Was ABC aware of Girls5eva when it was developing Queens?

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https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/abc...tv-1234975904/

Both the Tina Fey-produced Peacock comedy and Queens, whose stars include Eve and Brandy, both revolve around 1990s girl groups who reunite in their 40s. Was ABC aware of Girls5eva? Craig Erwich, president of ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals, responds: “That does not enter into our calculus in the same way that, when we greenlight additional seasons of The Good Doctor or Grey’s Anatomy, we don’t walk around and say ‘There’s other medical shows on the air. We just say, ‘Is this the best medical show?’ And I think Queens is the best version of itself, and ultimately, it’s really about kind of the underlying themes and characters versus just the concept in and of itself.”