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Kenya Barris' Freeform comedy series Unrelated, starring Jordin Sparks, is effectively dead
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Freeform picked up the comedy, previously known as Besties, in May 2018, before the Black-ish creator left ABC for a lucrative Netflix deal. Now Freeform plans to redevelop the script. Unrelated followed two strangers who learn through a genetic testing company that they are sisters.
TOPICS: Kenya Barris, Freeform, Unrelated, Jordin Sparks, In Development
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