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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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Where Were the Black Movies During the Pandemic?
Not so sorry to say it, but Hollywood failed us in 2020. Black people, yet again, seemed to be a very distant focus of any major studio or platform when it came to producing movies that were focused on our experiences and stories. Of course, if you talk to a Hollywood executive, they will point…
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Black Actresses Nominated for “Best Supporting Actress”
Let’s talk about the Black Actresses of the past decade that put forth Oscar-worthy performances for Best Supporting Actress. Whenever society does manage to find itself caring about the unheralded Black actress, often the talk is around the “leading lady”. However, there cannot be a leading lady without someone following behind her and supporting her.…
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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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The Top 10 Best Black Drama Movies of All Time
Okay. So this is going to be highly debated, but the conversation has to be had: what are the top 10 black movie dramas of all-time? Let’s start off by clarifying that we are strictly going for drama-drama movies. So romance films like Love Jones and Luv & Basketball obviously aren’t in consideration for some…
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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…