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David Alan Grier begins with a plea to all African Americans: please don't do anything dumb before election day on November 5. Then, Chocolate ... it.truveo.com

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Alas, "Chocolate News," the sketch-comedy vehicle Grier worked two years to develop, was dropped by Comedy Central last year. But he doesn't have to start promoting his book, "Barack Like Me," a comic memoir and reflection on the presidential campaign, ...

 FL David Alan Grier: Now that Comedy Central has canceled his show, “Chocolate News,'' you'll have to get your David Alan Grier fix by catching one of his live performances. Grier will appear at the Improv Paradise Club, 2700 Seminole Way near Hollywood ...

David Alan Grier kicks things off with a message to white America: stop worrying about electing a black president. He's not black. He's half-black ... fr.truveo.com

 NY Grier also has continued to work in television; he co-starred opposite Bonnie Hunt on ABC's "Life with Bonnie," and recently produced and starred in "The Chocolate News" on Comedy Central. The show focuses on how Grier "thinks" African Americans view ...

Apparently not: Black comedians encounter similar difficulties in crafting humor at the new president's expense, said David Alan Grier, star of Comedy Central's short-lived "Chocolate News." "Some people in the black community see any sort of criticism ...

During an interview with Access Hollywood, Grier, who is known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color and the comedy program Chocolate News, said that he took Dancing with the Stars seriously but he never felt that he stood a ...

By Jeff Douglas Black NewsBlast 'Chocolate News' Canceled - Another Show Bites the Dust Chocolate News,' with David Alan Grier, has been axed. Maybe Grier will do better on the new season of 'Dancing With The Stars.' Full Story Comedy Central More TV Ads Project Racial Harmony

The satirical Chocolate News on Comedy Central was promoted in the spirit of The Daily Show, but someone at the network has lost their damn mind. DAG's bag of impressions and characterizations poked a big stick at issues from hip-hop culture to ...

 CA David Alan Grier's African-American news satire Chocolate News officially got the big ugly axe from Comedy Central. This has been their third attempt to create a specialty fake news Daily Show such as David Spade's Showbiz Show and the lesser-known ...

 CA Within days of DL Hughley's CNN show being cancelled, Comedy Central announced Tuesday that David Alan Grier's "Chocolate News" has also been given a pink slip. Grier did not mention the sketch comedy series Monday night during the video package that ...

By Jeff Douglas Chocolate News,' with David Alan Grier, has also been axed. Neither show completed an entire season. Word is both 'D.L. Hughley Breaks the News' and the Comedy Central show will play through the rest of the month. GMA AP YouTube YouTube YouTube

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Here are a few stills from a sketch we did on Chocolate News for the Fat Man character. This time Fat Man got his own sitcom on Nickelodeon called “Bitch You Betta Don’t”, sort of a Honeymooners meets King of Queens…except for the half naked dancers. We had a limited budget and time frame to desi...

By noreply@blogger.com (Norris McDonald) David Alan Grier of "In Living Colour" fame has a new show called, "Chocolate News" that is a black, tongue-in-cheek program similar to "Dateline." Look at the similiarities in description: Grier's show is described by IMDb as, "A magazine-show parody hosted by comedian David Alan Grie...

By Raymond David Alan Grier David Alan Grier “David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955) is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color. He currently hosts Chocolate News, a show on Comedy Central. …”

Jazz legend Poots explains how he developed his trademark perfect pitch. From Chocolate News with David Alan Grier.

 - Then David Alan Grier tells black people to be on their best behavior until election day in this funny bit from his new Comedy Central show, Chocolate News.

Either way, Grier is having a ball with "Chocolate News," which airs 10:30 p.m. Wednesdays on Comedy Central. The show bills itself as "the only source for pure, uncircumcised realness from an Afro-centric perspective" (in the bombastic ...

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There are two TV shows currently skewering news from a black perspective -- David Alan Grier's Chocolate News on Comedy Central and D.L. Hughley Breaks the News on CNN. But only one seems to really nail its targets so far. ...

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In 1963 it was illegal to poke the yogurt with a Tootsie Roll. But all that changed with Licorice Stick, the first African-American to break porn's color barrier. From Chocolate News with David Alan Grier.

Some would say that David Alan Grier is under a lot of pressure with his new show, "Chocolate News," on Comedy Central. Grier said he pitched the idea for the show to Comedy Central two years ago. The wildly successful run of "Chappelle's Show" had just ended.

By cord We wagered early on that Chocolate News was going to be terrible. Though we'll hate to see David Alan Grier without work yet again, it feels good to be right. Post tags: Chocolate News, Comedy, Comedy Central, David Alan Grier, External, GLBT, Television

The new electronic voting machine is the most racist piece of machinery since the SlaveCatcher 3000. From Chocolate News with David Alan Grier.

By comedy central insider but I think I heard it starts tonight. Or maybe tomorrow. Probably sometime this month. Either way, why watch baseball when you can watch comedy about baseball? A new episode of Chocolate News airs tonight at 10:30pm/9:30c.

The n-word's potency makes it the Kobe Bryant of racial epithets, and you do not trade Kobe for just one player. From Chocolate News with David Alan Grier.

David Alan Grier is great, but this show is like Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" A great Idea that should have stayed a great idea. When this show runs out of ideas, say about, week 3, it will get ugly and stereotypical. ...

The Pitch: It's The Daily Show meets Chappelle's Show in this new weekly series hosted by David Alan Grier. Grier, a veteran character actor and one of the original cast members of seminal sketch-comedy show In Living Color, ...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-FreeAt 8, ABC has a new Pushing Daisies.CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, followed by a new Gary Unmarried.FOX has more Baseball Playoffs, the Dodgers vs. the Phillies.There's a new America's Next Top Model on Th...

Chappelle's Show is going to be difficult to top. Maybe impossible. Ever since Dave Chappelle left his own show, forgoing a great fountain of money and ever-increasing fame, Comedy Central has been left with a giant, gaping hole in its. ...

By Felix Gillette Tonight, Comedy Central will premiere its latest fake news show, a faux black news magazine series, called Chocolate News, starring David Alan Grier. The timing of Chocolate News seems especially odd given the possibility of an Obama presidency," writes Rob Owen in the Pittsburgh Post...

By David Zurawik The trend is hard to miss with the talented David Alan Grier this week launching a weekly sketch comedy show taking a look at the news from an African-American perspective. Grier's sketch comedy show, Chocolate News, airs Wednesday ...

By molly.eichel David Alan Grier is one of those guys who should have a better career — he should be at the forefront of television comedy, not wasting away playing bit parts in mediocre movies (David: An American Carol? Really?). Grier’s work during ...

Ever since Chappelle's Show left the air in 2006, it's been obvious that black perspectives have been missing on TV. Starting Wednesday, Comedy Central is following up on The Daily Show with Chocolate News, starring comedian David Alan Grier. Meanwhile on Bravo, the new all-black cast of...

Ever since the Chappelle's Show left the air in 2006, TV has been a little too white, says critic Andrew Wallenstein. A black comic perspective has been sorely missed. Will Chocolate News, Comedy Central's latest fake news show, make up for that?

Actor and comedian David Alan Grier returns to TV tonight in Comedy Central's fake news show, Chocolate News. He offers a black perspective on the headlines and spoofs everything and everyone. Speaking with Farai Chideya, Grier explains his motivation for the show and offers a hilarious...

By Jon Lafayette David Alan Grier's new comedy series “Chocolate News,” debuting Wednesday night on Comedy Central, enters the entertainment landscape as one the few black-oriented satire shows during an historic election year, the New York Times ...

By Alan Sepinwall In today's column, I review Comedy Central's newsmagazine parody show "Chocolate News," which I enjoyed more for David Alan Grier;s performing than for the writing, but which was just good enough that I'll keep checking it out for a ...

THINGS TO DO The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Oct 15, 2008 If "Chocolate News" has a spiritual ancestor on the network, it's "Chappelle's Show." Continue reading "Sepinwall on TV: 'Chocolate News' review" » by ...

By Dr. McSteeny I had the pleasure of attending a pre-screening of Comedy Central's new sketch comedy show "Chocolate News," starring David Alan Grier. From the chocolate martinis to the outrageous skits, I had a blast. Find out more about it, ...

Dave Chappelle left a Manhattan-size hole in Comedy Central's lineup when he curiously walked away from 'Chappelle's Show' in 2005. But grieve no longer. The cable network might have found 'Chappelle's' worthy replacement in 'Chocolate News.'

Your definition of funny, perfect. Okay thank you so much. Okay thanks for talking to me. Chocolate News airs Wednesday night at 10:30p/9:30c on Comedy Central. Check out David Alan Grier's special brand of funny on the show Premium ...

 United States - By Ray Richmond Before diving into this review, an admission: I'm in love with David Alan Grier. I think he might be the funniest dude living in the world ... Chocolate News Variety all 2 news articles

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TV Reviews: The cute name notwithstanding, "Chocolate News" is really just a sketch comedy for the audience Dave Chappelle abandoned when his Comedy Central show went AWOL.

TV Reviews: The cute name notwithstanding, "Chocolate News" is really just a sketch comedy for the audience Dave Chappelle abandoned when his Comedy Central show went AWOL.

HOT 'CHOCOLATE' David Alan Grier's new “Chocolate News” won't ignore Barack Obama. Comedy Central next week launches “Chocolate News” starring David Alan Grier, which uses a newsmagazine format to look at issues from a black perspective. While “Chocolate News” isn’t as topically driv...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Comedy Central is developing a magazine-show parody hosted by David Alan Grier, and a sketch/variety show featuring Middle Eastern-American comedians. David Alan Grier's Chocolate News" covers inherently urban pop culture topics; the correspon...