SOURCE When Tami Roman participated in our Face to Face chat last night, we could tell she was a bit under the weather, but we just received some scary news about her health. Roman’s publicist just sent us an urgent but relieving press release from tonight, informing us that Roman was admitted and released from the hospital […]

Our Moments

Before there was Basketball Wives, Love In Hip-Hop, Flavor of Love and the rest of those reality TV joints, we had shows like Living Single,…

The 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards are scheduled to take over tonight’s television screens nationwide as the latest and most popular names in Hip Hop take center stage. We want to know will you be watching as the action unfolds this evening. THE 2011 BET HIP HOP AWARDS AIRS TONIGHT – OCTOBER 11TH @ 8PM […]

HBCU alum and former BET executive Curtis Symonds will meet with the CBC later this month to propose his plans of creating the first television network dedicated solely to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A soft-launch of the network and a grassroots HBCU promotion tour are planned for the fall, BET.com reports: Although his vision […]

News & Gossip

Shaunie O’Neal executive producer of VH1’s “Basketball Wives,” wrote a commentary for CNN about the negative portrayal of black women on reality TV. Despite the drama that unfolds on her own show, Shaunie doesn’t feel “Basketball Wives” portrays black women in a negative light.  Shaunie says watching reality television is a guilty pleasure of hers […]

Your votes are in and we’re happy to declare the victor of the Greatest Black Sitcom of All Time Competition: The Cosby Show! Related: Top 9 Episodes of The Cosby Show Bill Cosby’s television depiction of an upper-middle class African-American family living in Brooklyn, NY was eyed as an early favorite in the competition. The […]

National

Ms. Drama caught up with Radio One’s founder, Cathy Hughes to discuss the vision of TV One and why they are focused on the positive portrayal of black people from a black perspective. Ms.Hughes critiqued Mo’Nique’s performance in “Precious” as “the worst portrayal of a black women that’s ever been in cinema.” She also addressed […]

A woman who believes “luck is preparation meeting opportunity,” Oprah Gail Winfrey has continuously shattered gender and racial barriers in America. Winfrey is the most successful talk show host in American TV history — male or female, Black or white — and the first female African-American billionaire. As one of the most influential women in […]

Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition.  Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64 shows to 32. Based on the seeding of the editorial team we didn’t see any upset loses although we were surprised to see the short-lived 90’s sitcom “Thea” beat out the […]

National

Sure you probably know which African-Americans won themselves an Oscar but do you know how many Black people were nominated for an Academy Award? African-Americans have increasingly been nominated more and more over the years. Do you recall these names and faces on the big screen? What special moments featuring Black Hollywood’s best and brightest […]

Music & Entertainment

101.1 The Wiz is proud to present a new feature, an on-air & online exclusive just for all the couch potatoes out there listening and visiting us on the web daily. Are you ready for Tuesday Tube Talk? Every Tuesday we’re talking about what’s got you glued to the TV. Have a favorite reality show? […]

Today would have marked the 42nd birthday of the Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard.