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July 27, 2012
Legendary actor Laurence Fishburne is preparing to play the supervisor of a FBI agent on a new TV drama...
July 26, 2012
OPINION - Through the 70s, what shows like The Jeffersons were able to convey were hopes, dreams and struggles to…
July 25, 2012
OPINION - Black viewers absolutely loved George Jefferson for telling white people off every week as well as for becoming…
July 24, 2012
SLIDESHOW - A look back at the highlights of Sherman Hemsley's career ...
July 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Sherman Hemsley, the beloved comic actor who made George Jefferson of The Jeffersons a TV icon and…
July 24, 2012
Denzel Washington looks to be signing on for another high-profile action role. He is set to star in Sony's big…
July 24, 2012
OPINION - Mariah Carey is now officially a judge on the upcoming 12th season. So what does this mean for…
July 23, 2012
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Mariah Carey will be joining the cast of 'American Idol'...
July 21, 2012
SLIDESHOW - The late Eartha Kitt, a barrier-breaking sex symbol, singer and actress, has long been a fan favorite...
July 17, 2012
OPINION - Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin as judges could help, but it's going to take more than a couple…
July 16, 2012
Just a week after his debut on 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians', Kanye West reappeared on the show, surprising his…
July 11, 2012
Effective immediately, Pearlena Igbokwe has been appointed NBC's executive vice president of drama programming on Tuesday...
July 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - in an interesting twist, on Sunday night's episode of 'True Blood', HBO chose to have the villains…
July 6, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Actress Tempestt Bledsoe says she's thrilled to be returning to network television on a show that…
July 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Wendy Williams is joining forces with Star Jones to turn her novel 'Satan's Sisters' in a made…
July 3, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - After winning an Academy Award and a Grammy, Jennifer Hudson is taking a roundabout route to…
July 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Amid all the drama is a growing chorus of disapproval about how these productions portray black women,…
July 2, 2012
(AP) - Magic Johnson launches new cable television network, 'ASPiRE,' for black families...
June 27, 2012
Irreverent comedian Louis C.K. has cast a black actress to play a mother of white children on his FX sitcom…
June 26, 2012
OPINION - Label me 'jaded' but I watch a fair amount of cable news programming and, while it is far…