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Lena Waithe’s Comedy Series “Twenties” Gets Series Order at BET

April 16, 2019

Lena Waithe’s Comedy Series “Twenties” Gets Series Order at BET

Whether you’re aware of it or not, Lena Waithe is becoming a power player in television. Between The Chi, her work on Master of None, this newly ordered comedy series about a queer black girl and her two best friends called Twenties, and the other sitcom that Waithe is co-creating at BET, Boomerang, Waithe’s empire grows very steadily.

Really can’t wait to see a teaser for Twenties and Waithe present a comedy from her voice first.

I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman and The Rundown with Robin Thede Premiere and Add Two More Women to Late Night Landscape

October 12, 2017

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On this Thursday, October 12th, two more women, Sarah Silverman and Robin Thede will indeed premiere their own topical late night shows.

On Hulu, I Love You, America will have Sarah Silverman take her own heartfelt, yet unapologetically silly take on the world.

BET will enter the foray of late night with The Rundown with Robin Thede, a combo of the head writer of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and Chris Rock producing, with might be a traditional late night format, but focusing a little less on Trump.

Here’s Thede on MSNBC detailing what’s to come on The Rundown.

In any case, that means there are now four late night female hosts between Samantha Bee, Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman, and Robin Thede.

Leslie Jones Will Be Hosting the 2017 BET Awards

May 24, 2017

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Leslie Jones Will Be Hosting the 2017 BET Awards

On June 25th, Leslie Jones will be presiding over the evening’s ceremonies at the BET Awards.

If anything, you should watch to see what or much The BET Awards will let Leslie do including, her as Trump.

On Top of Seth Meyers’ TV Series Offer for Dropping Out, John Oliver Offers Up His Emmy to Donald Trump If He Gives Concession Speech

October 24, 2016

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Maybe he’ll forget about doing Trump TV as well.

On last night’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver offered a proposition to Donald Trump in the form of a bet that promised Trump to get Oliver’s Emmy award should he lose, which is become more and more inevitable everyday. That all stems from the Trump’s mention of how he should have won an Emmy for The Apprentice, and, of course, calling NATAS rigged when he didn’t.

So, at this point, Trump, if he was to take late night hosts up on their offers could drop out and get a fake TV show (maybe) from Seth Meyers and give a concession speech and get an Emmy that isn’t his. As far as runner-up prizes go, that’s way more than he deserves.