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BET's Centric Kicks Off New Original Series "Apollo Live" Hosted By Tony Rock

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 1, 2012 1:45 PM
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APOLLO LIVE—CENTRIC’s NEW TALENT COMPETITION SERIES—TO HOLD AUDITIONS IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., CHICAGO AND ATLANTA

Preview New "Talk" Series w/ Jada Pinkett Smith, Daughter Willow & Mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 1, 2012 10:45 AM
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No word on where this will air: as a web series? VOD? DVD? Cable? YouTube? Hulu? It's not entirely clear from all I've read. But we'll know more soon enough.

TBS Sets Debut Date For Season 2 Of Tyler Perry's "For Better Or Worse"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 1, 2012 9:05 AM
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Announced earlier this year, TBS ordered 35 new episodes of Tyler Perry's latest sitcom, For Better Or Worse, the ensemble comedy based on characters from his Why Did I Get Married? flicks, starring Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White.

S&A "Scandal" Talk-Back Session #1 (3 More Episodes Until Season Ends & Sh*t Just Got Real)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • April 28, 2012 12:29 PM
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I considered starting this earlier in the series, but, to be frank, after watching episode 1, as I expressed in my post stating some concerns I had for the show, I wasn't quite sure of how it would evolve and progress over the next several episodes.

Sophie Okonedo To Star In New BBC One 5-Part Thriller "Mayday"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • April 27, 2012 1:23 PM
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S&A fave Sophie Okonedo will star alongside Peter Firth, Aidan Gillen and Lesley Manville in what the BBC is calling a "sophisticated five-part thriller" titled Mayday, from writers Ben Court and Caroline Ip (Whitechapel).

This Week in Black Television - FRINGE, NYC 22 and 2nd Black show on Adult Swim?

  • By Curtis Caesar John
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  • April 27, 2012 12:33 PM
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As promised, this week’s focus is on Lance Reddick and Jasika Nicole from FRINGE, as well as new reviews for NYC 22, The Game and Don’t Trust the B---- In Apartment 23. 

Star Jones Calls For Boycott Of "Basketball Wives" And Other Reality Shows

  • By Sergio
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  • April 27, 2012 12:02 PM
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I will tell you upfront that I've never seen The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Love and Hip-Hop, VH1's Basketball Wives or any of those reality shows that are aimed at...ahem...urban viewers. But I tend to avoid them since, from what I understand, most of them on the whole tend to be (using the current vernacular) pretty ratchet.

Tyler James William Stars In Disney Feature Inspired By "Cyrano de Bergerac" (From Writer Of "Barbershop")

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • April 25, 2012 10:00 AM
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Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris), recording artist Coco Jones, and Trevor Jackson (Eureka) star in the Disney Channel Original Movie Let It Shine, described as a music-driven story for kids and families, premiering Friday, June 15th, at 8pm ET/PT.

BET's "Being Mary Jane" Full Cast Revealed (Margaret Avery, Robbine Lee, Richard Brooks, Aaron Spears + Others)

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • April 24, 2012 8:00 PM
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We last announced Latarsha Rose, Lisa Vidal, Aaron D. Spears and Richard Roundtree, along with Omari Hardwick, as Gabrielle Union's love interest for the upcoming Mara Brock Akil/Salim Akil's BET pilot series Being Mary Jane.

VH1 Releases Promo Trailer For Upcoming Season 2 of "Single Ladies" (Debuting May 28)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • April 23, 2012 7:29 PM
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Time flies doesn't it? I feel like it was only recently that this series made its debut on VH1, and recall a lot of you complaining about it :)

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