Words by Jason Cordner
In the latest example of black girl magic, Late Night With Seth Meyers star/writer Amber Ruffin is getting her own show on NBC.
Deadline reports, that the network has put in development comedy Going Dutch from Ruffin and Michael Starrbury (Legends Of Chamberlain Heights), which is based on her life, and “explores what happens when a woman who moves abroad to escape her overbearing family and the responsibility of the family business returns home with her Dutch boyfriend. He is a renaissance man whose blunt, outsider perspective might be exactly what Amber, her family, and their business needs.”
Ruffin joined Late Night with Seth Meyers as a writer in 2014. When she joined the show, she became the first black woman to write for a late-night network talk show in the U.S
In addition to her behind-the-scenes duties, Ruffin has had a growing on-screen presence on Late Night with her popular “Amber Says What” segment as well as such skits as past summer’s viral “Amber’s Late Night Safe Space.”
It’s good to see NBC give a woman of color the green light to continue to shine. Amber’s writing is witty and clever. This project will breath nothing but success for the network.
