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Chocolate News

TV·2008–2008·1 season, 10 episodes·Comedy Central·Comedy·30m

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Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an emphasis on African American culture. The show aired on Wednesday nights at 10:30 PM on Comedy Central as a lead-in to their other news satire programs, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. The show also aired in Canada on The Comedy Network. On March 10, 2009 a Comedy Central representative confirmed that Chocolate News would not be renewed for a second season.

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Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes2008AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1October 15, 2008David Alan Grier talks about the death of hip-hop and how it lost its mind; Maya Angelou talks about the poems she would read if either Bara
  2. S01E02Episode 2October 22, 2008David Alan Grier gives a message to white America about electing a black president; thugs in the hood deal with the national gas shortage; b
  3. S01E03Episode 3October 29, 2008David tells famous black people what to do, until November 5th, to help get Barack Obama elected; a look into the Denegrofication Institue,
  4. S01E04Episode 4November 5, 2008David talks about Barack Obama being elected President and what he can do so he doesn't mess up for future black candidates; the story of Pe
  5. S01E05Episode 5November 12, 2008Thelonius Brown talks about how he's helping crack addicts become healthier; the shocking trend of African-American children disappearing, f
  6. S01E06Episode 6November 19, 2008Johnny Tapp, the principal of a high school, explains why he suspended the abstinence only program for a program that encourages the student
  7. S01E07Episode 7November 26, 2008Controversial rapper Fat Man is profiled, as he starts production on his Nickelodeon series; Darnell Royce, the creator of Ghetto Beat Down
  8. S01E08Episode 8December 3, 2008
  9. S01E09Episode 9December 10, 2008
  10. S01E10Episode 10December 17, 2008LeRon Watkins is interviewed about how he'll turn around the prestigious African-American magazine Jet; James Green, a member of the Barack

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