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  • 10 Things We Can’t Wait to See in the New TV Season

    Every year around this time, the big four broadcast networks­—ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox (I don’t count the CW, since it dropped Girlfriends)—make a big deal of trotting out their new shows for the fall TV season. And while many network executives seem to have gotten the memo about diversity­—except, apparently, CBS, whose president has…

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    Genetta M. Adams

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  • From One Awkward Black Girl To Another, Thanks Issa Rae

    When I first heard HBO ordered a pilot for Issa Rae’s hit Youtube series “Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” it took several rounds of “Hallelujer” and “Yes, Lordt” before reality settled in. I wondered: Would HBO pick up the series, written and produced by Rae and “The Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore? There’s certainly a…

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    Jackie Woods

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