Chocolate News

*Chocolate News*
Chocolate News
Created by	David Alan Grier
Starring	David Alan Grier; Tangie Ambrose; Alphonso McAuley
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	David Alan Grier; Robert Morton; Fax Bahr; Adam Small; Peter Aronson; Jordan Levin
Running time	approx. 22 min per episode.
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	October 15 –; December 17, 2008

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.^[1]

Format

Chocolate News comprised satirical pieces and sketches about current events and news stories. The show satirized these stories with a focus on how Grier thinks typical African Americans view them. In an interview with the New York Times, Grier asked, "Are you laughing with me because you get the joke, or am I giving you license to laugh at me in a derogatory, dehumanizing way?" When the series was first pitched to studio executives at NBC, they were initially reluctant to produce and develop a pilot for the show due to the negative racial connotations associated with the term "Chocolate"; it was only with the intervention of actors Martin Sheen and William Shatner that the studio decided to proceed with the pilot and eventually to commission the show.^[2] Sketches were directed by Rusty Cundieff, who directed most of the sketches on Dave Chappelle's Chappelle's Show.

Episodes

Episode 1: first broadcast 15 October 2008
Episode 2: first broadcast 22 October 2008
Episode 3: first broadcast 29 October 2008
Episode 4: first broadcast 5 November 2008
Episode 5: first broadcast 12 November 2008
Episode 6: first broadcast 19 November 2008
Episode 7: first broadcast 26 November 2008
Episode 8: first broadcast 3 December 2008
Episode 9: first broadcast 10 December 2008
Episode 10: first broadcast 17 December 2008

Cast

David Alan Grier
Tangie Ambrose - Alicia Sanders
Alphonso McAuley - Ronnie Tucker
Chris Tallman - Alan Boda
Jordan Peele - Kelvin Melvin

References

^ [1]Itzkoff, Dave (10 March 2009). "'Chocolate News' Won't Be Renewed". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
^ Lee, Felicia R. (14 October 2008). "As Election Nears, a Black Voice Enters Comedy Fray". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2009.

External links

Chocolate News at IMDb
Official website
"Does "Salon" Think Black People Don't Read It?", Palm Beach Post, 15 October 2008
"'Chocolate News' is edgy, but can it be funny?", Boston.com, 15 October 2008
"As Election Nears, a Black Voice Enters Comedy Fray", New York Times, 15 October 2008

[1] [1]Itzkoff, Dave (10 March 2009). "'Chocolate News' Won't Be Renewed". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2009.

[2] Lee, Felicia R. (14 October 2008). "As Election Nears, a Black Voice Enters Comedy Fray". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2009.

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