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Warner Bros. TV announced Wednesday that Javicia Leslie will replace Ruby Rose as the series lead in Season 2 of The CW series Batwoman. Leslie will be the first Black actress to portray the Caped Crusader on television. “I am extremely proud to be the first Black actress to play the iconic role of Batwoman on […]
Acclaimed writer, director, and producer Lee Daniels is set to produce a reboot of the late ’80s/early ’90s sitcom The Wonder Years. Per Variety, the pilot has received production commitment at ABC. Yet unlike the original series—which follows a white family through the turbulence of the late ’60s and early ’70s—the reboot will feature a Black middle-class family dealing […]
Hannibal Buress returns with his first comedy special in four years, Miami Nights, premiering via YouTube live stream. The special comes three years after the Chicago native’s 2017 arrest by Miami police for alleged “disorderly conduct.” Buress uses this special to discuss his experience in Miami, alongside the backdrop of a national and international conversation around police brutality and the Black […]
The 2002 MTV animated show Clone High is receiving a reboot, as it will be included in the slate of classic MTV shows returning under ViacomCBS’ new MTV Studios. Creators Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence will executive produce the “reimagined” version of the show. South Park writer Erica Rivinoja, who wrote on the original Clone High, will act as showrunner. “We […]
On the latest episode of Complex’s Watch Less, actor Giancarlo Esposito spoke about what it was like to revisit his iconic Breaking Bad character Gus Fring. As of the third season of the prequel series Better Call Saul, Esposito has reprised his role as Los Pollos Hermanos owner and drug lord Fring. Ahead of the […]
Lionsgate has opted to keep the Season 3 episode of Mad Men titled “My Old Kentucky Home,” which features John Slattery’s character Roger Sterling in blackface. Deadline reports the racist imagery will be addressed prior to the episode with a disclaimer explaining that the scene “shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963.” “This […]
Comedy Central is giving new life to the ’90s Mike Judge classic Beavis and Butt-Head. On Wednesday, the network confirmed the inking of an “expansive deal” with Judge that will ultimately reward fans with (at least) two seasons of the new Beavis and Butt-Head, as well as an undisclosed number of spinoffs and specials. “We are […]
Mahershala Ali is set to play boxing legend Jack Johnson in a HBO limited series, Variety reports. The six-part series is titled Unruly and will be a “no-holds-barred telling of Johnson’s life.” It’s based on the 2004 PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson and the book of the same name. The series […]
Netflix has announced Colin in Black & White, a new scripted limited series created by Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay. The series is centered on Kaepernick’s high school years and promises “meaningful insight” into the formative experiences that later inspired him to become an activist for social justice. Kaepernick will narrate the series, which boasts writing […]
Mike Henry is exiting his decades-long role as Cleveland Brown, a fan-favorite character on the hit animated series Family Guy. The veteran voice actor, who is white, announced his decision via Twitter on Friday, writing: “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should […]
