D. L. Hughley Breaks the News to Take Final Curtain Call at the End of March

According to TVNewser, “D. L. Hughley Breaks the News,” will take its final curtain call at the end of the month and they are saying that the decision was Hughley’s. Right. According to CNN, Hughley approached management to make the show permanently based in Los Angeles, where his family resides.

CNN: To accommodate this, we agreed upon a new role where he will be a contributor for the network based in Los Angeles. We are eager to continue our relationship with D.L., who is a tremendous talent and a valued colleague.”

Wouldn’t it be a tremendous cost factor to maintain a show that averaged about 200,000 viewers in the 25-54 year old demographics in recent weeks? It seems that way to me. To top it off, CNN came under tremendous fire after the first show, which was offensive to many because of the negative stereotypes highlighted. I have heard of forced terminations in the guise of a resignation. Sorry, I am just not buying CNN’s explanation. This show was doomed from the start. I will give him credit for trying. His ratings reportedly peaked at 1.51 million total viewership for the second show. The show averaged 284,000 for 18 episodes.

Filed under: Breaks the News, D. L. Hughley, Negative Stereotype, Show Cancelled

White House Watermelon Email From California Mayor Dean Grose Sparks Outrage

Here we go again, another politician being racist. Dean Grose, mayor of Los Alamitos, Ca., is coming under fire for an e-mail he sent out that depicts the White House lawn planted with watermelons, under the title “No Easter egg hunt this year.” How ignorant and racist.

Local businesswoman and city volunteer Keyanus Price, who is black, said she received the e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose’s personal account on Sunday and wants a public apology.

Grose said that he sent the e-mail to Price and added that he didn’t mean to offend her. He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons. Hello, where has he been? I am sure he is not a kid who probably wouldn’t know about the negative stereotype, but a grown man? Liar. Grose said he sent an apology e-mail to Price and her boss and also left her a voicemail apology.

I never heard of Los Alamitos until I read this story. It is a 2¼-square-mile Orange County city of around 12,000 people. The mayor is elected by fellow members of the five-seat City Council. All the haters out there, your president is an African American. Grin and bear it!

Filed under: Dean Grose, Keyanus Price, Los Alamitos, Negative Stereotype, Orange County, Racial Insensitivity, The White House, Watermelon