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PBS’s Tavis Smiley says Fox’s monster hit show Empire may not be showing the best images of Black people on television. In fact, he suggests it…

National

It’s no surprise that there would be backlash and outrage over the OWN network giving Jay Williams, the Atlanta man with 34 kids by 17…

After months of speculation following Jon Stewart’s departure announcement from the satirical news program The Daily Show, the New York Times is reporting that Trevor Noah — a…

National

Had to dig deep on this one. While giving thought to this year so far, I thought about the number of controversies surrounding Black men,…

Anthony Anderson says that Black-ish came out of his own life experiences as a Black man raising an affluent Black family in Hollywood. The show,…

If you caught last night’s episode of VH1’s ‘Hit The Floor’ you were probably among the millions of women who held a collective gasp when…

New research suggests that too much TV time might shorten your life. But not necessarily for the reason you might think. The study of more…

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Singer and entertainer Adam Wade made history on this day in 1975 by becoming the first African-American host of a nationally televised game show. The…

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Rickey Smiley talks the third season of his television show and new characters he’ll debut this season. Spoiler Alert, one is white and the other…

Back in the 80’s, the Cosby Show ruled Thursday nights and was TV’s biggest hit. The show focused on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York. Now decades later, It’s reported the Cos will return to do another family sitcom. Can Bill Cosby bring the magic back to television? […]

I hope Bill Cosby is successful with his new media venture because prime-time television needs a strong family-values program now more than ever. Cosby, 72,…

Ever since CNN anchor Don Lemon (pictured) decided to start editorializing, he has not shown himself to be a serious thinker. Lemon has developed a…