Because we see some of ourselves. We see each other. We see each other. So you go from the talk shows, mash that up with the crazy theatrics that can happen in the world, and you end up with these docuseries that capture the attention of the entire nation. You have competition series. You guys are already fierce. Were gonna make you Fingers Snapping fierce. [kendra] and then you have true crime, and the shows following people on their everyday lives. Black, Unscripted Television launches the superstars. My name is cardi b, and im from the bronx. Its allowing, frankly, a lot of people of color who would get turned down at the gates Into Hollywood to show off their personalities. Well, well, look at you. Nobody knew that reality tv would be as big as it is. Bring out the nick cannon. This genres like a guilty pleasure. [contestant] ooh, flav, can i get a chance . Unscripted shows are really important to tackle those topics considered taboo. Im the only polyamorous person, and i have the
Because we see some of ourselves. We see each other. We see each other. So you go from the talk shows, mash that up with the crazy theatrics that can happen in the world, and you end up with these docuseries that capture the attention of the entire nation. You have competition series. You guys are already fierce. Were gonna make you Fingers Snapping fierce. [kendra] and then you have true crime, and the shows following people on their everyday lives. Black, Unscripted Television launches the superstars. My name is cardi b, and im from the bronx. Its allowing, frankly, a lot of people of color who would get turned down at the gates Into Hollywood to show off their personalities. Well, well, look at you. Nobody knew that reality tv would be as big as it is. Bring out the nick cannon. This genres like a guilty pleasure. [contestant] ooh, flav, can i get a chance . Unscripted shows are really important to tackle those topics considered taboo. Im the only polyamorous person, and i have the
some indicted, often because of their client. i say that not as shade or criticism, but as an objective legal matter. they get in trouble for the things they do for him, not unrelated legal failures, which sometimes brings up talk of the devil s advocate. i will explain. our breakdown on that ahead. our top story now are the continuing clashes over the search of mar-a-lago and whether more information will come out about a path to what was an unprecedented search of an ex president s home in all of our history. today we re seeing a judicial ruling about releasing more information for the first time. this would be new beyond what we learned about the warrant. we have a written explanation of this ruling which came down where the doj can suggest redactions. some more information may be release in the a process by the judge. trump says he wants extra information released. today the judge indirectly suggested that trump and some other maga attacks on law enforcement will actually
- we did heavy topics, but we also did fun topics. over the 17 years that it ran, one of the proudest things to me is having a young person walk up to me today and say, it s because of you that i went to school. we ll be back right after this. (audience claps) we did things that give people that little spark or that little laugh when they came home. - oprah plans to end her syndicated talk show in 2011. - i ve decided that next season, season 25, will be the last season of the oprah winfrey show . - when oprah left the talk show scene, there was a massive void. she paved the way for tyra banks and queen latifah to try out the talk show genre. - can i put my sexy face on? - [audience member] oh yeah. (audience screaming) - how you doing ladies gentlemen? my name is kevin hart. - it was our opportunity to see the conversations that we were having at home, on television. - and let s take it even further. wendy williams had a massively popular radio show and she parlayed that into a ver
and oprah gave us iyanla. - and now you look at tamron hall, all the different people who ve come behind. - she put these people on the map and it was the same with people like montel williams. - i was the first african american male to host a talk show during the daytime in his own name. there were several station managers across the country that said to our syndication team that, i will never have a black man on our station. i had to convince these stations that i would not be that threatening. - montel was this black man who had checked every box that mainstream america would want to check. he had that kind of dignity. - we talked about things that nobody in this country was willing to have a discussion about. we are here to figure out why things happen and let s come up with solutions. - montel was vulnerable. he was transparent. he would cry. and black men actually don t cry enough. - i can t even imagine what life is like for you. - i think that was his secret to success. - we