 He was recently a writer and producer on the NBC drama, ""The Blacklist"".He is currently the Showrunner and Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed "Queen Sugar," the television drama that debuted in 2016 and is created by Ava DuVernay and executive produced by DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey for OWN.Sparks has been nominated for two 2018 NAACP Image Awards.