Showing 1 - 15 of 259 articles tagged "African Americans and TV"

• Posted Thursday 5/19/22 at 8:38AM EDT

  Viola Davis says a director once called her by his maid's name, admits How to Get Away With Murder didn't really open doors for women who look like her

  “I had a director who did that to me.

• Posted Tuesday 5/10/22 at 11:51PM EDT

  Percy Jackson movie star Alexandra Daddario expresses support for Leah Jeffries in Disney+'s TV adaptation

  Daddario, who previously played Annabeth Chase in two Percy Jackson films, has spoken out after author Rick Riordan defended the casting...

• Posted Tuesday 5/10/22 at 1:19PM EDT

  Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan condemns racist backlash to Leah Jeffries' casting as Annabeth Chase

  Some fans of Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians novel series have expressed outrage that Jeffries is Black, in contrast...

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  Posted Saturday 5/07/22 at 2:50AM EDT

  How Winning Time wrestles with Blackness is more important than its portrayal of basketball

  "Much of the reaction to HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty has focused on Jerry West’s threat...

• Posted Saturday 5/07/22 at 2:50AM EDT

  The Real World: New Orleans' Melissa Beck looks back at being pigeonholed as “The Angry Black Woman" before social media

  The reality star formerly known as Melissa Howard, who is half Asian and half Black, was sent attacks via email...

• Posted Friday 4/29/22 at 5:21PM EDT

  How the Los Angeles Riots, which started 30 years ago today, impacted TV comedy

  "In 1992 ― just four months after the cops who beat Rodney King nearly to death were acquitted, and the...

• Posted Saturday 4/23/22 at 2:05AM EDT

  "Black excellence" shows like Bel-Air, The Kings of Napa and Our Kind of People feel out of step with their audience

  "These three shows differ in plot, tone, and production value, yet they’re all fluent in the language of 'Black excellence,'...

• Posted Thursday 4/14/22 at 2:55AM EDT

  Viola Davis recalls being told that Black actors thought she wasn't pretty enough to star in How to Get Away with Murder

  A New York Times Magazine profile of Davis, timed to the release of her memoir later this month, notes that...

• Posted Monday 4/11/22 at 10:08AM EDT

  SNL's Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cold open showed how far the show has come with Black representation

  It was eight years ago, during the 2013-2014 season, that Saturday Night Live's dearth of Black females became such a...

• Posted Tuesday 3/08/22 at 11:02PM EST

  Black-ish should be considered among the all-time great Black sitcoms

  "After eight seasons, Black-ish is wrapping up its award-winning tenure," says Stereo Williams.

• Posted Friday 3/04/22 at 4:14AM EST

  Snowfall is one of rare shows that has mastered Black hair

  "For four seasons, FX’s buzzy drama Snowfall has transported audiences back to Los Angeles, California during the infamous 1980s crack...

• Posted Saturday 2/26/22 at 4:55AM EST

  The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is too focused on winning over new, younger fans

  "While The Proud Family aimed its humor at us, Louder and Prouder could care less about the OG fans," says...

• Posted Thursday 2/17/22 at 3:44AM EST

  How UPN gave voice to a new generation of Black storytellers in the late 1990s and early 2000s before it was "merged out of existence"

  UPN launched in 1995 with shows appealing toward young white male viewers, from Star Trek: Voyager to WWE.

• Posted Thursday 1/27/22 at 2:22PM EST

  ABC News to celebrate Black History Month with two Soul of a Nation primetime specials

  The ABC News series Soul of a Nation will present “Screen Queens Rising” on Feb.

• Posted Thursday 1/20/22 at 2:29PM EST

  Discovery+ is launching a “Black Voices” hub

  The new hub will feature programming spotlighting the African American community, including docuseries Profiled: The Black Man and Uprooted, a...