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 docu-series that capture the attention of the entire nation. - you have competition series. - you guys are already fierce. we re 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 i m from the bronx. - it s 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 genre s like a guilty pleasure. - [contestant] ooh, flav, can i get a chance? - unscripted shows are really important to tackle those topics considered taboo. - i m the o
Who tried to overturn the results who allowed these sort of threats to permeate? again, there is no good solutions here. what i could envision is that we actually live in a society where lady justice is blind, and it doesn t matter if you re rich, poor, black, white, democrat or republican, if you violated the law, you re going to be charged. fulton county grand jury is expected to decide in august whether to bring any charges against trump and his allies. if so, a new jury will be seated to hear the case, and a date yet to be set by the trial judge. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday. (suspenseful music) (crowd screaming) - you get a car! you get a car! everybody gets a car! - i think black unscripted is so popular
- heather, will you accept this rose? - absolutely. - in terms of the dating category of reality shows, obviously the bachelor , the bachelorette , and bachelor in paradise are probably the most well known, but until recently, there weren t many black faces on that show. they d be in the dating pool, but they definitely weren t leading. - in the early 2000 s, that wasn t a thing that america was ready for. you barely had interracial relationships on television at the time. you know, us just being the main source of attraction and beauty was just not it. - it really was the absence of black faces that really allowed for the more outlandish, hilarious, and also black-centric stories to be told. and the first one was flavor of love . - the bachelor didn t wanna put black faces front and center, cue flavor flav. - yeah! (women scream) flavor flav! - the door swings open, and it is flavor flav, coming in with the largest top hat i ve ever seen