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Posted Wednesday 6/24/20 at 4:39PM EDT
Hulu removes three Scrubs episodes featuring blackface at creator Bill Lawrence's request
The Season 3 episode “My Fifteen Seconds” and the Season 5 episodes “My Jiggly Ball” and “My Chopped Liver" have...
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Tina Fey has a problematic history with race that goes beyond 30 Rock's blackface
When Fey apologized and pulled four 30 Rock episodes on Monday over their use of blackface, some pointed out that...
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Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 7:07PM EDT
Adam Carolla defends Jimmy Kimmel after blackface apology: "That is not blackface"
Carolla, who worked on Los Angeles radio station KROQ with Kimmel starting in 1994 and co-hosted The Man Show with...
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Jimmy Kimmel apologizes for his "embarrassing" past use of blackface
Kimmel released a statement this morning finally addressing his past use of blackface, saying he had been "reluctant" to discuss...
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Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 10:37AM EDT
Tina Fey may have predicted her 30 Rock blackface episodes being seen as racist 10 years ago
Fey said in her speech while accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010: "And yet I hope...
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30 Rock episodes featuring blackface are being pulled at Tina Fey's request
NBC Universal, 30 Rock creator Tina Fey and her producing partner Robert Carlock have requested four episodes featuring blackface be...
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Posted Monday 6/22/20 at 6:32PM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel embroiled in N-word and underage sex joke controversies as he begins summer hiatus
Kimmel went viral over the weekend after a 2009 Jimmy Kimmel Live! interview with Megan Fox resurfaced, in which he...
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Posted Friday 6/19/20 at 11:55PM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel should've apologized for his past use of blackface before going on a summer sabbatical
In recent weeks, Jimmy Fallon, Howard Stern and the stars of Little Britain have had to address their past use...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
Netflix UK pulls an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia blackface episode that is still available on Hulu in the U.S.
The Season 6 episode "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth" features Mac and Dee in blackface.
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Posted Tuesday 6/16/20 at 2:31PM EDT
Rebel Wilson calls the pulling Little Britain over blackface "a bit crazy": "I'm not a fan of erasing things"
Wilson, who is Little Britain star and co-creator Matt Lucas' former roommate and Bridesmaids co-star, expressed disappointment with the sketch...
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Posted Monday 6/15/20 at 11:36PM EDT
David Cross: Netflix pulled a W/ Bob & David sketch making fun of blackface
"Hey all, Netflix is going to pull this sketch from With Bob & David because the ridiculous, foolish character I...
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Posted Monday 6/15/20 at 11:23AM EDT
Howard Stern responds to new backlash over his past N-word and blackface use: "It’s like, who is that guy. But that was my shtick, that’s what I did and I own it"
Amid the racial reckoning over George Floyd's death, filmmaker Tariq Nasheed posted a clip of Stern's 1993 New Year's Eve...
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Posted Monday 6/15/20 at 11:23AM EDT
Little Britain creators apologize over their use of blackface
Matt Lucas and David Walliams again expressed regret after BBC, Netflix and Britbox pulled their sketch show last week.
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Posted Thursday 6/11/20 at 1:49PM EDT
Will Jimmy Fallon's racial awakening following blackface controversy lead to true change on The Tonight Show?
Fallon tells The New York Times that he had to respond in his own voice after his past use of...
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Little Britain removed from BBC, Netflix and BritBox over blackface sketches
Matt Lucas and David Walliams' 2003-07 BBC British mockumentary comedy series Little Britain and its 2010-11 follow-up Come Fly with...