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And he felt he was getting to share the story in the way it should be shared.
Much has been made of the kneeling part of it, which was not even really the issue.
But I dont want to get into that too much.
We had our moment, he said.
You know, what Im saying?
We got past it.
I think we still had a really great season.
We decided that the body of the show speaks for itself.
And its nothing we harped on.
Weve moved past it.
We just had a difference of opinion.
I dont think its the first time an episode hasnt aired.
It probably wont be the last.
The testing kept saying white viewers were uncomfortable.
And I really feel like, in my opinion, it did.
Barriss contract at ABC is up in 2020.
The conversation with Kenya has been extremely collaborative.
And he and I have been in conversations recently about some potential good business.
We love working with Kenya and are happy to continue doing so.
We missed all the shows about black and Asian families, Dan responds.
Theyre just like us, she says.
Now youre all caught up.
I was a little bit surprised to be honest to the reaction to that line, Dungey said.
We felt the writers were simply tipping the hat to those shows.
It certainly wasnt meant to offend.
That said, I do stand by theRoseannewriters in terms of the decision to include that line.
And we do very similar things on our other shows, too.
Were very clear onBlack-ishon how many of the opinions and views that are voiced are those of Dre Johnson.
