Television
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HBO Announces Leaving Neverland Premiere Dates
On the heels of the deeply disturbing Surviving R. Kelly, HBO’s upcoming documentary Leaving Neverland has the very real potential to dethrone another one of our childhood heroes. Centered around Michael’s alleged sexual abuse of two young boys, 10-year-old James “Jimmy” Safechuck and seven-year-old Wade Robson, the documentary—helmed by Emmy-nominated director Dan Reed—has been dismissed…
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Waitin' Season: Atlanta is Definitely Delayed, Won't Be Eligible for 2019 Emmys
It’s official: Atlanta fans have to wait a little longer for Season 3. In fact, we’ll be waiting so long, it’s a no for Emmys eligibility this year. We’re used to Atlanta securing that Emmy bag—the beloved show currently has five statuettes to its name. The term “critically acclaimed” applies here for sure, an applaud-worthy…
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MAGA Super Bowl Suffers Lowest Ratings in a Decade and It's Probably Black People's Fault
When the NFL asked if football fans were going to watch the Super Bowl, apparently Black America responded: “Who all gon’ be there?” Besides being a low-scoring debacle that looked like the illegitimate love child of a soccer match and a Little League hockey game, the traveshamockery of a Super Bowl also was the lowest-rated…
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Longtime Young and the Restless Star Kristoff St. John Found Dead at 52 [Updated]
Very heartbreaking news—longtime critically acclaimed soap opera star Kristoff St. John has been found dead. The actor, who was best known for his role as Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless, was 52 years old. According to TMZ, a friend went to check on the actor in his San Fernando Valley home and…
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OWN Debuts Trailer for Tarell Alvin McCraney's David Makes Man, Which Was the Best Pitch Oprah Ever Heard
Imagine pitching your passion project to a room filled with already-intimidating network executives and Oprah walks in, unexpectedly. Nigga, what?! That’s what acclaimed scribe Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) experienced as he shuffled to gather his thoughts—and himself—together. But, in the same vein, he let it all hang out, which ultimately became the beauty of the…
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The Season Finale of This Is Us Will Be Delayed So President Boiled Fanta Can Issue His Little SOTU Address
This is … not cool. According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC’s beloved show This Is Us will be preempted on Feb. 5 so Trump can exude his self-absorbed orange rays through our televisions in the form of the State of the Union address. The “Songbird Road: Part One” episode had already been bumped from its Jan.…
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Zazie Beetz is Waiting For Atlanta Season 3 With the Rest of Us, Says They're Hoping to Start Production in the 'Spring Sometime'
Think about this— the Season 2 finale of critically acclaimed Atlanta was in May 2018. And we haven’t even gotten production news for the third season. This seems eerily similar to the feeling fans had when the freshman season ended and we had to watch show creator and star Donald Glover latch onto every project…
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Robin Thede and Issa Rae Secure HBO Series Order For Aptly-Titled A Black Lady Sketch Show
That moment when black women not only say, “fine, I’ll do it,” but also get the necessary backing and support to go forth and prosper. Every black woman writer knows a fellow black woman writer who has either dreamed up, pitched, or independently produced a black-woman-dominated sketch comedy show. It’s in these diversity programs, in…