Chocolate News

Chocolate News
The Chocolate News logo
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 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Alan Grier Robert Morton Fax Bahr Adam Small Peter Aronson Jordan Levin
Running time	approx. 22 min per episode.
Broadcast
Original channel	Comedy Central
Original run	October 15, 2008 (2008-10-15) – December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17)
External links
Website

Chocolate News was a US 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]

1 Format
2 Episodes
3 Cast
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

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 the Internet Movie Database
Chocolate News at TV.com
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

Comedy Central programming

1990s debuts

Afterdrive (1991)
Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991)
Bob and Margaret (1998–2001)
Clash! (1991)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995–99, 2002)
Exit 57 (1995–96)
Frank Leaves for the Orient (1999)
The Higgins Boys and Gruber (1991)
Make Me Laugh (1997–98)
The Man Show (1999–2004)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1991–96)
Night After Night with Allan Havey (1991–92)
Politically Incorrect (1994–97)
Premium Blend (1997–2006)
Pulp Comics (1997–99)
Short Attention Span Theater (1991–94)
Sports Monster (1991)
Strangers with Candy (1999–2000)
Upright Citizens Brigade (1998–2000)
The Vacant Lot (1994)
Viva Variety (1997–98)
VS. (1999)
Win Ben Stein's Money (1997–2003)

2000s debuts

American Body Shop (2007)
BattleBots (2000–02)
Beat the Geeks (2001–02)
Blue Collar TV (2004-2006)
Chappelle's Show (2003–06)
Chocolate News (2008)
Clerks: The Animated Series (2002)
The Comedians of Comedy (2005)
Con (2005)
Contest Searchlight (2002)
Crank Yankers (2002–05)
Crossballs: The Debate Show (2004)
Drawn Together (2004–07)
Distraction (2005–06)
Dog Bites Man (2006)
(2000)

Freak Show (2006)

Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo (2005–06)

Futurama (2008–13)

Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust (2003)

The Gong Show with Dave Attell (2008)

The Graham Norton Effect (2004)

Halfway Home (2007)

The Hollow Men (2005)

I'm with Busey (2003)

Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009–10)

Insomniac with Dave Attell (2001–04)

The Jeff Dunham Show (2009)

Kid Notorious (2003)

Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009)

Let's Bowl (2001–02)

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil (2008)

Lil' Bush (2007–08)

Live at Gotham (2006–09)

Michael & Michael Have Issues (2009)

Mind of Mencia (2005–08)

The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007)

Primetime Glick (2001–03)

Reality Bites Back (2008)

Reno 911! (2003–09)

The Sarah Silverman Program (2007–10)

Secret Girlfriend (2009)

Shorties Watchin' Shorties (2004)

The Showbiz Show with David Spade (2005–07)

Stella (2005)

Straight Plan for the Gay Man (2004)

Strip Mall (2000–01)

That's My Bush! (2001)

Too Late with Adam Carolla (2005)

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (2003–04)

Travel Sick (2001–02)

Trigger Happy TV (2003)

TV Funhouse (2000–01)

Wanda Does It (2004)

Weekends at the D.L. (2005)

2010s debuts

The Ben Show (2013)
The Benson Interruption (2010)
Big Lake (2010)
The Comedy Awards (2011–12)
Jon Benjamin Has a Van (2011)
The Jeselnik Offensive (2013)
Mash Up (2012)
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010–11)
Onion SportsDome (2011)
Sports Show with Norm Macdonald (2011)
Ugly Americans (2010–12)

Current

Late-night	Adam DeVine's House Party (since 2013) @midnight (since 2013) The Colbert Report (since 2005) Comedy Underground with Dave Attell (since 2014) The Daily Show (since 1996) Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution (since 2011) The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (since 2014)

Primetime	Brickleberry (since 2012) Broad City (since 2014) The Burn with Jeff Ross (since 2012) Comedy Central Roast (since 2003) Drunk History (since 2013) The Half Hour (since 2012) Inside Amy Schumer (since 2013) John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (since 2010) Key & Peele (since 2012) Kroll Show (since 2013) Nathan for You (since 2013) Review (since 2014) South Park (since 1997) Tosh.0 (since 2009) TripTank (since 2014) Workaholics (since 2011)

Upcoming

Another Period (2015)
Big Time in Hollywood, FL
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015)

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Contents

Format

Episodes

Cast

See also

References

External links

Categories

Comedy Central

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David Alan Grier

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Futurama

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South Park

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Suggestions

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Alphonso McAuley

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