‘Diarra from Detroit,’ created by Diarra Kilpatrick, offers a fresh take on the detective genre

Diarra Kilpatrick recalls writing for NBC’s Debra Messing procedural “The Mysteries of Laura” when she got feedback from the network over wanting to have Messing’s character, a homicide detective with the NYPD, out on a date. “The network was like, ‘Do people hate her? There are still criminals at large.” And I remember thinking, ’What? … Read more