Chocolate News

A Black Guy, a Priest, and a Rabbi Walk into the White House...

source: GQ

Five months after the news broke that Obama’s cholesterol level was a low 173, D. L. Hughley responded with a fried-chicken-smoothie joke. On CNN. Without flinching. Embarrassing? Sure. But you had to feel for ol’ D.L.: Now that a black man is The Man, no one knows what flies anymore. “The old jokes h...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Pop culture: Now that the campaign is finally over, what are we ...

source: Salt Lake Tribune

Now you have 'Chocolate News,' on Comedy Central with David Alan Grier, and 'D.L. Hughley Breaks the News' on CNN. You're seeing a spectrum," she says. "You're going to see a lot of people try to hit that sweet spot with ...

Published Tue, Nov 18

"D.L. Hughley Breaks the News" and "Shaken Not Stirred" one funny ...

source: Post-Standard Syracuse.com

Unlike "Chocolate News," which is mostly comedy skits, Hughley does nothing to distinguish his show from Colbert's or Stewart's standouts. He copies the Comedy Central shows but tries to be different by offering a "black view." ...

Published Tue, Nov 18

DL Hughley to "60 Minutes" - TV fills with talk of race

source: The Swamp

Comedy Central (which carries David Alan Grier’s Chocolate News) and the kind of broad comedy Hughley started out doing as opposed to a more cerebral kind of satire. More on those nuances later. But I should add that Hughley had a ...

Published Sun, Nov 9

D.L. Hughley proves CNN should focus on news reporting

source: Lightning Strikes | tampabay.com

Breaking the News' biggest problem, especially in its first half, was that it all felt too hard. David Alan Grier's black-focused news satire Chocolate News works because Grier is a funny actor who can sell anything. He will play any role for maximum laughs without hesitation -- whether he...

Published Sat, Nov 1

Why I like Chocolate News more than D.L. breaking the news

source: Lightning Strikes | tampabay.com

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. ...

Published Fri, Oct 31

Hughley, Grier -- TV talks race in reaction to Obama

source: The Swamp

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 ...

Published Wed, Oct 15