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FALL TELEVISION
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By Claire Stackhouse
Ok, so I know between homework, BSM meetings,
and a social life there is very little time to
watch television. But you should take a break
from reality every once in a while to relax and
free your mind from all the stress and watch
some good TV (well…at least for 30 minutes).
This fall there are plenty of good shows for you
to watch - especially shows which feature
characters just like you and me. Along with all
of the new shows featuring black casts, there
are plenty of good returning shows as well.
Below is a review of the best that black TV has
to offer:
Kevin Hill (UPN Wednesdays @ 9)
Sexy Taye Diggs is the reason why most of you
ladies will be watching this new drama. Many of
you remember him from movies, How Stella Got Her
Groove Back and Brown Sugar, and you also know
that besides from being sexy Diggs has a lot of
talent too.
Digs plays attorney Kevin Hill, a bachelor who
has just inherited a baby from a cousin who has
just died. Hill has to drastically change his
wild lifestyle to accommodate the ten- month-
old. With an interesting storyline and a great
actor this new show is sure to be worth your
time.
Second Time Around (UPN Mondays @ 9:30)
For those of you who enjoyed Boris Kodjoe and
Nicole Parker's relationship in the recently
cancelled Showtime drama Soul Food, you will
love this new show. Jackson (Kodjoe) and Ryan
(Parker) Muse play newlyweds who are giving
their marriage a second go around.
Most of the show's humor comes from the couples
completely opposite personalities. Jackson is a
lot more structured than the free-spirited Ryan.
What's good about this show is that the couple's
on-screen chemistry is real. Kodjoe and Parker
are currently engaged and are expecting their
first child.
Girlfriends (UPN Monday's @ 9 p.m.)
Some critiques have called this show the black,
Sex and the City. Yes, Girlfriends might feature
some of the same topics, but it can not be
dismissed as just a rip-off of Sex and the City.
Mainly because Sex and the City features white
characters and Girlfriends features black
characters. Although we live in the 21st century
where color seems to matter less and less, there
is still a big difference in the life and
experiences of a white woman and a black woman.
In addition to dating and sex, Girlfriends
tackles such issues as racism, selling-out, and
racial identity. It also tackles more serious
issues like the effect of the AIDS epidemic on
the black community. All of the issues are
presented in a very comical way, of course.
At the end of last season central character Joan
(Tracee Ellis Ross) is in a never-ending search
to find that special someone. Bi-racial Lynn is
in the midst of searching for her black father.
Toni, the diva of the show, is having marital
problems with her white husband and Maya is
working out a major book deal for her urban
book, Oh Hell Yes.
Will Joan ever finds a man? Will Lynn ever find
her father? Will Toni work her marriage out? And
will Maya's book deal work out? Tune in to
Girlfriend for their fourth season to find out.
The Dave Chappelle Show (COMEDY CENTRAL Tuesday
@ 10 p.m.)
If you haven't heard of this hilarious show…umm
do me a favor and come out from under that rock.
The Dave Chapelle Show is the funniest show on
television. The comedy skit based show has been
described as somewhat controversial because of
all of the stereotypes about race Chapelle
depicts. However, these stereotypes appear so
obviously ridiculous that they make any one who
believes them look silly.
For example, in one episode Chappelle does a
skit on a blind black member of the KKK.
Chappelle plays this blind man who walks around
saying how much he hates black people. He
attends white power rallies and yells out the
N-word right along with the other white members
of the KKK. When he finds out he is black he
leaves his wife for being a “nigger lover” and
hangs himself. Anyone watching this skit can see
how ridiculous the idea of a black KKK member is
and how stupid it is for anyone to hold these
racist views.
Keep watching Dave Chappelle this season to find
out what crazy things he thinks up next.
So you see with all this black star power on
television this fall there really is no excuse
to not watch.
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