Television
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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…
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Tiffany Haddish Is Readyyy for Kids Say the Darndest Things Reboot; Signs On as Host
Tiffany Haddish has been known to say and do the darndest things—and now she’ll be hosting a show full of kids with that same energy! The 39-year-old comedian has been confirmed as the host of Kids Say the Darndest Things, a reboot of the popular TV show hosted by Bill Cosby from 1995-2000. The show…
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ABC Passes On New York Undercover Reboot, but It Could Return to Original Home at Fox
Looks like Eddie Torres’ (Michael DeLorenzo) so-called return from the dead may not be so smooth. But, there’s still hope. According to Deadline, ABC has decided to pass on the pilot of popular 1990s cop drama reboot New York Undercover. However, all hope is not lost, since its studio, Universal TV is shopping it around.…
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Steve Harvey Loses a 2nd Gig—Little Big Shots
The week’s just begun and it’s already been a bad one for Steve Harvey. Soon after word got out that NBC had canceled Harvey’s eponymous TV talk show, news broke that Harvey had also lost his NBC gig as host of Little Big Shots, a variety show featuring talented little kids. According to People, NBC…
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The Seven Kingdoms News Roundup: May 13, 2019
NATIONAL NEWS Travel Ban, Border Wall Fails to Stop Terrorist Attack by Immigrants Thousands are dead and many more are reported missing after a deadly dragon attack left King’s Landing defenseless despite the Lannister administration’s travel ban against Targaryens, a billion-dollar border wall and Cersei Lannister’s insistence on sending troops to the border after rumors…
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After Pulling the Plug on Empire, Fox CEO Addresses Diversity Concerns
Empire is gone, mayne. Deadline reports that after five seasons of twists, turns and trysts, the Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson-led series will be bowing out after its upcoming sixth season. “We are turning the final season into a large TV event, we are trying to go out guns a blazing,” Fox CEO Charlie…
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10 Thoughts About Game of Thrones Now That I've Started Watching and Am Almost Done With Season 3
Because of my FOMO and my desire to both understand the bazillion Game of Thrones-related memes and references people can’t help but make, I decided to dive into the show. Plus, my entire ass Mondays are shot on social media and in the news curation service I use; a solid 10 articles immediately surface about…