THE STATE OF BLACK ENTERTAINMENT

Today is a new beginning for me. Today is the day that I’ve decided to launch my first blog.  I’m sitting around the house watching the rain pummel down and I can’t help but to think about how the entertainment business has changed right before my eyes.  One of my boys stopped by the house to shoot the shit and he opened my eyes up to the whole blog game.  I knew about blogging, but I guess I never really tripped off of it.   I didn’t know the power of a blog until recently, and dammit, I got something to say!  What is the state of Black entertainment?  Right now, it ain’t looking so hot!  It’s tough out there.   It’s like Black entertainment fell off into an ocean of oblivion.  TV One, BET, and TBS are doing their part in distributing black product, but in a society where content is king; there isn’t nearly enough colorful content available to fulfill the demand.  (more…)

TV One gets first scripted series in deal with veteran producer Bentley Kyle Evans

TV One gets first scripted series in deal with veteran producer Bentley Kyle Evans

(October 18, 2010) TV One has struck a deal that will deliver the network’s first scripted series next year. Writer/producer/director Bentley Kyle Evans (pictured) through his company, Bent Outta Shape Productions, Inc., in association with Hazrah Entertainment, will produce 26 episodes of LOVE THAT GIRL! The popular sitcom was first introduced by Evans and his executive producer partner Martin Lawrence with four special episodes in January 2010. (more…)