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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Dinner Time Live with David Chang (2024)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
- Episode 2x09: A Christmas Carol Menu (Dec 10, 2024)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
- Episode 2x117: Kenya Barris, Jamie Kern Lima (Mar 28, 2024)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
- Episode 5x88: Katherine Legge, Kenya Barris, Malcom Gladwell (Feb 3, 2025)
#blackAF (2020)
Starring as Kenya Barris
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: i know you may not get this, but the reason we deserve a vacation is... because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: i know this is going to sound crazy... but this, too, is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: hard to believe, but still because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: yo, between you and me... this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: yup, you guessed it. again, this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: still... because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: because of slavery too (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
The History of Comedy (2017)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
- Episode 1x03: Comedy in Real Life (Feb 23, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020-08-13: Kenya Barris & Isabel Wilkerson (Aug 13, 2020)
- Episode 2017-10-05: Kenya Barris (Oct 5, 2017)
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
- Episode 3x05: Comedy Showrunners (Jul 23, 2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Kenya Barris
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2023-01-20: Colin Jost, Kenya Barris, Tobe Nwigwe (Jan 20, 2023)
- Episode 2021-06-17: Helen Mirren, Kenya Barris, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Jun 17, 2021)
- Episode 2020-06-23: At Home Edition: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kenya Barris, Michael Stipe & Big Red Machine (Jun 23, 2020)
NAACP Image Awards (1984)
Guest starring as Presenter
- Episode 2024-03-16: 55th Annual NAACP Image Awards (Mar 16, 2024)
Crew Credits
#blackAF (2020)
Show crew as Creator
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: i know you may not get this, but the reason we deserve a vacation is... because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: i know this is going to sound crazy... but this, too, is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: hard to believe, but still because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: yo, between you and me... this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: yup, you guessed it. again, this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: still... because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: because of slavery too (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: i know you may not get this, but the reason we deserve a vacation is... because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: i know this is going to sound crazy... but this, too, is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: hard to believe, but still because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: yo, between you and me... this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: yup, you guessed it. again, this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: still... because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: because of slavery too (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: because of slavery too (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: hard to believe, but still because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: yo, between you and me... this is because of slavery (Apr 17, 2020)
mixed-ish (2019)
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Writer
- Episode 1x01: Becoming Bow (Sep 24, 2019)
grown-ish (2018)
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Story
- Episode 1x01: Late Registration (Jan 3, 2018)
black-ish (2014)
Show crew as Creator
(7 episodes)
- Episode 3x18: Manternity (Mar 15, 2017)
- Episode 3x17: ToysRn'tUs (Mar 8, 2017)
- Episode 3x16: One Angry Man (Feb 22, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: VIP (Sep 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x24: Good-ish Times (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 2x23: Daddy Dre-Care (May 11, 2016)
- Episode 2x22: Super Rich Kids (May 4, 2016)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(7 episodes)
- Episode 3x18: Manternity (Mar 15, 2017)
- Episode 3x17: ToysRn'tUs (Mar 8, 2017)
- Episode 3x16: One Angry Man (Feb 22, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: VIP (Sep 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x24: Good-ish Times (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 2x23: Daddy Dre-Care (May 11, 2016)
- Episode 2x22: Super Rich Kids (May 4, 2016)
Episode crew as Writer
(10 episodes)
- Episode 6x01: Pops the Question (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 4x05: Public Fool (Oct 31, 2017)
- Episode 3x23: Liberal Arts (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: Lemons (Jan 11, 2017)
- Episode 2x16: Hope (Feb 24, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: The Word (Sep 23, 2015)
- Episode 1x20: Switch Hitting (Apr 22, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: The Nod (Oct 8, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 24, 2014)
- Episode S04 Special: Please, Baby, Please ()
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x12: Lemons (Jan 11, 2017)
- Episode 2x23: Daddy Dre-Care (May 11, 2016)
- Episode S04 Special: Please, Baby, Please ()
I Hate My Teenage Daughter (2011)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Teenage Ski Trip ()
- Episode 1x07: Teenage Vacation (Mar 20, 2012)
The Game (2006)
Show crew as Consulting Producer
Episode crew as Writer
(9 episodes)
- Episode 4x11: Never Surrender (Mar 15, 2011)
- Episode 4x04: The Wing King (Jan 25, 2011)
- Episode 3x14: Punk Ass Chauncey (Mar 13, 2009)
- Episode 3x06: The Platski Thickens (Nov 7, 2008)
- Episode 3x05: A Delectable Basket of Treats (Oct 31, 2008)
- Episode 2x18: The Lord Givens and the Lord Taketh Away (May 4, 2008)
- Episode 2x05: Fool Me Twice… I'm The Damn Fool (Oct 29, 2007)
- Episode 1x10: There's No Place Like Home (Dec 11, 2006)
- Episode 1x07: Mi Casa Es Su Casa (Nov 13, 2006)