• Don't Believe 'The Game' Hype

    A friend posted a link from Sister 2 Sister magazine saying that The Game had officially been picked up for a fourth season. Was there a quote or statement from BET? Was there some sort of substantiated source from CBS, who owns the rights to The Game? No. And no.
    Has The Game Been Officially Picked Up For a Fourth Season on BET?
  • BET is the Bargain Basement of Television

    I'll admit I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to my pop culture. Like the small-screen equivalent of a "label whore"...
    BET is the Bargain Basement of Television
  • BET Could Redeem Itself With 'The Game'

    Adding new episodes of TV series "The Game" may be just be what it takes to save BET from complete cultural humiliation.
    CBS and BET reach agreement on future of canceled series "The Game"
  • Swagga Goes International

    Is Jay-Z George Bush? Mark Lynch of SLATE sister site FOREIGN POLICY recently compared hip hop to geostrategy. He parses the recent back-and-forth between rapper Jay-Z and less successful (though still famous) MCs like The Game, Nas, and 50 Cent, using Jay-Z's diss tracks, and his responses to those of others, to form a crudish theory of American global authority.
    Hillary Clinton, Jay-Z, The Game and Global Theories of Power
  • The Confab -- June 5, 2009

    This Week on The Confab: A culture takeover! Obama practices Arabic while the Republicans keep swinging at Sotomayor. MLK gets a movie makeover and black viewers everywhere brace themselves for a Tyler Perry existence. Plus, the NBA playoffs ... in song? Join The Root's Deputy Editor Terence Samuel as he chats with Copy Editor Erin Evans and Assistant Editor Saaret E. Yoseph.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
    The Confab -- June 5, 2009
  • Is The Game Over for Black Television?

    The CW is trashing The Game and Everybody Hates Chris. Brace yourselves for a Tyler Perry existence.

    CW Cancels 'The Game' and 'Everybody Hates Chris'
  • 10 Years of Black TV Ends at the CW

    Mara Brock Akil's tenure as CW's TV queen comes to an end. But I'm sure she's got a game plan.
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