Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe

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>> 209 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter, 131 ABC (U.S.) 33, 81, 190n4; competition in the 1970s, 36; funding of Roots, 30–32 ABC Family, 106 Acham, Christine, 140, 142, Adult Swim, 136–138, 140, 143 advertising industry, 15–16, 99, 106; ad rates, 31, 36; revenues, 61, 81, 130, 133, 167–68 African American television: aesthetics, 124, 132–33, 145, 175–86, 193n3; authorship, 11–14, 21; definition, 7; and edgy programming 25, 131, 136, 137–138, 140, 142–43, 145, 175, 192n2; and quality programming, 6, 22, 25, 36, 132–35, 174– 75, 181–82, 184; stereotyping in, 8–11, 90, 93–94, 115, 134, 135, 140, 142–144, 150–51, 183; urban/ethnic themes, 113, 132, 143, 184 African National Congress (ANC), 65 Afrotainment channel, 163 Al-Mugaiseeb, Khalid Abdulaziz, 117 Amos ‘n’ Andy, xii, 10, 22, 29 Ang, Ien, 4 animation, 1, 138, 141, 173, 181, 185, 192n2; adult, 25, 26, 149, 151–52; flash, 141, 144; Japanese anime, 140, 185 anime. See animation, Japanese anime Anthony, Terence, 145 anti-colonialism. See colonialism anti-Semitism, 48, 53 apartheid, 23, 45, 75, 191n2; Bop-TV and anti-apartheid politics, 57, 60, 63–66, 74, 75, 173; The Cosby Show, 89, 93; the SABC, 45, 61, 68–70. See also Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation; South Africa APTN (Aboriginal People’s Television Network) 157 Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlichrechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD), 47, 48–50, 53 Argentina, 34, 137, 154 Asner, Edward, 42, 44 A-Team, The, 80 Australia, 72, 75; Amos ‘n’ Andy in, 22; The Boondocks in, 137; bro’Town in 148, 152, 153, 156, 157; The Cosby Show in, 80, 82, 83, 97; Everybody Hates Chris in, 126; The Oprah Winfrey Show in, 126; Roots in, 29, 31, 32, 34 Awakening Land, The, 154 AXN, 134 Barbados, 80, 168 Barefoot in the Park, 58 Barthes, Roland, 97 BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), The, 31, 40, 107, 111, 190n4 Becker, Ron, 122 Belgium, 34, 84, 126, 128, 131 Belize, 26, 147, 164–169, 174 Benson, 7, 15, 65, 67, 72, 73, 178 Bermuda, 22 BET (Black Entertainment Television), 103, 137–138, 140, 141, 189n4 Biko, Steve, 65 biopower, 5. See also race Black Donnellys, The, 184 Black Power movement, 22–23, 29, 39–41, 46, 148 blackness, definition, 189n2 Bledsoe, Tempestt, 89 blip.tv, 144 Blue Heelers, 126 Bolivia, 34, 137 Bollywood, 159, 162 Bonet, Lisa, 89 Boomerang, 185 Boondocks, The, 25, 135–142, 149, 185, 193n2 Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation (Bop-TV), 23, 173, 191n4, 191n8; African American cultural resonance, 76; history, 57–58; scheduling practices, 59–68, 71– 76, 99, 179. See also South Africa Index 210 > 211 fa’afafine, 154–155 Fairweather, Denvor, 164, 167–168 Family Guy, 152, 192n2 Family Matters, 94, 155–116 Family Ties, 83 Fascism, 47. See also Hungary, Arrow Cross Party FCC (Federal Communications Commission), 82, 156; Cable Act of 1984, 81; Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, 13, 82; Open Skies plan, 35–36 Fiji, 148, 152, 153 Finland, 34, 128 Firehorse Films, 148, 154–155 Ford, Jeff, 95, 113 Forsythe Saga, The, 190n4 Foucault, Michel, 2, 19 Fox Broadcasting Company, 12, 82, 134, 192n2 France, 34; The Cosby Show in, 84, 86; Everybody Hates Chris in, 131; Grey’s Anatomy in, 122; Roots in 45, 48 Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, audience responses to, 101, 110; black TV portrayals, 102–106, 114–116; economics, 111; foreign sales, 106–107; industry responses to, 101–102, 107–109, 112–118 Full House, 94 Garcia-Cuesta, Paloma, 109, 113, 114 Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 142 Geissler, Michael, 49 Genesis Project, The, 68, 70 Germany; The Boondocks in, 137; The Cosby Show in, 86, Everybody Hates Chris, 128; Fresh Prince in, 109, 114; Grey’s Anatomy in, 122; MTV in, 16; Roots in, 32, 34, 45, 47–50, 52–53 Ghana, 163 Gimme a Break, 65, 73 Gitlin, Todd, 14 Globe and Mail, 61 Goldberg, David Theo, 143 Golden Girls, The, 94 Goldson, Philip Stanley Wilberforce, 164 Gomez, Selena, 128 Good Times, 29, 68, 72, 129, 178, 191n4 Gordon, Bruce, 58–59 Gray, Herman, 11–12, 20–22, 112, 121–122, 184; on Benson, 73; on The Cosby Show, 90; on Roots, 39, 42, 190n2 Gregorian, Lisa, 94, 107 Grey’s Anatomy, 22, 120–124, 125, 126, 128, 130 Grier, David Allen, 143 Guam, 22, 29 Guillaume, Robert, 72 Guyana, 162 Hajjawi, Bassam, 117 Haley, Alex, 29, 41, 46, Hall, Stuart, 10, 143 Hart to Hart, 58 Haysbert, Dennis, 121, 123 HBO...