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All 13 Major Roles from Issa Rae TV Shows and Movies
If you aren’t a fan of the oh-so-multi-talented Black actress and producer Issa Rae (who really has too many titles to name at this point), you just haven’t seen her in a role that speaks to you yet. As the beloved representative for awkward Black girls everywhere, co-creator of the hit HBO TV show Insecure,…
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“Atlanta”: Recapping Every Episode of the First 2 Seasons
“Atlanta” has reached its series conclusion. And while some of us didn’t necessarily love the penultimate season, Season 4 of Atlanta did bring about some redemption. But it goes almost without saying that Seasons 1 and 2 were the pinnacle of the series creativity. They ushered in what we all thought “peak TV” should mean,…
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Top 10 Best Shows on BET Plus
Streaming services have become more diverse than ever and BET+ has been a full participant in the growth in diversity. A marathon binger can watch everything from lighthearted romantic comedies to thrilling thrillers on this new service from parent company, and Redstone family-controlled, Paramount.
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Best Original Black Comedies on Netflix
I’m increasingly busy these days, and I have to watch TV for my day job, so when it’s time for me to watch something that’s not for work and at a time when I want to relax, it’s often hard for me to want to waste those hours on a Black sitcom, TV show, or…
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Best Black TV Shows Ever: Top 5 Situation Comedies
It’s a debate that will reel in just about any Black person, and certainly any Black millennial who came up on TV during the 1990’s Black TV Renaissance: what are the best black TV shows ever? Well, that’s a really big question to ask, and it’s almost impossible to answer given the differences between sitcoms,…
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Best Black TV Shows on Hulu
There are a lot of streaming services out there–we know, we’re owned by one of them (BlackOakTV)! That means you have a number of options to choose from when looking for your next show to binge. And while we’d always suggest you check out a BlackOakTV Original, we can’t blame you if you want to…
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The Best Black Actors of All-Time…From A Millennial’s Perspective
When thinking about making a list of the best Black actors of all-time, and then looking at our history in this field, I was astounded by just how far back we go and how excellent at the craft we have been given the many harms and hurdles that have been put in the path of…
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Big Brother: The Racist Gift That Keeps On Giving
I have a big admission to make that most people don’t know about me: I love Big Brother. For the uninitiated, it’s a show in which 16 people enter a house, go through competitions, form informal teams and alliances, and on a weekly basis, they vote each other out of the house. What could possibly…
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Review: “Harlem” Is Worth A Binge Watch
As we get set for the Season 2 premiere of “Harlem” this Friday, February 3rd, our reviewer gives “Harlem” a bingeworthy grading. However, this particular black TV show from Amazon Prime still leaves her wanting a little bit more. When the trailer for Amazon Prime’s original series Harlem popped up in my feed, I was…
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Now of Age, Gen Z Has its Own Classic Black TV Shows & Movies
Real talk. Pinning down classic Black TV shows and movies that are unique and specific to Gen Z is difficult. It’s complex for a variety of reasons. For starters, how are we defining a Black classic? And how are we defining a Black classic that is specific to Gen Z? There’s a whole canon of…