Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bsi 1,999.05 -3.41 -.17%

First D.L. and now D.A.G.  After the cancelation of "Chocolate News" it's safe to say it's the worst of times for black fake news show hosts.

Analysts here believe the problem lied not in the concepts, but rather the execution.  Maybe Hughley and Grier weren't quite ready to take up where Chappelle left off.  We just hope that this doesn't signal the moving of black themed shows back to television ghettos.

Maybe it would have succeeded at 4:40 in the morning.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Bsi 1,553.4 17.62 1.13%

The Index offers nothing scary this Halloween.

WINNERS

Barack Obama (BHO) 85.8 +7.54 +8.79%

No, we're not calling the election.  But this week the Illinois senator's star power really came into focus as over 33 million people tuned into his "closing statement" and his appearance on The Daily Show lifted that program and it's lead out -- the Colbert Report -- to their highest ratings ever.

It's good to know he has something to fall back on should this who Leader of the Free World thing not work out.  

Ocean's Fourteen?

LOSERS

Mike Singletary (MS50) 6.78 -1.86 -21.53%

Analysts here have ALWAYS loved Mike Singletary for his intellectual and physical dominance over the middle linebacking position in the 1980s.  However, in his first week on the job as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers Singletary, to make a point to his team at half-time, dropped his pants to his ankles and made a speech.  Yep.  First week on the job.

I'm laughing cause I'm STILL not wearing pants.

Yeah... not very professional.  C'mon Mike, we don't need this now.

Let's keep it together, people.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Bsi 1,393.3 +53.8 +3.86%

Fivethirtyeight.com has Barack Obama's odds at winning the Presidency at 94.7%.  Still, no one here is celebrating... not yet, at least.

Yeah... let's just hold off on calling this one yet.

WINNERS

David Alan Grier (DAG) 6.24 +1.09 +17.47%

Analysts here have always thought DAG was a talent.  And while neither "Chappelle" or "The Daily Show" -- the two programs Chocolate News will no doubt be compared to -- the news magazine format offers plenty of promise.

D.L. Hughley (DLH) 7.48 +.93 +17.47%

There's debate as to whether or not Hughley has ever found the right vehicle to showcase his talent.  Now he'll get a chance on CNN as he's been tapped to host a "Daily Show" like comedy program.

So, what?... Was there a run on black hosts for comedy news shows that we didn't know about?

LOSERS

Cable News Network  (CNN) 4.51 -.87 -16.17%

Why are they producing a comedy news program?  They should just do what they do and leave the comedy to Fox.