Chocolate News
A magazine-show parody hosted by comedian David Alan Grier covering urban pop culture topics.
Main Cast
David Alan Grieras Host
Episode Guide
Season 1
- Episode 1: Episode 1
Aired: Oct 15, 2008David Alan Grier laments the devastating death of hip-hop followed by Maya Angelou's Inaugural poetry for Barack Obama and John McCain.
- Episode 2: Episode 2
Aired: Oct 22, 2008David Alan Grier kicks things off with a message to white America: stop worrying about electing a black president.
- Episode 3: Episode 3
Aired: Oct 29, 2008David Alan Grier begins with a plea to all African Americans: please don't do anything dumb before election day on November 5.
- Episode 4: Episode 4
Aired: Nov 5, 2008David Alan Grier and his correspondents "flow" with the latest election results.
- Episode 5: Episode 5
Aired: Nov 12, 2008Is Obama getting a little too comfortable by wearing track suits and building a basketball court in the White House? Next, Thelonias Brown prescribes medicinal crack pills.
- Episode 6: Episode 6
Aired: Nov 19, 2008"Dog the Bounty Hunter" returns to TV. Also, a new abstinence program encourages college students to have sex. Later, an expose on half-black and half-white conjoined twins.
- Episode 7: Episode 7
Aired: Nov 26, 2008Does Beyonce's L'Oreal deal make her too white? Nickelodeon hires rapper Fat Man. Later, an expose on "beat down" DVDs. Also, see the latest trend in imported African spring water.
- Episode 8: Episode 8
Aired: Dec 3, 2008Meet Black Daddy, a new R&B singer. Next, learn about a "Blacks Only" electric chair. Later, an NFL summit raises awareness on brain damage. Also, the "gangsta" side of being enlisted in the U.S. Army. Finally, a roundtable about black people and guns.
- Episode 9: Episode 9
Aired: Dec 10, 2008Hear about America's Next Top Black Preacher. Also, watch an expose on the original all-black KISS.
- Episode 10: Episode 10
Aired: Dec 17, 2008David Alan Grier gives a list of things that black people want white people to give up. Next, visit Black Comic-Con. Later, see the Obama White House application.