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CBS News boss calls threats against Gayle King "reprehensible"
“We fully support Gayle King and her integrity as a journalist,” CBS News president Susan Zirinsky told The Associated Press...
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Posted Friday 2/07/20 at 11:57PM EST
Gayle King's Kobe Bryant controversy captures the unique pressures she faces as one of the most visible black women on TV
The CBS This Morning anchor is not only the most valuable person at CBS News, but she is one of...
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Posted Friday 2/07/20 at 11:57PM EST
How Power undercut its lofty ambitions by making Ghost an "antihero" to root for
"While the (Starz) series’ attempt to imagine a black antihero on the model of The Sopranos’ Tony Soprano and Breaking...
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Posted Saturday 2/01/20 at 2:55AM EST
Curb Your Enthusiasm has greatly benefitted from its black characters
From Wanda Sykes to J.
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Posted Monday 1/13/20 at 1:32PM EST
Fox TV stations are launching Fox Soul, a streaming service targeting African-American viewers
The new free ad-supported streaming channel Fox Soul will combine a set of new original programs with existing, locally produced...
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Posted Friday 1/10/20 at 9:38PM EST
How Black-ish finally cracked its black hair episode
Showrunner Courtney Lilly says that to do this week's black hair-themed episode, she sent writer Marquita Robinson to talk to...
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Posted Tuesday 10/22/19 at 1:25PM EDT
Gwen Ifill to be honored with a Forever stamp
The trailblazing journalist, who died of cancer in 2016 at age 61, will be honored by the U.
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Posted Wednesday 10/09/19 at 4:31AM EDT
"Diahann Carroll was the only mother I knew," says her Julia son
From the age of 5 to 8, Marc Copage played Corey Baker opposite Carroll's single mother Julia Baker on the...
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Posted Saturday 10/05/19 at 9:42AM EDT
Shonda Rhimes: Diahann Carroll's Julia Baker and Dominque Devereux paved the way for Scandal's Olivia Pope
Rhimes, who cast Carroll in her Emmy-nominated role of Preston Burke's mother on Grey's Anatomy, paid tribute to the groundbreaking...
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Diahann Carroll, the first black woman to star in her own TV series, dies at 84
Carroll, the Tony-winning and Emmy- and Oscar-nominated Julia and Dynasty star, died today of cancer in Los Angeles.
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 1:49PM EDT
Turner Classic Movies hires its first black host: Jacqueline Stewart
University of Chicago professor and film archivist Stewart will become TCM's fifth host, and cable movie network's first black host.
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 11:41AM EDT
Booger McFarland will be "breaking down barriers" on tonight's Monday Night Football season premiere
McFarland becomes the first African-American analyst to be a No.
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The Post-Apocalyptic Charms of A Black Lady Sketch Show
There’s no denying the excellence of the standalone skits on A Black Lady Sketch Show.
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Posted Saturday 8/24/19 at 2:43AM EDT
Why hasn't Power's popularity translated to the mainstream?
As Greg Braxton notes, the departing Starz series has grown in each season, with Season 5 averaging 10.
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In David Makes Man, Growing Up Without a Margin for Error
David Makes Man Airs Wednesdays at 10:00PM ET on OWN It is hard to watch David Makes Man, a...