The Road of Black Entertainment Television The media is all around us, influencing most of our thoughts and buying habits. Most of the media bases its shows towards many diverse demographics as to bring in the most viewers to watch commercials between the show content. But some of the channels are demographic specific advertising directly to a single group in hopes of banking the entire future of a network on that single group. One channel has been extremely successful in this risky business
the general public on watching television a week. Yet still with these findings, there are only 18 shows that feature an African-American cast or lead character out of the 115 that air on the six major broadcast networks. Even with this imbalanced ratio, there are reasons why there are so few programs featuring leading African Americans, despite the great amount of blacks that are consistent television viewers (Hall 12). It is thought that television producers are just trying to play
Viacom’s BET Network has announced plans to expands its streaming services to include stand alone devices such as Apple TV, Google’s Chromecast, and Roku. Black Entertainment Television, or BET for short, is an American basic cable channel that is owned by Viacom’s BET Networks division. Getting its start in 1980 as a short block on Nickelodeon, and graduating to a full time access channel in 1983, BET reaches approximately 55 million households, with an increasing viewership daily. Home to attentive
Sheila Johnson is an African-American entrepreneur who co-founded Black Entertainment Television (BET) and is part-owner of the three sports teams in the NHL, NBA and the WNBA. Sheila Johnson was born on January 25, 1949, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. She co-founded Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 1979. The successful station focused on African American audiences and was sold to Viacom for $3 billion in 2002. Johnson is currently part-owner of sports teams including the Washington Capitals
strides toward autonomy and equality, the images in media, specifically television, continue to misrepresent and manipulate the public opinion of blacks. It is no longer a blatant practice upheld by the law and celebrated with hangings and beatings, but instead it is a subtle practice that is perceived in the entertainment and media industries. Whether it’s appearing in disparaging roles or being negatively portrayed in newscasts, blacks continue to be the victims of an industry that relies on old ideas
Black and TV Have u ever thought about African Americans invalid with television? If not in this report you will learn about how African Americans have influenced television. You will learn about television shows that have effected television and also just certain people that have effected television also. Commercial television was born in 1948 as each of the three major networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, began broadcasting. 1948 was also a great year in African American history with the desegregation
how the entertainment industry hand picks who they want for certain roles in movies and the special treatment among several people within the industry. In this piece of writing the author is trying to make a point that just because a director put two interracial people on television to convey to others that African American can work together and get along with one another does not mean it’s the honest truth. There was a time that African
Assimilation in Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and The Cosby Show The critical reception of The Cosby Show, an enormously popular television sitcom in the 1980's, roughly paralleled that of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's highly acclaimed play of the 1950's. Both the television series and the play helped change the way Blacks are portrayed in the entertainment media. But despite being initially greeted with critical praise, both subsequently fell under heavy scrutiny by many critics for
society. It was considered a form of family entertainment when families would converge around the television after dinner and watch shows together. Television would help shape the population, including society’s relationship with race and ethnicity. This form of media changed the way individuals viewed important and controversial social issues such as race. Before the 1970s, most programs had characters who were Caucasian. Having white characters on television soon became the “standard”. However, when
line made mass production possible, and the industry boomed. Henry Ford's assembly line, located in Detroit, Michigan, was the largest one in the country and possibly in the world. When Ford first started making cars, the only car he made was a black Model-T. Almost everybody in the United States had a car. Three-out-of-four families owned one or more cars. With the assembly line they made a lot more cars in one day than they did before. Instead of paying for the cars with cash, people could now
watch black and white silent movies. For example, popular movies such as the original Wizard of Oz (1939) and It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) were in black and white and movies like Pandora’s Box (1929) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925) were silent films. These types of films mark the transition into a new era. Nowadays one cannot turn on the television without being bombarded with the new release of movies or shows. Aside from the obvious transition of color and sound, the entertainment industry
Television in the 1950’s Television had a major impact on the way people spent their leisure time in the 1950s. People would spend their disposal money on television sets. People were in the mood to spend, businessmen found a way they can get their products to the customers. Lead people to spending more time indoors then outdoors. People no longer saw it necessary to go to major events, when they could watch them on television without the hassle of transportation and the cost of tickets. Unlike
Television advancements helped sports excel. Television made sports more accessible to people as they can now watch it from home. Because of increased attention on sports, the flaws that sports had were showcased. Previously, sports were an all-white field, but in the 1950s black integration into sports became big. On the contrary, integration was not always easy, Althea Gibson was an exceptional
positions in broadcasting cable, television, radio, outdoor advertising, and online. With programming it appeals to audiences in every category across all media, the company is a leader in the creation, promotion, and distribution of entertainment, news, sports, music, and comedy. Viacom’s well known brands include CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, VH1, BET, Paramount Pictures, Infinity Broadcasting, Viacom Outdoor, UPN, TV Land, Comedy Central, CMT: Country Music Television, and Showtime. Some of the
1920s vs. 2010s Entertainment and fashion are focal-points in the lives of many Americans, and both topics have progressed over the years. In the 1920s, children played with cards and random objects, listened to the radio, and watched movies. Today, children stay inside on their devices or watching television, and they still sometimes watch movies at the movie theater. What people wear makes a large statement about who they are, and what they believe, as it did in the 1920s and 2010s. The difference
Reality programs have dominated television networks since their rise in popularity began in the early 1990s with MTV’s The Real World. The reality genre quickly gained viewership as it redefined the formulaic set up of televisions shows from the past. Reality television has infiltrated television because networks prefer low budgets for their programs that also generate high ratings (Hasinoff, 2008). People watch reality shows because they are intrigued by the seemingly “real” drama with ordinary
During the 1920s radio benefited Americans because it was a source of their entertainment, the music industry of jazz, and advertisements. The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. Back in the 1920s people didn’t have televisions. Radio entertainment took place among general audience (Patrick Day). Radio became popular during the 1920s. However, radio became a source of their entertainment. Many entertainments came on the radio that would entertain them, such as music (jazz) that
Invention and Evolution of Television The television is an invention that without a doubt changed the world. Televisions have been available for the public to own since the early ‘40s. Like every invention the Television’s popularity started off slow. At the end of World War Two about 8,000 households owned a television. At this point in time televisions were all black and white, small, and had no more than a few channels to choose from. The programming consisted of entertainment and there was little
Variety in Television Shows There are many different television shows today, practically one for every person in the family. Comedies, dramas, action-adventure all these different forums of television, but they all seem to be about the same people. Threw all the different verity of shows on TV all the characters have common similarities with each other. They are mostly composed of white people and the upper class. Even if the show claims to be about the working class the characters are
of African-Americans in America’s entertainment industry. Juxtaposed with the analyses of Anna Stubblefield in her 2005 book Ethics Along the Color Line, it becomes clear that blacks are not only exploited and typecast into select roles, but also co-opted into worsening the oppression and stigmas in the media. Although Bamboozled is reaching its 17th year anniversary,