The Producers Guild of America will bestow its annual Norman Lear Achievement Award to that Mara Brock Akil at the 2026 PGA Awards. The 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards is scheduled for Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The PGA’s Norman Lear Award recogn... Read more
Deadline - Nov 20
A staple and beloved Black woman-led sitcom of the UPN era, Girlfriends was abruptly canceled by then-nascent network The CW amid the 2007-08 writers’ strike — a decision that creator Mara Brock Akil recalls as “painful.” However, the prolific TV producer-writer said she would be “very open” to r... Read more
Deadline - Oct 07
