Television
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Showtime Sets Premiere Date for New Sketch Comedy Series From Comedian Ziwe Fumudoh
Former Desus & Mero writer and comedian Ziwe Fumudoh will be making her small screen debut soon, thanks to Showtime. Deadline announced that the network has signed on to launch Ziwe, a six-part sketch comedy series that will consist of interviews, musical numbers, guest stars, sketches, fake commercials and field pieces. Originally securing a straight-to-series…
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Clean Slate: Laverne Cox, George Wallace to Star in New Comedy From Norman Lear and Sony Pictures TV
Norman Lear, the TV legend behind The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Sanford & Son, is back with a new project named Clean Slate starring Laverne Cox and comedian George Wallace. Variety reports that the half-hour comedy follows “car wash owner ‘Henry,’ whose estranged child comes home to Alabama after 17 years. But he must do some…
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That Warm Dr. Hibbert Chuckle We All Know From The Simpsons Will Finally Be a Black Man's Voice
If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you know the laugh. It’s the laugh of Springfield’s local medical professional, Dr. Hibbert, who always has the propensity to make a warm-hearted pun in the midst of chaos. For over 30 years, that chuckle has come from the voice of actor Harry Shearer. Just in case you…
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Birth of Cool Series From Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad and Macro Finds a Home at BET+
A new series from Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Macro will be headed to BET+ soon, The Root has learned. According to Deadline, the show, titled Birth of Cool, will be centered around “Crispus Attucks High, a predominantly Black high school in Compton [Calif.]. The half-hour dramedy follows the adventures and misadventures of both…
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From Scratch: Director Nzingha Stewart Tapped for New Limited Series From Netflix
Nzingha Stewart, one of the directors of Hulu’s Emmy Award-winning Little Fire’s Everywhere, will be flexing her directorial skills once again for an upcoming limited series starring and executive produced by Zoe Saldana. Per Deadline, the series titled From Scratch, will be based on the 2019 bestselling memoir from Tembi Locke and is being described…
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Who’s That Queen?: Grammy-Winning Rapper Eve Set to Star In Upcoming Musical Drama for ABC
Over the weekend, it was announced that former The Talk co-host Eve will be making her return to scripted television, via an all-new musical drama pilot from ABC. Variety reports that the upcoming series, titled Queens, will see Eve in the lead role as “Brianna,” one of “four estranged and out-of-touch women in their 40s…
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Donald Glover Reportedly Secures Overall Deal With Amazon, Malia Obama to Join His Writers' Room
Donald Glover has yet to invite us back to Atlanta but it looks like he’s going to be navigating the Amazon soon—the major studio, that is. According to sources via The Hollywood Reporter, the artist-creator has signed a major overall deal with Amazon with upcoming content set to debut on the company’s Prime Video platform.…
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Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy Cast in Tracy Oliver Dating Comedy Series, Harlem
We have some casting news featuring two entertainers well-known in the Black-ass pop culture zeitgeist. Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy have joined the cast of Harlem, an upcoming Amazon Studios / Universal Television comedy series. Created, written, and executive produced by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Harlem (formerly referred to as, “Untitled Tracy Oliver Project”) is…
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Hip-Hop and Hoops Meet In Diddy's New Web Series The Crew League
Every basketball player wants to be a rapper, and every rapper aspires to be a professional basketball player. Don’t shoot the messenger; it’s in the bible somewhere. The lines have long been blurred when it comes to sports and entertainment, and now Diddy’s Revolt will be dropping an unscripted, first-of-its-kind basketball battle of hip-hop stars…
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IMDb TV Announces LeBron James-Produced Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers
“You’ve got the Lakers, you’ve got the Clippers and then you’ve got Sierra Canyon High School.”– Anonymous Without question, NBA players live a charmed life, but players for the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers are social media superstars in their own right, garnering millions of views on YouTube and Instagram while drawing enormous crowds everywhere they played…