Television
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Watch: Pose Is 'Back to Life, Back to Reality' in the '90s for the Season 2 Teaser Trailer
The category is…live, work, pose…for Season 2! That’s right, Pose, FX’s hit drama co-created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals is almost back, bitches, and now we have a teaser to whet our ballroom-based appetite. Per a press release sent by FX: Upon receiving an HIV positive diagnosis, Blanca Rodriguez (Mj Rodriguez) is…
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First Look: The Bordelons Will Be Swept in Secrets of ‘Blessing and Blood’ in New Queen Sugar Season 4 Trailer
‘B’ doesn’t just stand for Bordelon anymore, it also stands for blessing … and blood. Coming from an early awards season success having been named Best Television Show Drama from the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and as well as scooping a nomination for Best Drama Series at the NAACP Image Awards, Queen Sugar…
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I Went to a Final Rehearsal of the All In The Family/The Jeffersons Revival—and the More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
I owe a lot of my love for comedy writing to Norman Lear. As a typical black child raised by her loving grandmother, I plopped my (then) tiny butt in front of the single TV in the house every day to watch episodes of All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sanford & Son,…
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What the Game of Thrones Finale Teaches Us About White Saviors
As America digests the worst collapse of a series since the Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead against the Cleveland Cavaliers (never forget), we must remember that Game of Thrones was bigger than any one episode, the last season or even the finale. The show was always an allegory for politics, competition and history.…
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Watch: 'It's Been Beneficial to Me, Too'—Adrienne Banfield Norris Opens Up About Porn to Jada and Willow
Take a seat at the red table! And make yourself comfortable. Hell, I did. On Thursday, I attended an intimate fireside chat to celebrate the return of the popular streamed series, where Jada, Gammy, and Willow reflected over the past season, talked about the importance of showing up, and dropped inspirational gems for the attendees.…
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Watch: Comedy Central's South Side Highlights the 'Hope and Love' of Chicago in Debut Trailer
They say there’s tragedy in comedy. Chicago has become the national scapegoat for crime, despite not being the murder capital of the country. When it comes to showcasing the lives of black folks in Chicago, we have Lena Waithe’s The Chi, which appears to be doing well, recently announcing a third season pickup. While the…
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Court TV Relaunches in the Black Lives Matter Era, With Activist Lawyer Yodit Tewolde at the Helm
Back in the mid-’90s, when game shows had finally fallen out of favor and the talk show wars had devastated Montel, Maury and Sally Jesse Raphael, leaving Oprah on the Iron Throne, there was one mainstay for your middle-aged aunts, grandmas and housewives to get their daytime TV drama fix: Court TV. Blowing up with…
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Black Mirror, Season 5: Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Nicole Beharie Play Mind Games in a Techno-Paranoid World
The last time we saw Black Mirror, they had us playing a Choose Your Own Adventure-esque game to watch it. But, this isn’t a game. Black Mirror is returning for its fifth season—and we’ve got a trailer to prove it! As Netflix’s press release states about the popular tech-world series: Black Mirror is an anthology…
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Watch: ‘The Only Heroes We Had Were DeBarge’—Mixed-Ish Explores Rainbow’s Origin Story, Debuts New Trailer
On the heels of extending Black-ish’s reign for a six season, ABC announced they’ll be picking up the show’s spinoff, Mixed-ish. Now we have a trailer for said spin-off. As a-ha’s catchy classic “Take On Me” reverberates in the background, Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross)—lovingly known as Bow—reflects on the fact that her evolving family doesn’t…
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Uzo Aduba to Portray Shirley Chisholm in FX’s Mrs. America
Black history is American history, so no one should blink an eye when a black woman’s face represents Mrs. America. And no, I’m not talking about the long-running pageant—though we’re the face of that, too—I’m talking about the upcoming FX series. According to a press release provided by FX: Mrs. America tells the story of…