Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an emphasis on African American culture. The show aired on Wednesday nights at 10:30 PM on Comedy Central as a lead-in to their other news satire programs, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. The show also aired in Canada on The Comedy Network. On March 10, 2009 a Comedy Central representative confirmed that Chocolate News would not be renewed for a second season.
Episode 1
Oct 15, 2008
David Alan Grier talks about the death of hip-hop and how it lost its mind; Maya Angelou talks about the poems she would read if either Barack Obama or John McCain would be elected; Chocolate News mourns the death of one of their, Roger Dunn, one of their investigative reporters and only white correspondent; the N-Word Peace Treaty breaks out into violence; and Chocolate News looks back at Luscious Trenton Johnson, the first black man to run for President.
Episode 2
Oct 22, 2008
David Alan Grier gives a message to white America about electing a black president; thugs in the hood deal with the national gas shortage; boosting black participation in professional sports; racist voting machine.
Episode 3
Oct 29, 2008
David tells famous black people what to do, until November 5th, to help get Barack Obama elected; a look into the Denegrofication Institue, where white family members can send their black acting family members; Donald Mayfield is profiled, the first African-American to appear in interracial adult films; Chocolate News investigates the phenomenon of "Fat Black Momma Syndrome"; and David hosts a roundtable discussion on who is more qualified to be President.
Episode 4
Nov 5, 2008
David talks about Barack Obama being elected President and what he can do so he doesn't mess up for future black candidates; the story of Peanut Wiggins, a volunteer poll worker in Florida; the Ku Klux Klan talks about why they voted for Barack Obama; jazz musician Poots Walker, who can play the trumpet with his backside, is profiled; and minorities debate which is now the most oppressed.
Episode 5
Nov 12, 2008
Thelonius Brown talks about how he's helping crack addicts become healthier; the shocking trend of African-American children disappearing, form the celebrities who adopted them, is investigated; Harland Mathers is profiled, a death row inmate who's last meal was an all you can eat buffet, that has lasted for over two years; and a look into how hockey has quadrupled it's African-American viewer ship.
Episode 6
Nov 19, 2008
Johnny Tapp, the principal of a high school, explains why he suspended the abstinence only program for a program that encourages the students to have sex; David Alan Grier learns the shocking truth about his family tree; Terry Slater is interviewed, a man who does reenactments of a slavery uprising; Laron and Dan Wainscott-Merkeson are profiled, conjoined twins, one Caucasian and the other African American.
Episode 7
Nov 26, 2008
Controversial rapper Fat Man is profiled, as he starts production on his Nickelodeon series; Darnell Royce, the creator of Ghetto Beat Down is interviewed, to talk about how he his being pushed out of the street fight video business; Thelonius Brown talks about his newest venture, exporting water from Africa; and a round-table discussion is held about why there isn't more retarded roles for African American actors.
Episode 8
Dec 3, 2008
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Episode 9
Dec 10, 2008
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Episode 10
Dec 17, 2008
LeRon Watkins is interviewed about how he'll turn around the prestigious African-American magazine Jet; James Green, a member of the Barack Obama transition team, tells how American people can get a job in the Obama Administration; a round table discussion is held about what the biggest story of 2008 is.
