No Fine For Janet's Boob

Good news for CBS!

An U.S. appeals court has overturned a decision to fine the station $550,000 for the nine-sixteenth of a second airing of pop singer, Janet Jackson's breast during the 2004 Super Bowl.

More on this [here].

In other Jackson TV news, below is a clip from her upcoming reality competition TV show entitled, 'The Janet Jackson Show'.

29 New Season Premieres This Fall...Are Any Of Them Black?

Monday officially kicks off the Fall new season as the three major networks (CBS, NBC and ABC) will debut their new show line-up.

As reported in today's New York Post, we, the viewers, can expect 29 new shows this Fall. My only questions is...are any of these shows black?

I have to admit I am surprised at these networks. What happened to NBC which used to air shows like, 'The Cosby Show' and 'A Different World'?

I remember back in the 80's black people coined the term 'Negro Broadcasting Corporation' when referring to NBC.

But NBC is not the only one to blame here. CBS, home of the mid 70's to early 80's hit, The Jeffesons, seems to have not taken a chance on a black sitcom since.


At least ABC, just a year or so ago, gave us My Wife and Kids.

Then there is UPN who last year handed over it's 'black' Monday nights over to CW11 which have since crashed 'All Of Us'. To date, I have yet to watch UPN and no word yet on any new black show to replace 'All of Us'.

So what's going on here? Are there not enough good black shows being pitched to the networks? Or are we no longer considered 'in' or funny enough for primetime on one of the three major networks. What do you think? And if there is a black show due to come out next week that I have not heard about, please enlighten me.

Boy, it's time like these that I am so grateful we have BET. NOT!

How Much 'Moore' Can One Take?

A good friend of mine says "pretty is a talent". And after watching a 2-hour episode of Criminal Minds tonight with actor, Shemar Moore, I would have to agree.

(above episode aired October 2006)

But I think Moore has more talent than meets the eye. I mean any brother who can have a successful run on a daytime soap(Y&R) while holding down being the host of the 106 & Park of yester-year(Soul Train), have a host of big screen flicks like Tyler Perry's Madea and a few primetime shows including CBS' Criminal Minds all while maintaining his D-list celebrity status is definitely a talented man.

I know the ladies are probably thinking right now "this boy ugly and that's why he's hating on Shemar's fine ass". And while there might be some truth there...you ladies gotta admit if ole pretty boy Moore was busted he wouldn't be on anybody's radar or network. Let alone CBS.

Sidebar: Speaking of CBS. Now I dont know about you but I don't normally do Caucasian Broadcasting System (CBS). No hate to the CBS people....but you guys know you just started doing right by black within the last decade. So its gonna take me a decade or so to warm up to you. Fair is fair. But I did give CBS a try last night and it was ok. Just ok.

Last night's episode took a typical serial killer theme yet gave it a good modern twist. As a child the killer suffered from abuse by his psycho Bible-thumpin dad and so now he not only kills people sinning but has a split personality as a result of the abuse. Where the writer(s) of this episode gets kudos is how they upgrade the story with some good ole internet computer camera spying crazy shit. Yeah..apparently the killer worked as a tech support and had the ability to look into people's home on their computer cameras after calling him for support. He then spies on them seeing their sins and then slaughtering them ala scripture. Well..you guys can figure out this ends.

I did after about 30 minutes into the show.

Luckily, Shemar was only in about 15 minutes of the 2 hour show(you know how they do black)....so he is hardly to blame for this mediocre episode.