Watching While Black: Centering the Television of Black Audiences

Index

Index 251 ABC: ABC Entertainment, 21; ABC News Online, 188; and blindcasting, 52; Broadcast Standards Department, 23; Movies for Television division, 22. See also titles of ABC programs Aboriginals, 243 Abrams, J. J., 58, 64 Academy Awards, 37 accountability, 160–163, 165, 195 Acham, Christine, 3, 10, 176, 247 activism, 135, 176, 194, 198; and Black Journal, 78–79, 82–83; and Brazil/ Afro-Brazilians, 207–208, 210, 212, 214–215, 217, 218n16; and bro’Town, 233. See also radical politics actors. See casting actors’ guilds, 51–53, 59–60. See also individual guilds Adult Swim, 12–13, 187, 191, 202n11 Adventures of Flagee and Ribbon, The, 190, 203n14 advertising sponsors, 1, 20; and Black Journal, 77, 87; and bro’Town, 232–233, 239; and A Different World, 37, 39–40; and Fat Albert, 97; and Noah’s Arc, 177; and The Office, 63; and Rich Man, Poor Man, 32n17; and Roots, 29; and South African soap operas, 222; and TV da Gente, 216; and webisodes, 63, 72–73 Advocate, The, 174, 176 Africa: “African Renaissance,” 224; on Black Journal, 78–79, 83–85; and bro’Town, 233; in Roots, 26–28; and South African soap operas, 224; and TV da Gente, 214–215. See also individual African countries Africa Magic (M-Net), 1 African American Studies, 19, 30, 82, 190 African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy (Coleman), 3 Africanist vision, 224, 226 Afrikaans, 221, 226 AfroAnime, 189–190, 195, 197, 201 Afro-Brazilians. See Brazil/Afro-Brazilians Afro hairstyle, 81–82; Afro puffs, 198 AIDS. See HIV/AIDS Ajakawe, Michael, 66, 73 Akil, Salim, 159 Alexander, Khandi, 130 Ali, Muhammad, 21 Allen, Anita L., 160–161 Allen, Debbie, 10, 33, 36–41, 43–47, 44, 167 Alley, Robert, 33–34 Amaechi, John, 184 American Dilemma (Myrdal), 92 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), 52–53, 59 American History Illustrated, 21 America’s Next Top Model, 153, 172 Amos ’n’ Andy, 10, 20 Angel Heart (film), 39 Angels in America (film), 180 animation, 89–91, 94, 97–101, 189, 202n11; and bro’Town, 236, 238–240. See also anime anime, 12–13, 187, 189–204, 191, 196, 232–233; AfroAnime, 189–190, 195, 197, 201 apartheid, 38, 41, 84, 220–222, 225, 229–230 Appadurai, Arjun, 5 Apprentice, The, 142–144, 147–149, 147, 155n14, 155n22 APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), 243 Araújo, Joel Zito, 209 Arnold, Roseanne, 153 Asante, Molefi K., Jr., 158 Asheru, 202n4 “ashiness,” 58, 61n25, 166 Asians, 52, 60n4, 189–190, 196 Asner, Edward, 24 assimilation, 26–28, 28, 109 Atwood, Jensen, 175 audiences, Black, 1–9, 11–14; and Black Journal, 77, 82–86; and blindcasting, 58–59; and The Boondocks, 195; and City of Angels, 58; and Diary of a Single Mom, 69–72; and A Different World, 37, 40; and Page numbers in italics refer to figures. audiences, Black (continued) Drama Queenz, 68–69; and Fat Albert, 89–91, 94, 99, 101, 102n6, 104n27; and Gimme a Break! 112–113, 117; and Girlfriends/The Game, 157–158, 161, 164, 166, 169; and “guilty pleasure,” 117; and Lee’s documentaries, 122–127; and letter-writing campaigns, 112–113; and Noah’s Arc, 177, 179–183; and reality television, 144; and Roots, 20–22, 26; and South African soap operas, 224, 227, 230; and Treme, 122–124, 127; and TV da Gente, 207, 213–215; and Undercovers, 59; and webisodes, 63–64, 66–74 audiences, mainstream, 2, 7, 11–12, 20; and The Apprentice, 147–148; and Black Journal, 82, 84–85; and blindcasting, 53–56, 58–60; and The Boondocks, 189–192, 195, 199–201; and bro’Town, 234, 241, 243; and City of Angels, 54–56, 58, 60; and A Different World, 37, 40, 167; and Fat Albert, 89–91, 99, 104n27; and Flavor of Love, 152–153; and Gimme a Break! 106, 108, 113–114, 116–117; and Girlfriends/The Game, 158, 161, 164, 166, 169, 169n3; and Lee’s documentaries, 122–135; and The Office, 63; and The Real Housewives of Atlanta, 141; and reality television, 141, 143–148, 152–154; and Roots, 19, 22, 24, 26–27, 29; and South African soap operas, 224, 227, 230; and Survivor: Fiji, 144–146; and Treme, 122–127, 129–135; and Undercovers, 58–60; and webisodes, 63, 65–66, 72 audiences, niche, 65, 67, 72, 234, 244 Australia, 1, 239–240, 242–243 Autobiography of Malcolm X, The, 21 Bachelor, The, 143, 150–153 Bakhtin, 97...