> Snoop Dogg now has one > I honestly did not know that.
Maybe it was one of the imaginary Remote Patrols I send out from time to time. No, I'm pretty sure I sent it out to the one some people read. > > Should the 10 p.m. hour on MSNBC go to a black guy? > > > To be clear, I'm not suggesting we bypass a talented white talk show > host in favor of some sort of affirmative action hire. I believe there > are talented black men and women who could host both comedic and > substantive talk shows, and that those shows could be successful. You > loved Marsha's talk show. I loved Whoopi's. Why is Whoopi doing "The > View" when, given her Bravo special from a year or two ago, she clearly > has a lot to say on both a humorous and insightful level? If Whoopi said I want a show in late night at NBC, they would fire Carson Daly and the people who do Poker After Dark. If Rosie O were on the right meds and was let do what she did in syndication (despite the whole Rosie Live debacle) I think she could have replaced Conan. (Or had the suits at MSNBC not been cowards and control freaks afraid of someone willing to be just as much of a perfectionist ... Rosie could have had Rachel Maddow's show.) > Is it a sign of anything that Late Night network talk shows don't have a > black person hosting? > To me, it is another sign of the timid nature of network executives. > "We'll hire Jimmy Fallon, because he's edgy, but not too edgy." To a > network executive, "too edgy" equates to black. This I believe. If Beyonce proves she can talk as well as lipcynch and dance bootyliciously? ABC would kick Kimmel to the curb. > Where are the Native American Talk Shows while we're mentioning onscreen > ethnicity inequity? I'm told that there is a Native American Television > Network of some sort in the works. > To me, it isn't a question of "Why don't we have...?" It is a question > of "Why should it matter?" When Margaret Cho had her sitcom on the air, > it wasn't promoted as a funny show, it was promoted as a show with > Asian-Americans. And it failed (which was a shame because it was funny). When they let it be. And the Cho Show (Kathy Griffin ripoff) oy. > TV is not nor ever will it be a representation of the interests or > population of the earth. "Stop giving me all this do goody goody BS." > (to quote/censor Pink Floyd.) > Trouble maker. Ain't I a stinker? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
