Television
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‘Black Like Us’: Black-ish Finally Tackles the Elephant in the Room—Colorism
Black-ish certainly has a way of evoking conversation on social media—its Season Four-opening “Juneteenth” episode is the best and most recent example of that phenomenon. After a recent conversation with its showrunners, I have a feeling this Tuesday night’s episode will do the same. Written by Peter Saji (“Juneteenth” and “Purple Rain”) and directed by…
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No, Iyanla Cannot Fix R. Kelly’s Life
Iyanla Vanzant can apparently fix just about anything through the power of her comforting bosom, but not Robert Kelly. The Chicago native has been reportedly suffering from panic attacks, which began days preceding the premiere of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, according to TMZ. After the documentary aired, the attacks apparently got worse and Kelly had…
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Beth’s Black-Ass Backstory on This Is Us Is Coming Together With Phylicia Rashad Portraying Her Mama
Y’all! Fans of This Is Us have been waiting for Beth Pearson’s (Susan Kelechi Watson) backstory for four score and fifty-eleven years—and the wait is coming to an end. For us to have a backstory on young Beth, we have to see her parents. And it looks like we have one-half of that duo on…
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R. Kelly Responds to Surviving R. Kelly
Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” not only broke viewership records, but provided us with an appalling glimpse into the unspeakable harm he inflicted upon dozens—if not hundreds—of black women. And while the rest of us were glued to our television sets over the course of the six episodes spread out over three separate nights, TMZ…
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Complicit Police, Staged Rescues, and Other Revelations from the Final Night of Surviving R. Kelly
After six hours of footage spread out across three nights, Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” reached its dramatic conclusion Saturday night with it’s final two episodes “All The Missing Girls” and “Black Girls Matter.” Executive producer dream hampton warned us that these final two episodes would be the most powerful and they definitely gave us a…
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OWN's Love Is ___ Canceled Amid Abuse Claims Against Salim Akil [Updated]
It’s official: Love Is… no more. According to Variety, the OWN television show from Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, purportedly based on their epic love story, has been canceled amid allegations brought forth by Amber Dixon Brenner, Salim Akil’s alleged former mistress. Warner Bros. Television has completed its internal investigation and have found no…
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Television for Colored Girls: CLEO TV Cozies Up to Black Millennial Women
For the new year, a new cable channel dedicated to young black women will hit the airwaves. And it promises to be more than just reruns, rehashed specials, depressing docuseries and R&B music videos viewers have seen elsewhere. The channel, CLEO TV—a nod to the Egyptian queen of two centuries past mostly known in pop…
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New York Undercover Is Getting a Reboot. Here Is Where Detective Eddie Torres May Have Been, Instead of Dead
It looks officially official: New York Undercover is coming back. A deal has been struck for a pilot production with ABC. If you’ll remember back in the ’90s, New York Undercover was a FOX television show, following Martin and Living Single on Thursday nights in that murderer’s row of black television watch-hood. The show followed…
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Power Shuts Down Filming After Production Assistant Dies On Location [Updated]
Sad news to report in regards to the Starz hit drama, Power. According to Deadline, Pedro Jimenez, a production assistant, was fatally struck by a 2006 Ford Explorer at around 4:30 Monday morning while setting up for a Brooklyn shoot that day. He was pronounced dead at Brooklyn hospital this morning. Jimenez has been on…