of Deadly Class won’t arrive until mid-January, Syfy went ahead and released the pilot for you to watch – now!
Deadly Class just issued some prerequisite material for its upcoming Syfy series launch, namely the pilot episode in its entirety!
That’s right, you don’t have to wait a single solitary second to catch exposition from the late-1980s-set series, which depicts the ruthless existence of teens in an eccentrically whimsical school for wizards... er, assassins. Indeed, the first episode of Deadly Class has been posted by Syfy, which is giving you the jump on the show’s linear premiere, making it available to watch commercial-free from December 20 through the premiere date of January 16, 2019 at 10/9c. Here it is, embedded just below!
Video of Deadly Class | Pilot - Full Episode | Syfy
Why did Syfy do this, you might ask? Because some cable networks...
While the debut of Deadly Class won’t arrive until mid-January, Syfy went ahead and released the pilot for you to watch – now!
Deadly Class just issued some prerequisite material for its upcoming Syfy series launch, namely the pilot episode in its entirety!
That’s right, you don’t have to wait a single solitary second to catch exposition from the late-1980s-set series, which depicts the ruthless existence of teens in an eccentrically whimsical school for wizards... er, assassins. Indeed, the first episode of Deadly Class has been posted by Syfy, which is giving you the jump on the show’s linear premiere, making it available to watch commercial-free from December 20 through the premiere date of January 16, 2019 at 10/9c. Here it is, embedded just below!
Video of Deadly Class | Pilot - Full Episode | Syfy
Why did Syfy do this, you might ask? Because some cable networks...
- 12/20/2018
- Den of Geek
The main Emmy telecast is on Monday, September 17, when the TV academy will hand out top awards including Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Limited Series and more. But the vast majority of the 2018 prizes were handed out during two nights on the weekend of September 8-9 at the Creative Arts Awards, where the best in behind-the-scenes crafts, animation, nonfiction, reality TV, guest acting and various other fields were decided. So who prevailed on Saturday night? Scroll down for the full list of winners, updating live as they’re announced, and watch our live webcast with reactions and analysis here.
SEECreative Arts Emmys 2018: Saturday’s live winners announcing in all categories [Watch]
Saturday night focused mainly on scripted shows: dramas, comedies, movies, limited series and animated programs. So these results could strongly suggest which way the wind is blowing for the main event. But that’s not the case every single time.
SEECreative Arts Emmys 2018: Saturday’s live winners announcing in all categories [Watch]
Saturday night focused mainly on scripted shows: dramas, comedies, movies, limited series and animated programs. So these results could strongly suggest which way the wind is blowing for the main event. But that’s not the case every single time.
- 9/8/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Diarra Kilpatrick is an Emmy nominee in the Best Short Form Actress category for “American Koko,” which is set in “post post-racial America.” In an interview with Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video above), Kilpatrick explains that because Barack Obama was president, “There was this myth going around that we were in post-racial America and then the election happened where we elected Donald Trump as our president and right away, we saw, rising the forefront, people who had had less than post-racial ideas becoming more vocal and so I called this the post post-racial period of America.”
SEEour interview with Short Form Actor nominee Melvin Jackson Jr.
Kilpatrick plays the eponymous character, who is “this detective who has made it her work to solve raced-based issues” on a local level. Kilpatrick notes about her comedic take on weighty subjects, “It’s important to cross the line sometimes when you are a satirist,...
SEEour interview with Short Form Actor nominee Melvin Jackson Jr.
Kilpatrick plays the eponymous character, who is “this detective who has made it her work to solve raced-based issues” on a local level. Kilpatrick notes about her comedic take on weighty subjects, “It’s important to cross the line sometimes when you are a satirist,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
It took a decade for Broadway royalty Kelli O’Hara to snag her first Tony Award win. But shortly after that success on her home turf, O’Hara may be on the way to her first Emmy Award thanks to the web series “The Accidental Wolf.”
O’Hara landed her first Tony nomination in the Musical Featured Actress category for “The Light in the Piazza” in 2005. While her co-star Victoria Clark was victorious in the lead category, O’Hara lost to Sara Ramirez from “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” O’Hara would go on to have an illustrious career on the rialto and would be recognized repeatedly in the lead category. She was nominated for her work in “The Pajama Game,” “South Pacific,” “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” and “The Bridges of Madison County.” Though she was competitive every year, she always wound up a Tony bridesmaid. It wasn...
O’Hara landed her first Tony nomination in the Musical Featured Actress category for “The Light in the Piazza” in 2005. While her co-star Victoria Clark was victorious in the lead category, O’Hara lost to Sara Ramirez from “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” O’Hara would go on to have an illustrious career on the rialto and would be recognized repeatedly in the lead category. She was nominated for her work in “The Pajama Game,” “South Pacific,” “Nice Work if You Can Get It,” and “The Bridges of Madison County.” Though she was competitive every year, she always wound up a Tony bridesmaid. It wasn...
- 7/31/2018
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Welcome to the club, new Emmy nominees! Among the first time performer nominees this year are Kenan Thompson, Jessica Biel, John Legend, James Corden, Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, and Tiffany Haddish.
There’s also Sara Bareilles, Aidy Bryant, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Betty Gilpin and Ricky Martin, to single out a few more.
But let’s not play favorites any longer — the full first-timers list is below.
Also Read: Emmy Nominations: The Complete List
Megan Amram, “An Emmy for Megan”
Sara Bareilles, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
Zazie Beetz, “Atlanta”
Jessica Biel, “The Sinner”
Cameron Britton, “Mindhunter”
Aidy Bryant, “SNL”
James Corden, “James Corden’s Next James Corden”
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Penelope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Alexis Denisof, “I Love Bekka & Lucy”
Brandon Victor Dixon, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
Joseph Fiennes,...
There’s also Sara Bareilles, Aidy Bryant, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Betty Gilpin and Ricky Martin, to single out a few more.
But let’s not play favorites any longer — the full first-timers list is below.
Also Read: Emmy Nominations: The Complete List
Megan Amram, “An Emmy for Megan”
Sara Bareilles, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
Zazie Beetz, “Atlanta”
Jessica Biel, “The Sinner”
Cameron Britton, “Mindhunter”
Aidy Bryant, “SNL”
James Corden, “James Corden’s Next James Corden”
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Penelope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Alexis Denisof, “I Love Bekka & Lucy”
Brandon Victor Dixon, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”
Joseph Fiennes,...
- 7/12/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Writer, actress, producer and Internet “Koko” queen Diarra Kilpatrick stopped by the New Hollywood podcast to talk about her ABC digital series American Koko and her Amazon pilot The Climb. Kilpatrick has joined the ranks of creators who have used the digital space to fashion unique stories that have crossed over into the TV world. With her roots set in theater, Kilpatrick is a new voice in the industry that deserves your ear, giving us a fresh point of view with her two…...
- 12/15/2017
- Deadline TV
Amazon Prime has released its annual crop of pilots, inviting subscribers to watch and give feedback to help decide what shows get picked up to series. This year's pilots are comedies The Climb, Love You More and Sea Oak.
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- 11/10/2017
- by Liam Mathews
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Mama Smoak is headed back to Star City.
Charlotte Ross will reprise her Arrow role as Felicity Smoak’s mother Donna during a Season 6 episode, TVLine has confirmed. Further details about the guest spot are unavailable, but the series is currently in production on its midseason finale, so perhaps Donna arrives to (belatedly) help Felicity celebrate her… new business with Curtis? Or something?
PhotosArrow: Oliver Has a Gift for Felicity, Gets Rewarded With a Kiss!
Ross — who hinted at her return in an Instagram post — last appeared on the CW superhero drama during the Season 4 finale. Her character...
Charlotte Ross will reprise her Arrow role as Felicity Smoak’s mother Donna during a Season 6 episode, TVLine has confirmed. Further details about the guest spot are unavailable, but the series is currently in production on its midseason finale, so perhaps Donna arrives to (belatedly) help Felicity celebrate her… new business with Curtis? Or something?
PhotosArrow: Oliver Has a Gift for Felicity, Gets Rewarded With a Kiss!
Ross — who hinted at her return in an Instagram post — last appeared on the CW superhero drama during the Season 4 finale. Her character...
- 10/23/2017
- TVLine.com
ABC's streaming service today launched the second season of the Diarra Kilpatrick-created short-form digital comedy series American Koko, in honor of Juneteenth. June 19, known as Juneteenth, commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas (June 19, 1865) and producers Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon, felt it was an appropriate date on which to premiere Season 2 of the racially-themed series. American Koko stars Kilpatrick as Akosua Millard, code-named "Koko”, an…...
- 6/19/2017
- Deadline TV
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