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Daytime TV is embracing black entertainers; prime time, less so. 1 / 6. Queen Latifah is one of the latest black celebrities to join daytime television, with “The Queen Latifah Show.” ...
So far, there has been no word about when the series will come to TV or who will star in it. The last daytime soap to feature an all-Black family at its center was Generations, which aired on NBC ...
Soap operas, daytime talk TV and other show, sans a few Black faces, missed the mark talking about our issues from our lens. In 1986, Oprah became a face Black women could resonate with.
In daytime television, black is the new black. Television programmers, in their search for the next big thing, have found that charismatic African American entertainers are potent magnets who ...
Thirty-five years after “Generations” premiered on NBC in 1991, a new black-led soap opera, “The Gates,” is coming to daytime on CBS.
Over the years, the daytime soap opera scene would flourish in the ’90s but take a hit in the 2000s when TV viewership changed. In 2011, NBC shocked many when it canceled All My Children and One ...
Black women dominate daytime talk shows with brilliance and boldness. Tamron Hall, Sherri Shepherd, Jennifer Hudson and Sheryl Underwood give us life, love and laughter every day.
Get out the popcorn; after 35 years, a new drama is in development. A Black daytime soap opera is coming to CBS. In collaboration with the NAACP, the network will be producing “The Gates.” ...
Gayle King, Cookie Monster, Kelsey Grammer, Michael Strahan, are among the presenters for the 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards this Friday on CBS.