EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV is developing American Comfort (working title), a soul food restaurant comedy from black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Oprah Winfrey and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Deadline has learned. Oscar and Emmy nominee Danielle Brooks is set to star and executive produce in the project, inspired by the life story of restaurateur Melba Wilson, which landed at Apple TV in a competitive situation, I hear.
Written and executive produced by Barris, American Comfort explores the heart, humor and hospitality that has transformed Wilson’s eponymous Harlem restaurant Melba’s from a neighborhood eatery into a soul food landmark deeply embedded into the
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