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 revisit the lives of Joan ( Tracee Ellis Ross ), Maya (Golden Brooks), Toni (Jill Marie Jones), Lynn (Persia White) and their male bestie William (Reggie Jones).

The creator behind Netflix’s Forever spoke to Deadline following her panel conversation at the invitation-onl y event A Day of Unreasonable Conversation .

“I’m starting to believe that sometimes your greatest pain can be your greatest joy,” Akil began. “That was very painful to not be able to finish the story of those fo

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