I just read an interview from just before the premiere with Val Jean, and specifically said she didn't want to do a show with a "downtrodden" black family. (and I'm paraphrasing) She'd seen enough of that. But (and I think it was brought up a lot in the discussion) without having a strong family to counter the Duprees, like you said, there's no conflict.
The only premieres I've watched, Capitol and Bold, had exactly what you described, a source of conflict from the jump. What Val Jean's got is more Tyler Perry than anything Bell or Irna Phillips created. It's surface and slick.
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