The numbers are in and “The Rickey Smiley Show” is a hit! The Atlanta-based TV One sitcom drew about 900,000 viewers for its debut on TV One Tuesday night over its first two episodes, reports the AJC. It was the biggest debut in the history of TV One. Congrats to Rickey, TV One and the entire cast! […]
We talked earlier about all of these different comments that Republican candidates have been making when it comes to African-Americans and food stamps and welfare and things along those lines. Let’s be clear. This is all by design in terms of they want to push the buttons of White conservatives who’re walking around with particular […]
There is a crisis in the Black community of families without fathers. We all know about it, and we all know it has devastated our community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 70 percent of Black children grow up in homes without their fathers. Children who grow up without fathers are more likely […]
This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features political commentator Cynthia Tucker, syndicated columnist George Curry, political blogger Crystal Wright of conservativeblackchick.com, and national economics correspondent for “The Washington Post” Michael Fletcher. Newt Gingrich is on the rise along with his baggage, can he capture the Republican nomination for president? Plus POTUS fires back at his critics.
It has been a long time coming, but the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during World War II is finally being told in a major, Hollywood motion picture, on the big screen. Roland Martin had a chance to talk with two of the stars of “Red Tails,” Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and […]
This past week, the NAACP released a report on new voting laws at the state level that will disenfranchise minority voters. The report said 14 states passed measures, quote, “designed to restrict or limit the ballot access of voters of color.” As part of that report, the NAACP listed several questions we should all be […]
This week’s Washington Watch newsmaker is one of the Republican Party’s most outspoken fiscal and social conservatives. Cong. Steve King has represented Iowa’s Fifth Congressional District since 2003, so it’s safe to say he knows his way around Washington.
Talk to any medical professional — not politician; any medical professional, and they will tell you the greatest danger to escalating healthcare costs is tied directly to obesity — not cancer, not AIDS, not breast cancer, not anything else but obesity. And for political leaders to sit here and fall for the lobbying dollars of […]
One person’s ignorance is on display, another may be running out of money, one is suddenly popular, and another still gets no love. Â Is this “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”? Â No, it’s the Republican presidential campaign. Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss Herman Cain’s Libya flub and President Obama saying that Americans have […]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch round table discuss Newt Gingrich’s sudden rise in the polls and his $1.6 million paycheck from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Plus the Penn State Child Sexual Abuse Scandal.
Recently launched black television network, Bounce TV, is being criticized for it’s lack of original programming and creativity. The Root writer Charles E. Cobb Jr. calls the Atlanta-based network “uninteresting,” and adds that it doesn’t offer a unique experience to viewers who are familiar with TV One or BET. I note this with disappointment, but […]
Actress LisaRaye stopped by the Steve Harvey Morning Show on our sister station Majic 107.5 / 97.5 to talk about what people can expect on season two of LisaRaye: The Real McCoy, airing on TV One. LisaRaye discussed her meeting with Bishop T.D. Jakes, her attempt to be a better Christian, and struggling with fornication, […]
