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Chocolate News(TV show/series, 2008)

TV-14
| 30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 10 episodes

Chocolate NewsRating: 0.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Chocolate News is an American satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier in 2008 with an emphasis on African American culture. The show was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10:30 pm on Comedy Central as a lead-in to its other news satire programs, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. The show was also shown in Canada on The Comedy Network. On 10 March 2009, a Comedy Central representative confirmed that Chocolate News would not be renewed for a second season. ()
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Chocolate News Seasons and Episodes

10/15/2008Season 1 - 10 episodes
#1 | 10/15/2008Episode 1
David Alan Grier talks about the death of hip-hop and how it lost its mind; Maya Angelou talks about the poems she would read if either Barack Obama or John McCain would be elected; Chocolate News mourns the death of one of their, Roger Dunn, one of their investigative reporters and only white correspondent; the N-Word Peace Treaty breaks out into violence; and Chocolate News looks back at Luscious Trenton Johnson, the first black man to run for President.
#2 | 10/22/2008Episode 2
David Alan Grier gives a message to white America about electing a black president; thugs in the hood deal with the national gas shortage; boosting black participation in professional sports; racist voting machine.
#3 | 10/29/2008Episode 3
David tells famous black people what to do, until November 5th, to help get Barack Obama elected; a look into the Denegrofication Institue, where white family members can send their black acting family members; Donald Mayfield is profiled, the first African-American to appear in interracial adult films; Chocolate News investigates the phenomenon of "Fat Black Momma Syndrome"; and David hosts a roundtable discussion on who is more qualified to be President.
#4 | 11/05/2008Episode 4
David talks about Barack Obama being elected President and what he can do so he doesn't mess up for future black candidates; the story of Peanut Wiggins, a volunteer poll worker in Florida; the Ku Klux Klan talks about why they voted for Barack Obama; jazz musician Poots Walker, who can play the trumpet with his backside, is profiled; and minorities debate which is now the most oppressed.
#5 | 11/12/2008Episode 5
Thelonius Brown talks about how he's helping crack addicts become healthier; the shocking trend of African-American children disappearing, form the celebrities who adopted them, is investigated; Harland Mathers is profiled, a death row inmate who's last meal was an all you can eat buffet, that has lasted for over two years; and a look into how hockey has quadrupled it's African-American viewer ship.
#6 | 11/19/2008Episode 6
Johnny Tapp, the principal of a high school, explains why he suspended the abstinence only program for a program that encourages the students to have sex; David Alan Grier learns the shocking truth about his family tree; Terry Slater is interviewed, a man who does reenactments of a slavery uprising; Laron and Dan Wainscott-Merkeson are profiled, conjoined twins, one Caucasian and the other African American.
#7 | 11/26/2008Episode 7
Controversial rapper Fat Man is profiled, as he starts production on his Nickelodeon series; Darnell Royce, the creator of Ghetto Beat Down is interviewed, to talk about how he his being pushed out of the street fight video business; Thelonius Brown talks about his newest venture, exporting water from Africa; and a round-table discussion is held about why there isn't more retarded roles for African American actors.
#8 | 12/03/2008Episode 8
#9 | 12/10/2008Episode 9
#10 | 12/17/2008Episode 10
LeRon Watkins is interviewed about how he'll turn around the prestigious African-American magazine Jet; James Green, a member of the Barack Obama transition team, tells how American people can get a job in the Obama Administration; a round table discussion is held about what the biggest story of 2008 is.

Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/15/2008
Last episode released on: 12/17/2008

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