Black Comedy News
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2012: The Year in Black Comedy
Key & Peele’s debut, Think Like a Man at No. 1, Kevin Hart at Madison Square Garden and Trevor Noah’s American arrival: our look…
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2012: Jamie Foxx Hosts SNL on the Way to Django Unchained
The In Living Color alum returned to SNL to promote Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained.
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2012: Kevin Hart Sells Out Madison Square Garden
Kevin Hart played to a sold-out Madison Square Garden, the show that became the film Let Me Explain.
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2012: Hollywood Salutes Eddie Murphy
Spike TV’s all-star tribute to Eddie Murphy became the most-watched special in the network’s history.
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2012: Arsenio Hall Wins The Celebrity Apprentice and Plots a Comeback
Arsenio Hall won NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, then landed a deal to bring his talk show back to late night.
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2012: Steve Harvey’s Talk Show Debuts Big
Steve Harvey’s daytime show opened with the strongest talk-show debut in years.
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2012: Trevor Noah Makes History on The Tonight Show
South Africa’s biggest comic moved to Los Angeles and became the first African comedian to do stand-up on The Tonight Show.
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2012: ‘Think Like a Man’ Knocks ‘The Hunger Games’ Off the Top Spot
An ensemble comedy built on Steve Harvey’s advice book opened at No. 1 and made Kevin Hart a movie star.
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2012: Key & Peele Arrives on Comedy Central
Two MADtv alumni launched a sketch show that would become one of the most quoted comedies of the decade.
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2011: The Year in Black Comedy
Kevin Hart’s breakout, the loss of Patrice O’Neal, Chris Rock on Broadway and the rise of comedy in Lagos and Johannesburg: our look back…