The streamer could be hitting its stride thanks to a couple of notable reboots with predominantly Black casts.
stand out was ditching much ofwas a 30-minute multi-camera comedy, whilecharacters but expands the show beyond Will’s woes, to include a more detailed exploration of side characters’ lives, like his Aunt Vivian and Uncle Philip Banks’s careers."Anytime you do a reboot or develop well-known IP, we always ask, 'Why now?’” Lisa Katz, president of scripted entertainment content for TV and streaming at Peacock’s parent company NBCUniversal, told BuzzFeed News.
"[Peacock was] on board with these culturally nuanced conversations we wanted to tell and creatively willing to take those risks with us, helping us push the envelope and saying, ‘Don't hold back,’" she told BuzzFeed News.brand. In the reboot, coveting Hilary’s wardrobe and ogling over the family mansion may hook viewers, but Banks-Waddles believes the key to the show’s success isn’t dreamy elements. It’s capturing the spirit of a modern-day Black family.
"By this point, we've seen rich Black families on television, so that doesn't feel like the story, and we never led with that,” Banks-Waddles said.Banks-Waddles said it was important the show found"young fresh faces [that helped give] people the room to not come to this show with a preexisting notion of who the cast was." This includes newcomer
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