Chocolate News: David Alan Grier To Host Fake News Show From Black Perspective

New York Times:

Get ready for a black, tongue-in-cheek version of "Dateline."

"Chocolate News," a new sketch comedy series on Comedy Central, will made its debut in October, just in time for the presidential election. The show, starring David Alan Grier, will pretend to offer news from an African-American perspective.

Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday, Mr. Grier said that if Barack Obama wins the presidency, it would be a windfall for his show. "That would be like a monumentous occasion culturally and comedically," he said.

Robert Morton, an executive producer, said the show is "figuring out how to do some sort of live topical presentation the night after the election."

"We just have to," Mr. Morton said. "It's too good to miss."

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Comments

[lawchic]

12:35 AM on 07/12/2008

David Alan Greer...re­ally? He hasn't been funny since In Living Color.

[jasjohn128]

05:02 PM on 07/12/2008

DAG on Loveline w/Adam and Dr. Drew, a couple years ago, was some of the best radio ever. You could start with this one:

http://you­tube.com/w­atch?v=nCX­wY8mLk-4

[BEHM777]

02:15 PM on 07/11/2008

Davis Alan Grier veers from the hilarious to the insipid, depending on which day you see him. I hope he is on point. I will check out Chocolate News.

BEHusseinM­777

[tfred]

02:04 PM on 07/11/2008

And then Richard Gere can host a fake news show from the Tibetan point of view and . . .
Johnny Depp can host a fake news show from the Pirate point of view and . . .
John Stewart can host a fake news show from the "used to be funny comedian but has way lost his edge point of view " . . . . Oh wait a minute he already does that.

[Phil123]

02:03 PM on 07/11/2008

Sounds racist.

[barackobama4prez]

01:20 PM on 07/11/2008

I'm sure David will have political analysts such as Dave Chapelle, Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy...w­ould be better if he could have guests like Colbert & Stewart...­.

[Mygirl]

10:31 AM on 07/11/2008

This should be great and fun to watch.

[ann1]

10:07 AM on 07/11/2008

Should be funny! Too bad Chapelle can't host it.

[Daly]

10:43 AM on 07/11/2008

I was going to say the same of Chapelle

[tfred]

02:08 PM on 07/11/2008

Chapelle has burned way too many bridges to be handed a new show.

[mamacat]

07:19 AM on 07/11/2008

I hope it is good.

[nellie]

06:33 AM on 07/11/2008

Just before the election. I have a bad feeling about this.

[tfred]

02:07 PM on 07/11/2008

I agree, it could cost Obama the election!

[NTO08]

04:40 AM on 07/11/2008

I also think David is hilarious.­..the sketch he did on In Living Color with Daman Wayans was hysterical (wasn't it Men On Films???). Very funny guy...I will be watching.

[LeaveArtieAlone]

10:45 AM on 07/11/2008

"Two snaps up" I loved those skits!

[4real]

10:52 PM on 07/10/2008

Pleazze. Coming out in October just before the election? Is this going to showcase black people in a positive light? I doubt it.

[Trollstakeyourmeds]

02:46 PM on 07/11/2008

I was thinking the same thing. The timing is a bit suspicious­.

[Badbone]

10:39 PM on 07/10/2008

I know this will sound racist but, why aren't there any original black shows? This is nothing but the Daily Show, plus black. It seems like all black programmin­g is simply a black version of some other show that did it first.

[rachaelis4]

06:24 AM on 07/11/2008

And what pray tell, would an "original black show" look like? How can anything blacks do in America be original when we were raised in the image of whites and stripped and beaten out of our heritage very early on? We are not like Latinos and Asians--my ancestors were brainwashe­d and beaten to forget their culture and adopt yours--whi­ch is why your comment makes no sense. Dave Chapelle wasn't "Original" yet his show was enormously popular. Rap is about the only thing I can think of that blacks in America originated­.

[nellie]

06:36 AM on 07/11/2008

The entire catalog of Rock and Roll comes to us courtesy of the influence of African Americans, as does Jazz. As does open heart surgery. A little history seems to be in order.

[FirstShirt]

09:05 AM on 07/11/2008

"Rap is about the only thing I can think of that blacks in America originated­."

Great job.

[XFilesTheTruthIsOutThere]

09:04 PM on 07/10/2008

David is the man! I'm happy this brother is getting his own show. Can't wait to see it. Now I can get my Stewart, Colbert and Grier fix.

[TroubleNYC]

08:41 PM on 07/10/2008

Aren't all the current news shows fake?

[godlessliberal]

01:58 AM on 07/11/2008

LMAO!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!! Touche!

[jasjohn128]

08:29 PM on 07/10/2008

DAG, savin' the babies ...