Don Cheadle take a walk on the wild side in the new Showtime dramedy “House of Lies.”  Cheadle plays Marty Kaan, a ruthless, but brilliant management consultant who never keeps his eye off the bottom line.  Marty and his equally hungry team are living the high life, complete with nights of debauchery at night clubs […]

America loves a good singing competition. American Idol, The X Factor, and The Voice are all top ratings earners for their respective television networks.  While we all love a good pop star reality competition, where’s the love for the hip-hop heads? Hood Riot Music Inc. has got you covered. Hood Riot Music Inc. is giving […]

Ladies, one of the men of your dreams will be coming to television every week. Michael Ealy stars in the USA network cop drama, “Common Law,” alongside Warren Kole. The two play police detectives who are on the verge of being thrown off the force. The only way to keep their jobs is to go […]

Common flexes his acting chops in AMC’s newest scripted drama “Hell On Wheels.”   The series is a contemporary Western that centers on former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, portrayed by  Anson Mount, whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad’s westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Common plays Elam Ferguson, an […]

On tonight’s episode of “Single Ladies” Val finally discovers Jerry’s one flaw and it might be a deal-breaker, and Keisha worries that Malcolm isn’t telling her everything about his relationship with his ex-wife.  April sees a different side of Reed when he threatens to get new representation and leave her behind.  Christina pushes the boundaries further when […]

Remember once upon a time in the mid 1990’s when Black Hollywood ruled the T.V. airwaves on Thursday nights?  After a visit with the Huxtables on the “Cosby Show” and a lesson in higher learning at Hillman College on “A Different World”, over 15 million viewers would tune in at 9:00 P.M. for their weekly […]

Shaunie O’Neal executive producer of VH1’s “Basketball Wives,” wrote a commentary for CNN about the negative portrayal of black women on reality TV. Despite the drama that unfolds on her own show, Shaunie doesn’t feel “Basketball Wives” portrays black women in a negative light.  Shaunie says watching reality television is a guilty pleasure of hers […]

Georgia is now considered one of the top five states in the country for film and TV production with more than 274 projects shot in the state since July 2010, reports the AJC.com. TV shows shot in Georgia include BET’s “The Game,” MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” the Discovery Channel’s “Auction Kings” and AMC’s critically-acclaimed hit shot […]

Most people are superstitious in some form or another. Celebrities and athletes have routines to rid their minds of nervous energy before a performance or game. Usher separates bags of M&Ms by color. Missy Elliott will go back to her starting point if a black cat crosses her path. Many do these things as not […]

Want to know the way to gauge how great a show is? Break it down by episodes. Take The Cosby Show for instance: For those who watched the series through it’s eight seasons, the debate is never whether or not the show was good, it’s which episode was the best. Ask as many people possible […]

Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition.  Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64 shows to 32. Based on the seeding of the editorial team we didn’t see any upset loses although we were surprised to see the short-lived 90’s sitcom “Thea” beat out the […]