“Diarra from Detroit” airs on BET+
Diarra Kilpatrick recalls writing for NBC’s Debra Messing procedural “The Mysteries of Laura” when she got feedback from the network over wanting to have Messing’s character, a homicide detective with the NYPD, out on a date.
“The network was like, ‘Do people hate her? There are still criminals at large.’ And I remember thinking, ’What? She has to have something for her,’” Kilpatrick said recently over Zoom.
A date is now at the center of a new comedic mystery series Kilpatrick created, executive produces and stars in for BET+ called .
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