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Posted Friday 4/06/18 at 4:27AM EDT
Bob's Burgers writer: Here's why Roseanne's joke about Fresh Off the Boat and Black-ish was so offensive
Kelvin Yu addressed the controversy over Tuesday's episode in a nine-tweet thread.
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Posted Thursday 4/05/18 at 6:37PM EDT
Hidden Figures is set to become a Nat Geo TV series
The producers behind the 2016 Best Picture Oscar nominee are developing a TV series based on the film about the...
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Posted Wednesday 4/04/18 at 5:25PM EDT
Why did Roseanne take an "unnecessary jab" at Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat?
Last night's episode contained what one critic called a "snide dismissal" of Roseanne's fellow ABC comedies, which Dan Conner called...
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Posted Monday 4/02/18 at 2:55PM EDT
50 years ago today: A white woman touched a black man's arm for the first time on primetime TV
The fleeting moment on an NBC primetime special between Petula Clark and Harry Belafonte on April 2, 1968 while they...
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Posted Thursday 3/22/18 at 6:23PM EDT
What's up with TV's "Black Lady Therapist" trend?
Is the "Black Lady Therapist" the new "Black Best Friend"? Aisha Harris says it "does seem a bit peculiar" that...
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Posted Wednesday 2/28/18 at 12:25AM EST
UCLA's diversity report finds that minorities are still underrepresented on TV
The Los Angeles Times, reporting on the annual study, notes that "overall, people of color remained underrepresented, considering they were...
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CBS’ rebooted Magnum P.I. is expected to star a minority actor
In addition to pursuing a non-white actor to take on the role of Thomas Magnum, the proposed reboot will replace at...
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Posted Friday 2/02/18 at 3:15AM EST
Mo’Nique: Here’s a copy of Netflix's contract to prove I was offered $500,000 for a standup special
The Oscar winner posted a copy of the contract proposal on Instagram after rumors circulated that she had actually been...
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Posted Tuesday 1/30/18 at 8:39PM EST
BoJack Horseman creator confronts the “whitewashing” of white actors voicing minority characters on his show
Raphael Bob-Waksberg recently discussed with a Twitter follower why the Vietnamese-American character of Diane Nguyen was voiced by white actress...
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Posted Friday 1/26/18 at 1:32PM EST
The Bachelor creator found lower ratings for first black Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay “incredibly disturbing”: “It revealed something about our fans”
“I found it incredibly disturbing in a Trumpish kind of way,” says Mike Fleiss.
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Posted Friday 1/26/18 at 1:32PM EST
Grey’s Anatomy tackles unconscious bias and police brutality
Last night’s episode revolved around a 12-year-old black boy who was shot by police after attempting to break into his...
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Posted Wednesday 1/24/18 at 4:39PM EST
Two white former Tonight Show camera operators sue NBC claiming Questlove had them fired over a racist text
The two camera operators are suing NBC claiming that they were suspended and subsequently fired after a stagehand sent them...
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Posted Tuesday 1/23/18 at 9:15PM EST
TV actors and writers are using an anonymous Google database to compare their salaries
The separate databases, which include information about race and gender, aim to help improve salary equality.
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Posted Monday 1/22/18 at 1:40PM EST
Wanda Sykes to Mo’Nique: “Netflix offered me less than half of your $500k”
Sykes tweeted in response to Monique’s claim that Netflix is “low balling women of color,” thanking her for speaking out.
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Posted Friday 1/19/18 at 10:48PM EST
Mo’Nique calls for a Netflix boycott after she was offered a tiny fraction of what Amy Schumer made for a standup special
The Oscar winner wants Netflix to be boycotted "for gender and color bias” after she says she was offered $500,000...