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It seems ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘ is on its way to delivering its grandest season thus far.

Why?

Its mother network, Bravo, is so impressed by the direction of storylines that is yet to pull the plug on its taping…despite being weeks away from airing its three-part reunion special.

Exclusive news (and spoilers)  below…

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After a brief hiatus, ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ blazes back onto ABC tonight.

To plug its return, one of the central stars of the show, Alfred Enoch, stopped by ‘Wendy Williams’ to dish on the second season of the Emmy winning drama.

Hilarity ensued, though, when the talkshow diva couldn’t get over different how different his British accent was to that of his character on the Viola Davis led series.

Fun times await after the jump…

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That Grape Juice‘s latest feature ‘Meet The Makers’ spotlights the gifted names who engineer the spectacle in all facets of entertainment. Music, TV, and beyond. 

In today’s instalment, we chat candidly with Carlos King – producer of television smashes such as ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ and ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta.’

A force in the realm of Reality TV, King has upped the levels by launching his own production company (Kingdom Reign Entertainment), which has birthed the likes of ‘Hollywood Divas’ and TV One’s newest addition ’The Next 15.’

With the latter launching tonight (at 10/9c), the producer asserts that the show, which stars the likes of Tiffany ’New York’ Pollard and Claudia Jordan, will relay to viewers what really happens behind the scenes in the Reality realm. 

Join us after the jump, where a King recounts his journey and provides detailed advice to those wanting to break into the TV arena. He also spills delicious tea on new seasons of ’The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ ‘Hollywood Divas,’ and more.
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After a one-week hiatus, The Real Housewives of Atlanta returns to the box this week and will be bringing a whole lot of island spice.

The ladies are still in Jamaica and it appears the episode (which airs on Bravo at 8pm ET) will center on the husband of newcomer Kim Fields.

In a freshly released trailer, Kenya Moore is seen leading a catty charge against Chris Morgan – questioning the sexuality of the actor.

The move comes after the multiple clashes Moore has had with Fields.

Peep the preview below…

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‘White Privilege II’  was delivered live on ‘Colbert‘ hours ago.

There, its performer Macklemore rocked its audience with a dramatic serving of the racially-charged cut which takes aim at a system he says has a bias against African-American artists.

Controversial stuff.

Press play to catch his unforgettable show below…

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It’s been a long three months, but ‘Scandal’ is back!

The 5th season of the hit ABC drama blazes back onto the box Thursday night (as part of the network’s Shonda‘s Rhimes ‘TGIF’ block of programming).

We’ve been hooked on the show, which is fronted by award-winning actress Kerry Washington, as such its return has us all sorts of excited.

By the looks of this episode 10  teaser, Olivia Pope and co continue to serve up another corker of a season.

Peep the preview and synopsis for episode – titled ‘It’s Hard Out Here For A General – below…

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Forget Cookie and Luscious, Wendy Williams is the one building an empire.

Because fresh from inking a deal that’ll see her hit talkshow remain on-air until 2020 (at the very least), the media maven has signed on to front an ambitious new show for BET.

Full story below…

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Welcome to ‘Retro Rewind’, the TGJ original feature carved out to take our faithful readers on a journey to TV and Film’s glorious past.

Today, we make our way to 1997 to celebrate the arrival of the short-lived soap opera ‘Sunset Beach.’

Following his success with the hit TV shows ‘Charlie’s Angels’, ‘Dynasty’ and ‘Beverly Hills 90210‘, the television producer Aaron Spelling set out to restore interest in NBC‘s daytime programming and draw younger audiences towards it.

The result? ‘Sunset Beach‘, a soap opera following the dramatic lives of people living on the coast of California.

Armed with characters whose back stories weaved in and out of each other’s decades before the show’s premiere on January 6th 1997, the series enthralled viewers with  its compelling (and often unrealistic) tales of betrayal (see Olivia, Caitlin & Cole), class and crime (Virginia‘s desperation to protect her son from the dangers of South Central LA) and the supernatural (Annie‘s frequent trips to Hell.)

Oh…and pregnancies by way of turkey basters.

The plug was pulled on the series in 1999 but not before it would turn make household names out of Eddy Cibrian, Sarah Buxton and its African-American cast Sherri Saum, Jason Winston George and Dominique Jennings.

Ready to take that journey?

High drama at ‘Sunset’ below…

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Last night, the NAACP Image Awards 2016 aired live on TVOne.

The annual extravaganza, which celebrates the successes of people of color, was this year was hosted by ‘Black-ish’ star Anthony Anderson. 

Achievements by performers in film and TV were spotlighted yesterday, with previous awards presented on February 4th for accomplishments in music, literature and animation.

The likes of Michael B. Jordan, Jill Scott, and ‘Empire’ landed a number of wins. Check out full list of winners for the 47th annual NAACP Image Awards below…

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It’s jubilation time Jennifer Lopez.

For, the dynamite diva’s new NBC series ‘Shades of Blue’ has received an order for second season.

Details below…

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Tiffany Pollard has been evicted from the ‘Celebrity Big Brother.’

Full story  below…

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Despite the criticism thrown at its widely panned third season ‘Orange is the New Black‘ has learned that is to remain on Netflix…for a very long time.

Good news below…

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