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  TV Land has given the green light to its sitcom “The Soul Man.” The show, which stars Cedric The Entertainer, Niecy Nash andWesley Jonathan, has received an eight-episode order for a third season. “The Soul Man” just wrapped its second season three months ago. In addition to airing on TV Land, “The Soul Man” gets a […]

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  Olivia Pope is getting a mom and it’s Khandi Alexander! The Hollywood Reporter is reporting, the “Treme” and “CSI: Miami” star will play Maya Lewis, Olivia Pope’s mother who was killed in a plane crash (that’s if she’s really dead), you know how Shonda Rhimes gets down! Alexander will be making her “Scandal” debut on […]

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  Forget about having 15 minutes of fame because Sweet Brown just parlayed hers into so much more. She’s been filming a reality show called “The Sweet Browns”, according to The Grio. Her show is said to be a cross between “The Jeffersons” and “The Beverly Hillbillies”, and it’s going to chronicle her newly found fame. “It’s gonna be hilarious. You’re gonna […]

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After 15 years, the long-running syndicated court show “Judge Joe Brown” will end. Apparently, Judge Joe Brown and his syndicator, CBS TV, were in the midst of renegotiations and could not come to terms on a new deal. The 65-year-old television arbitrator is a former Shelby County, Tennessee Criminal Court Judge. His television court show premiered on […]

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Think back to the age before GoldieBlox, before gender-neutral Easy-Bake ovens, before “My Princess Boy” or “It Gets Better.” Way before apps for infants, TV networks for toddlers or even “Schoolhouse Rock” on Saturday mornings. That’d bring you to the early 1970s, when an album in a bright pink sleeve was passed among teachers, parents, librarians and kids. […]

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Good for Cedric the Entertainer. The performer got lucky this time around and was signed for another season of “Soul Man” a TV Land original series. We guess his petition to fans of the show to write to the network to show their support for renewal, worked. He announced the good news on Twitter the […]

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A pig-tailed girl whose favorite accessory is a pink stethoscope has become a symbol of pride and hope for black women in medicine and the daughters they want to inspire. Doc McStuffins, the African-American title character of an animated TV series for children, dreams of becoming an M.D. and, for now, runs a cheerful home […]