Everybody Hates Marcus

It’s been hard to miss the number of advertisements the last couple of weeks on AOL Black Voices for ‘Lincoln Heights’ which debuts tonight on ABC Family.

Luckily for the advertisers who paid good money for ad space, ‘Lincoln Heights’ is one of the brand new shows for 2007 that is actually compelling and features a predominantly black cast.

You have to remember that the show is on ABC Family which was originally founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in 1977.

So no sex. No blood. No cursing.

(People do get shot, however)

That’s quite a challenge for a show about a cop’s family moving back to its hometown of Lincoln Heights and facing the same struggles that forced him to leave his old neighborhood.

Russell Hornsby plays Eddie Sutton, a Los Angeles police officer who balances the duties and responsibilities of being a cop along with raising a family.

With a growing family and a lack of space, he decides to move his family back to his hometown of Lincoln Heights as he buys a former crack house and decides to convert it into a livable situation.  

But as Hornsby finds out, neighbors aren't too fond of having the police living next door. 

Thirteen episodes have been ordered for ‘Lincoln Heights’ which airs on Monday at 7:00p.m. and hopefully ABC Family will order more for the future.

It’s a perfect family show for you and the kids which is starting to become more and more rare with today’s programming on TV.

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Brown made his debut on ‘The O.C.’ tonight and originally the plan was to have the 17-year-old to appear on eight episodes but that was reduced to just three.

It only took four seasons for ‘The O.C.’ to get a person of color on the show and at least the writers didn’t portray Brown as the typical “black” teenage male.

You know – pants sagging, baseball cap to the side, “Yo, yo, baby, yo.”

Instead, Brown was a band geek who was a good student in the classroom.

But just when I thought he would be able to escape without any controversy, the trailer for next week’s episode shows Kaitlin, the sister of the late Marissa Cooper, falling for Brown’s character, Will.

Once you go black, you never go back.

The term “darkalicious” was also used … darkalicious?

Chris Brown is hardly dark!

He lighter than me! So is it just a term to refer to blacks? Don’t mind me, I am just trying to stir up the pot and I have never heard that term before.  

I blame Fergie of course for all this and that catchy ‘Fergalicious’ song.

Would that make me hatealicious then?

My writing stays vicious.

I be up in the blog just working on my wittiness.

Tyra’s my witness.

I put those celebrities on rock, rock.

And ya’ll be blowing up the blog just to read what I got.

Holla!

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Here is a late Christmas gift from me to you.

Somehow this flew under the radar but it was announced last month that Paramount/CBS will finally release the wildly popular show ‘Girlfriends’ on DVD.

The four-disc set of Season 1 will be released on February 27, 2007.

All 22 episodes from Season 1 are included but there are no extras on the DVD.

Girlfriends is a sophisticated comedy series that invites viewers into the lives of four professional African American women living in Los Angeles who are struggling with the weighty issues of life - men, love, money -- and more men. As they search for happiness in all its elusive forms, the four girlfriends rely on each other for support, reality checks, advice and for the laughter that everyone needs to make it in this crazy place we call the modern world.

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Way back in September, long before I managed to piss people off, one of my first posts on Everybody Hates Marcus was about Rosie O’Donnell’s first day on ‘The View’ and did we care as an African-American audience.

The Star Jones Reynolds departure from ‘The View’ still left a sour taste in some people’s mouth so all eyes were focused on O’Donnell who replaced Meredith Vieira who departed for the ‘Today’ show.

But nearly four months later, I’m blogging about Rosie and ‘The View’ again because it’s ironic all of the things that O’Fat has been able to get away with her first 90 days on the show …yet they couldn’t wait to get rid of Jones Reynolds.

Granted, by now you all know my stance on Jones Reynolds *cough, PHONY, cough*.

But in terms of stirring up trouble, minus her whole wedding debacle where corporate sponsors donated wedding items in return for a glorified shout out on ‘The View,’ Jones Reynolds stayed out of trouble.

Which might explain why ratings were reaching an all-time low with her on the show because controversy = ratings.

So it’s no shock that ratings have been up since O’Fat plopped herself in the lead chair of ‘The View’ and took over (literally) in September.

Once she was settled came the public spats with Kelly Ripa and Donald Trump.

But that’s mild compared to her Dec. 5 outburst where she mocked the Chinese language.

Common sense would tell you after the whole Michael Richards snafu that people (especially of the clear complexion) would try to be a little more racially sensitive.

Oh no, not O’Fat.

You would think as an openly gay woman in this country she would be a little more sensitive to other minority groups but that didn’t stop her from saying:

“You know, you can imagine in China it's like, 'Ching-chong, ching-chong. Danny DeVito. Ching-chong, ching-chong-chong. Drunk. The View. Ching-chong.”

It would be like me saying:

“You know, you can imagine as a lesbian it’s like nothing but mullets, flannel shirts, wearing Birkenstock's and listening to K.D. Lang and Melissa Etheridge”

It doesn’t feel very good, now does it, O’Fat?

In case you missed it, here are her outbursts since she joined ‘The View’ in September.

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Talk about an “N-Word” wake up call…

Star Jones Reynolds went from co-hosting ‘The View’ on ABC to hosting the ‘Star Jones Reynolds Report’ on TV One.

The Entertainment Newswire’s Karu F. Daniels first reported on this story as it marks Jones' first return to television since her ugly departure from ‘The View’

And no knock on TV One, which I absolutely love, but it’s no ABC.

Not even close.

Mrs. Everybody Hates Marcus chimed in and said “…it’s like going from LV (Louis Vuitton) to the 99 cent store.

She’s a keeper.

According to the TV One website, “The Star Jones Reynolds Report” will cover topics that touch all of America in some aspect but will cover them from an African American perspective. From celebrity adoptions to police brutality to deficiencies in the public school system, no topic is off limits in this all-new TV One special.”

“Wake up, N-Word, Wake up”

(If Paul Mooney refuses to say the word, I will do the same. Way to go, Kramer.)

But with Star Jones Reynolds, it’s always “Me, Me, Me!”

Somehow every story she managed to tell, she would find a way to make it about her.

Was this the right first move for Jones Reynolds who is still trying to recover from Barbara Walters airing her out?

Personally, I don’t think so.

She managed to do a good job of staying out of the news and I am sure was making moves behind the scenes.

But if you are going to make a comeback, come correct.

She’s hardly strapped for cash so financially she can more than afford not to work.

Maybe she needs the extra dough to bankroll her husband’s wardrobe? (How ya doin!)

But in all seriousness, Jones Reynolds has to be burning upset inside at Rosie O’Donnell and the direction ‘The View’ has taken since she arrived.

Ratings are up since O’Donnell’s arrival and we all know that she is able to get away with just about anything (The Kelly Ripa saga, piss off the Chinese, Donald Trump) and not have to worry about losing her job.

Let’s step your game up in ’07, Star. Next stop after TV One is public access and we all know you are better than that.

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