Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 11, 2000, UPN debuted a comedy called “Girlfriends” that followed the lives of four Black women living in Los Angeles. The show’s creator, Mara Brock Akil, who’d gotten ...

The series ended suddenly in 2008 after the writers’ strike and not due to the reduced quality. The prominent cast members reunited after twelve years, and they shared a lot of insider secrets about ...

According to Glamour, screenwriter and producer Mara Brock Akil wanted to create a program that would showcase the lives of Black women. “It was really simple for me,” she said. “I wanted Black women ...

“We are celebrated and I am joyful about the celebration, but I am not remised about the continued fight and how hard it is to occupy these spaces at the levels in which we are and continue to be in,” ...

Our prayers have finally been answered. Nearly 20 years after the debut of Girlfriends, die hard fans have been hoping for an official reboot or film adaptation and it’s finally happening. Well, kinda ...

Reunited and it feels so good! Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks, Persia White and Jill Marie Jones, better known as the cast of the hit TV show Girlfriends, were all under the same roof at ESSENCE’s ...

Mara Brock Akil talks to ET about Black hair representation, trying to cast Regina King, the show's failed movie attempt and more. As ET celebrates the 20th anniversary of Girlfriends, creator Mara ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DCDG & Co. co-founders David Colbert Jr. and Delaney George, right, with actress Golden Brooks, center. (Jason Armond / Los ...