Arsenio Hall

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Jun 21 2012

Hollywood by Choice

It’s official y’all, Arsenio Hall is returning to television with a new late-night show.

According to media reports, the show has been sold in all top 10 markets and 17 of the top 20 markets. It is already sold in 52 percent of the country.

CBS Television Distribution has signed the actor/comedian to develop a syndicated late-night talk show for fall 2013.

Aug 4 2011

African American talk show hosts

Over the years, a number of African Americans have had the opportunity to entertain television audiences with talk shows. Below find the list of who did what and when.
 
Tyra Banks – The Tyra Banks Show - 2005-2010
Wayne Brady – The Wayne Brady Show – 2001-2004
Les Brown – The Les Brown Show – 1993-1994
Tempestt Bledsoe – The Tempestt Bledsoe Show – 1995
Whoopi Goldberg – The View – 2007 – Present
Arsenio Hall – The Arsenio Hall Show – 1989-1994

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.