I’m sure you’ve noticed the billboards and TV commercials, but Comedy Central is featuring its first African American host since Dave Chappelle canceled his own show three years ago.
David Alan Grier, best known for his characters on In Living Color, is launching his new show, Chocolate News.
The New York Times highlighted the new show and wrote,
“Chocolate News” borrows the fake-news template from two of Comedy Central’s most successful programs, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report,” but uses the conceit to fill a void of politically charged black-oriented comedy.
As much as I love The Daily Show, a voice like Grier (and a Black audience) is clearly missing from the airways. I’m interested to see what he has to say, and how viewers will respond.
The first season of this show, also created by Mr. Grier, a comedian and actor, is an equal-opportunity offender, skewering rappers, Maya Angelou, gangbangers and election fraud.
Clips are already available for viewing on the Comedy Central website, but if you’re old-school like me, you can check David on In Living Color here.
Read an interview here.
