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Janet Hubert as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's" Aunt Viv and talk-show host Wendy Williams. (Photo courtesy of Getty images)

Original 'Aunt Viv' slams Wendy Williams in an open letter

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - Talk show host Wendy Williams has many fans but actress Janet Hubert is not one of them.
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GOOD TIMES cast members (from left) Jimmie Walker (as 'J.J.'), John Amos (as James Evans), Ralph Carter (as Michael Evans) and BernNadette Stanis (as Thelma Evans) . 1975. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

'Good Times' the movie? Dyn-no-mite!

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - According to unconfirmed reports, '70s sitcom 'Good Times' is being adapted into a full-length movie.
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Actor Craig Robinson arrives at Spike TV's 'Eddie Murphy: One Night Only' at the Saban Theatre on November 3, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Craig Robinson of 'The Office' reportedly to star in new sitcom

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theGRIO REPORT - Craig Robinson, one of the breakout stars of The Office is being tapped for his own sitcom on NBC, according to Entertainment Weekly...
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Actor Todd Bridges (L) poses with Conrad Bain during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood Palladium on March 2, 2003 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Todd Bridges on Conrad Bain: 'He treated me better than my own father'

Seth Abramovitch , The Hollywood Reporter via Today
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - The death of Conrad Bain at age 89 has hit no one harder than Todd Bridges...
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This Sept. 13, 1981 file photo shows actor Conrad Bain from the television show "Different Strokes," at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," died of natural causes, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at his home in Livermore, Calif. He was 89. (AP Photo, file)

Conrad Bain, dad from 'Diff'rent Strokes', dead at 89

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes,' has died...
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Marla Gibbs and Ned Wertimer on 'The Jeffersons'

Ned Wertimer, doorman on 'Jeffersons,' dies at 89

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS comedy 'The Jeffersons', has died...
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Left: Kelsey Grammer (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Right: Martin Lawrence (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Kelsey Grammer, Martin Lawrence may team up for 'odd couple' comedy

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theGRIO REPORT - The show, which would be produced by Lionsgate TV, has apparently been in development since last fall, but was delayed by drama in Grammer's personal life...
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Tempestt Bledsoe arrives to the premiere of Focus Features' 'ParaNorman' at Universal CityWalk on August 5, 2012 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Tempestt Bledsoe now a TV mom

Ronda Racha Penrice
theGRIO Q&A - Tempestt Bledsoe has returned to NBC in the Jimmy Fallon-produced sitcom Guys with Kids to play Marny, the working mother of four kids and wife of stay-at-home dad Gary, played by Anthony Anderson...
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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 26: 'Childish Gambino' Donald Glover visits 'Sway in the Morning' on Eminem's Shade 45 channel at SiriusXM studios on June 26, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

Donald Glover develops new sitcom at NBC

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According to The TV Guide, Donald Glover is in talks to develop a new sitcom on NBC based loosely on his life...
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Ex-'Hughleys' star charged with murder

Melissa Noel
theGRIO REPORT - The actor who played little Michael Hughley on the sitcom The Hughleys has been charged with murder...
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