Television
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Steve Harvey’s Bringing His Shtick to Africa, Y’all!
Steve Harvey has landed a major deal to bring his popular Family Feud to Africa. According to Shadow and Act, Harvey’s Steve Harvey Global has won the licensing rights to Fremantle’s syndicated game show for airing in Ghana and South Africa. As Deadline explains: In an unprecedented deal with Fremantle, Harvey’s media company Steve Harvey…
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They Made It to the Top: A Black Lady Sketch Show Renewed for Second Season at HBO
Remember the “Bad Bitch Support Group” sketch from A Black Lady Sketch Show (ABLSS)? Well, the show’s writers are also “bad bitches” because ABLSS has been renewed for a second season at HBO! The show, created by Robin Thede, stars four powerhouse black women, Thede, Quinta Brunson, Ashley Nicole Black and Gabrielle Dennis. Thede executive…
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Leslie Jones Is Bidding Deuces to Saturday Night Live
Funny lady Leslie Jones will not be returning to Saturday Night Live when the sketch comedy returns for its 45th season next month, opting instead to focus on her career on the big screen. Entertainment Weekly confirmed the news Tuesday, noting that Jones, who starred in the 2016 remake of Ghostbusters, is set to appear…
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How to Get Away With Killer Arms: Viola Davis to Portray Michelle Obama in New Showtime Drama
What do you get when you mix the Forever First Lady and the Forever Monologue Queen? Um, the best hour of television you’ll ever set your eyes on, of course! According to Deadline, there’s a one-hour drama in the works at Showtime centering around the lives of first ladies in the White House and Viola…
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Eddie Murphy Will Host SNL After 35 Years Away From the Stage That Spawned Him
After years, maybe decades, of family fare by the way of The Klumps, or Shrek’s donkey, genius comedian Eddie Murphy will be bringing that heat, and on the stage where he began as a 19-year-old, on a little show called Saturday Night Live. Murphy, who spent about four seasons on SNL in the early 1980s…
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Nobody Asked Trey Songz to Tamper With Power's Theme Song, But 50 Cent Might Be Willing to Bring That Ole Thing Back
Despite valiant attempts by friends, girlfriends and family members, I have yet to partake in a single episode of the cultural phenomenon known as Power. But like the rest of Black Twitter—of which I’m a fringe member due to my scant participation—I did partake in the social media phenomenon known as “Why the hell did…
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Queen Sugar's Latest Episode Brings Addiction and Trauma Front and Center
There’s a scene in the latest episode, “Oh Mamere,” of season 4 of Queen Sugar that is maddening to watch. In it, Darla Sutton (I legit had to look up her character’s last name; I’m not sure I’ve heard it uttered a single time on the show), played by fountain of youth-er Bianca Lawson, is…
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Obamas Tackle Trump’s Promises to the Rust Belt in Their 1st Netflix Offering, American Factory
Shots fired. That’s the take among reviewers of the Obamas’ first foray into TV production, which looks at the promise to America’s Rust Belt unfulfilled by the Trump administration. American Factory, which premieres on Netflix Wednesday, does not name Donald Trump explicitly, but, according to reviewers at Politico, it is a clear commentary on how…
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Watch: Dave Chappelle Prepares to 'Say Anything' and 'Risk Everything' in Netflix's Sticks & Stones Trailer
Dave Chappelle got five on it—five Netflix comedy specials, that is. The comedian’s fifth special, titled Sticks & Stones, now has a trailer and its narrated by none other than the most booked narrator in the entire universe, Morgan Freeman. Freeman introduces us to a solitary Chappelle and ponders on the popular comedian’s rollercoaster journey.…
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Oh Happy Day: The Read With Kid Fury and Crissle West Is Coming to Fuse TV in October
It’s official—we have a date with Kid Fury and Crissle West. It’s a “Hot Top(ic)” in and of itself! It’s a release date, that is. Fuse TV has announced the official release date of The Read With Kid Fury And Crissle West, the TV show adaptation of their popular podcast, which debuted in March 2013.…