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Browndages Secures A $100k Deal On ‘Shark Tank’ With Daymond John, Lori Greiner And Mark Cuban

Yolanda BaruchApril 17, 2022April 17, 2022

by Yolanda BaruchApril 17, 2022April 17, 20225961

Intisar Bashir and Rashid Mahdi, owners of the inclusive bandage company Browndages land a $100k deal with Lori Greiner, Mark Cuban, and Daymond John on...

Lifestyle

‘Abbott Elementary’ Will Return For Classes This Fall for Season 2

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMarch 14, 2022March 14, 20222425

Abbott Elementary will be returning next semester as ABC has renewed the show for a second season...

Lifestyle

Michelle Obama Set to Appear In Final Season of ‘Black-ish’

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 29, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 29, 20217571

ABC announced Obama will be appearing on the final season of the Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross helmed comedy when it returns in 2022....

Lifestyle

Raven-Symone Claims She ‘Got Catfished’ When Approached About Joining ‘The View’

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 14, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 14, 20211000

Raven-Symone revealed that when she was being pitched to become a host on The View, she felt like she "just got catfished"...

Arts and Culture

ABC News to Launch Six-Part Series, Black Culture Focused ‘Soul of a Nation’ With Hosts Jemele Hill and Marsai Martin

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonFebruary 12, 2021February 12, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonFebruary 12, 2021February 12, 20212181

ABC News has announced that it is launching a show, "Soul of a Nation," that will cater specifically to the culture of Black life....

Arts and Culture

ABC Lost Shonda Rhimes Over A $154 Ticket To Disneyland

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 23, 2020October 25, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 23, 2020October 25, 20201013792

Shonda Rhimes, who had been working with ABC for 15 years, left for Netflix due to a dispute over a Disneyland ticket costing $154....

Politics

Biden’s Town Hall Received 1 Million More Views on ABC Than Trump Did on NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC

Derek MajorOctober 19, 2020October 19, 2020

by Derek MajorOctober 19, 2020October 19, 20201417

Joe Biden's town hall on ABC averaged 13.9 million viewers, which easily surpassed the numbers for President Trump's town hall....

Arts and Culture

Tracee Ellis Ross Signs Overall Deal With ABC Signature

Dana GivensSeptember 18, 2020September 17, 2020

by Dana GivensSeptember 18, 2020September 17, 20203230

Golden Globe winner and television actress Tracee Ellis Ross revealed that she has signed a multiyear deal with ABC Signature for new content....

Arts and Culture Career Entertainment

‘Black-ish’ Star Yara Shahidi and Her Mom Launch Production Company and Ink Deal With ABC Partnership

Dana GivensJuly 29, 2020July 29, 2020

by Dana GivensJuly 29, 2020July 29, 202044270

The production company founded by "Black-ish" star Yara Shahidi and her mother will develop and produce television projects for ABC Studios....

Arts and Culture

Tyra Banks Becomes New Executive Producer, Host of Dancing With the Stars

Alisa GumbsJuly 17, 2020July 21, 2020

by Alisa GumbsJuly 17, 2020July 21, 202022735

Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks is now the host and an executive producer of ABC's reality competition "Dancing With the Stars."...