{"id":8028,"date":"2017-07-19T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:44:05","slug":"own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/","title":{"rendered":"OWN Slates Drama from Mara Brock Akil &#038; Salim Akil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the producers behind <em>Being Mary Jane<\/em>, <em>The Game<\/em> and <em>Girlfriends<\/em>, are working on a new drama about a modern-day power couple for OWN:\u00a0Oprah Winfrey Network called\u00a0<em>Love Is ___<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The series, in association with\u00a0Warner Horizon Scripted Television, is being produced through the duo&#8217;s\u00a0Akil Productions banner, with Mara Brock Akil serving as showrunner.\u00a0<em>Love Is ___\u00a0<\/em>will draw inspiration from the Akils&#8217; own relationship and is set to premiere in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve dreamed of working with the Akils,\u201d said Oprah Winfrey. \u201cI&#8217;ve been a huge fan of their work since first viewing <em>Girlfriends<\/em>. They know just how to hit the cultural nerve to make you think and laugh at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have a partner that brings the attention to detail and sheer excellence that Oprah has built an empire on is an absolute dream come true for Salim and me,\u201d said Mara Brock Akil. \u201cThat, and it\u2019s Oprah! <em>Love Is ___<\/em>\u00a0is not only a passion project, but is a personal one for us as well. We\u2019re grateful to have her wholehearted support and magic touch behind this story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OWN has been steadily expanding its scripted\u00a0output, with a slate that now includes <em>Queen Sugar<\/em>, <em>Greenleaf<\/em>, <em>The Haves and the Have Nots<\/em>\u00a0and <em>If Loving You is Wrong<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the producers behind Being Mary Jane, The Game and Girlfriends, are working on a new drama about a modern-day power couple for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network called Love Is ___.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2004,2005,191,2006],"class_list":["post-8028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-love-is-___","tag-mara-brock-akil","tag-own-oprah-winfrey-network","tag-salim-akil","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OWN Slates Drama from Mara Brock Akil &amp; Salim Akil - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OWN Slates Drama from Mara Brock Akil &amp; Salim Akil - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the producers behind Being Mary Jane, The Game and Girlfriends, are working on a new drama about a modern-day power couple for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network called Love Is ___.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-19T13:58:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-19T15:44:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/\",\"name\":\"OWN Slates Drama from Mara Brock Akil & Salim Akil - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-19T13:58:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-19T15:44:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/own-slates-drama-from-mara-brock-akil-and-salim-akil\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OWN Slates Drama from Mara Brock Akil &#038; Salim Akil\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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