Television
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Live From New York, It’s Regina King Making Her Hosting Debut on Saturday Night Live
Regina King (also known as Regina Thee King and Regina BEEN King) will be making her hosting debut in the upcoming new season of Saturday Night Live. In a press release sent to The Root, the One Night in Miami director will be gracing the SNL stage with her presence for the February 13 broadcast,…
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Celebrating America: Let’s Talk About the 2021 Inauguration Celebration, Shall We?
I know what the headline says, but we’re not actually gonna talk about the inauguration today—at least not the formalities of it. Why? Because by most accounts, it was a regular degular ceremony and went off without a hitch. I’m sorry—what was that? Oh, it wasn’t a regular degular ceremony? Because everyone was donning masks…
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OWN Renews Queen Sugar for a 6th Season Ahead of the Season 5 Premiere
The Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that the critically acclaimed drama from Ava DuVernay, Queen Sugar, will be returning for a sixth season. According to a press release sent to The Root, season five, set to premiere February 16, was completely revamped by DuVernay during the COVID-19 production hiatus. Wanting to reflect the very real…
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The Story of Chicago’s 1st Black Mayor Will Be Told in a New Limited Series From Fosse/Verdon Writer Ike Holter
Chi-Town, stand up! The life of an influential political figure and Chicago’s first Black mayor Harold Washington will soon be headed to a screen near us. Deadline announced today that Fosse/Verdon writer Ike Holter will pen the script for the limited series under Paylocity founder Steve Sarowitz and Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios. The untitled project…
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Insecure Is Lowkey Done—HBO Series to End With Fifth Season
All hella good things must come to an end. That’s right, one of Black Twitter’s favorite argument-inciting television shows will be ending soon. HBO has confirmed that Insecure’s upcoming fifth season will be its final one. As Variety reports, Season 5 is scheduled to begin production later this month and will premiere later this year.…
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This Is Us Writer-Director Kay Oyegun and Actor Jennifer C. Holmes Introduce the 'Spirit' of Randall's 'Birth Mother'
This is Randall Pearson’s birth mother. This is Laurel. We first meet young Laurel DuBois (portrayed by Jennifer C. Holmes) way back in Season 1, Episode 3 titled, “Kyle.” Through a series of strategically teasing flashbacks, we learn just a little bit more about her character, mostly through the perspective of Randall’s (Sterling K. Brown)…
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Watch Out World, We’re in Smoakland: Freeform to Develop New Series From Yara and Keri Shahidi
Yara Shahidi and her mother Keri will soon be bringing us into the world of the cannabis industry for a new series currently in development for Freeform, Smoakland. Deadline announced today that the single-camera comedy comes from the mother-daughter duo’s 7th Sun production company with The Chi writer Jewel Coronel and Scandal writer Zahir McGhee…
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Shawna Thomas Secures Executive Producer Spot on CBS This Morning, CNN’s Abby Phillip to Take Over Inside Politics
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a whooole lot of Black Girl Magic happening on the political front lately. And with the most recent round of major news network developments, it looks like things are about to stay that way. On Monday, CBS announced that Emmy award-winning journalist Shawna Thomas would be stepping into…
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From Bridgerton to Bond? Regé-Jean Page Addresses Internet Rumors About Him Becoming the Next 007
The internet has, as of late, been burning with desires for Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page to star as the next James Bond—and thanks to a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, we now know what Page himself thinks of the matter. According to Elle, Page, who plays the dashing and smashingly (pun…
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11 Thoughts About Power Book II: Ghost Now That the 1st Season Is Over. All the Spoilers, Fam
1. Let’s just start at the top: I really enjoyed Power Book II: Ghost, which is hard for me because I literally was only hate-watching it at the start. My entire reason for watching this show was to see Tariq laid out on a Manhattan street somewhere, dead. I HATED Tariq in the entire last…