Black Stories

This Is Us

TV14 • Drama, Romance • TV Series (2016)

From the writer and director of Crazy, Stupid, Love comes a smart, modern new dramedy that will challenge your everyday presumptions about the people you think you know.

Atlanta

TVMA • Comedy, Drama • TV Series (2016)

Young rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles and his manager cousin, Earn Marks, try to build their music careers in Atlanta with the support of their best friends, Darius and Van.

P-Valley

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2020)

Down deep in the Mississippi Delta lies an oasis of grit and glitter in a rough patch of human existence where beauty can be hard to find.

Euphoria

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2019)

Zendaya stars in this series that follows a group of high-school students as they navigate an unstable world.

Snowfall

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2017)

Snowfall is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it.

Ziwe

TVMA • Comedy, Black Stories • TV Series (2021)

ZIWE is the riotously funny, new variety series from writer, comedian, performer and internet sensation, Ziwe. A no-holds-barred mix of musical numbers, interviews, guest stars and sketches that challenge America?s discomfort with race, politics & other cultural issues. America, you?d be an iconic guest.

Power Book II: Ghost

Drama, Crime • TV Series (2020)

Power Book II: Ghost picks up shortly after the earth-shattering events of Power as Tariq St. Patrick grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother, Tasha, facing charges for the murder her son committed.

Idlewild

R • Black Stories, Music • Movie (2006)

Andre Benjamin and Antwan A. Patton--a.k.a. Outkast--star in this musical fable set around a freewheeling Georgia nightclub in 1935.

Queen Sugar

TV14 • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2016)

Produced by Oprah Winfrey, award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma), and Melissa Carter, Queen Sugar chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Saint Josephine, Louisiana. Reunited by a family tragedy, the Bordelons must navigate their complicated lives in order to run an ailing sugarcane farm.

Abbott Elementary

TVPG • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2021)

A group of dedicated, passionate teachers -- and a slightly tone-deaf principal -- find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do -- even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

BMF

TVMA • Legal, Drama • TV Series (2021)

The story of how Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory formed a criminal empire in Detroit known as the Black Mafia Family.

The Chi

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2017)

On Chicago's south side, an average day finds kids prepping for school as their parents head off to work, young adults trying to make a living, and the elders keeping an eye on things from their front porches. But in this tough neighborhood, real dangers threaten daily to squelch dreams, and the simplest decisions can have life or death consequences. The Chi is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

TVMA • Legal, Drama • TV Series (2021)

Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, "Raising Kanan" is a prequel to the original "Power" franchise. This family drama revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.

The Cleveland Show

TV14 • Animation, Sitcom • TV Series (2009)

Everyone's favorite soft-spoken neighbor Cleveland Brown moves to his hometown in Virginia with his 14-year old son, Cleveland JR. Many years ago, Cleveland was a high school student madly in love with a beautiful girl named Donna. Much to his dismay, his love went unrequited, and Donna wound up marrying another man. Cleveland once told Donna he would always love her, and if this man ever done her wrong, he'd be there when she called. Well, this man done her wrong.

The Wire

TVMA • Legal, Drama • TV Series (2002)

HBO presents this gripping and totally unvarnished drama series that chronicles the vagaries of crime and law enforcement in Baltimore.

Black-ish

TVPG • Comedy, Black Stories • TV Series (2014)

“black-ish” takes a fun yet bold look at one man’s determination to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family with comedic stories that shine a light on current events through the lens of the Johnson family.

Everybody Hates Chris

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • TV Series (2005)

Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980's.

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TVMA • Comedy, Sketch Comedy • TV Series (2019)

A sketch-comedy series from comedian/actor Robin Thede, featuring a cast of black women and celebrity guests.

Desus & Mero

TVMA • Talk & Interview, Comedy • TV Series (2019)

In this weekly half-hour late-night comedy series, popular TV and podcast personalities Desus Nice and The Kid Mero speak off the cuff and chat with guests at the intersection of pop culture, sports, music, politics and more. The quick-witted duo brings a distinct voice to the late-night talk show genre, delivering smart and comedic commentary on any and all topics, that keeps audiences buzzing.

My Wife and Kids

TVPG • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2001)

Michael Kyle is a modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique parenting style. He teaches his children life lessons with his own brand of humorous wisdom. Janet, Michael's wife, maintains a fine balance between taking care of their home, building her career and trading punchlines with her husband. Their three children are high-school student Michael Jr. who is a regular recipient of his father's witty, disciplinary ways; their moody, adolescent daughter, Claire whose favorite hobby is asking Dad for money, and six-year-old Kady, who rarely lets Daddy have the last word.

Godfather of Harlem

Drama, Crime • TV Series (2019)

Inspired by actual persons and events, Godfather of Harlem reimagines the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Academy Award®- winner Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X (Nigél Thatch) – catching Malcolm’s political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart. Godfather of Harlem is a collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement during one of the most tumultuous times in American history. While this story is inspired by actual events, certain characters, characterizations, incidents, locations and dialogue were fictionalized or invented for purposes of dramatization. With respect to such fictionalization or invention, any similarity to the name or to the actual character or history of any person, living or dead, or any product or entity or actual incident is entirely for dramatic purpose and not intended to reflect on an actual character, history, product or entity.

Power

TVMA • Drama, Crime • TV Series (2014)

Executive Producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson presents the hit drama Power, centered on a drug kingpin struggling to go from illegal to legitimate in the NYC nightlife.

Scandal

TV14 • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2012)

A former media relations consultant to the President, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) dedicates her life to protecting and defending the public images of our nation's elite. After leaving the White House, the power consultant opened her own firm, hoping to start a new chapter -- both professionally and personally -- but she can't seem to completely cut ties with her past. Slowly it becomes apparent that her staff, who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, can't quite fix the ones closest at hand -- their own.

Think Like a Man Too

TV14 • Comedy, Romance • Movie (2014)

When a group of couples head to Las Vegas for a wedding, everyone involved gets swept up in the glam and glitter of Sin City.

Empire

TV14 • Drama, Music • TV Series (2015)

From Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “Precious”) and Emmy Award winner Danny Strong (“Game Change,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”), comes EMPIRE, a sexy and powerful new drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and wife all battle for his throne. Set to an original soundtrack written and produced by hip-hop hitmaker Timbaland, the family drama stars Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard (“Crash,” “Hustle & Flow”) and Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson (“Person of Interest,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”).

Insecure

TVMA • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2016)

Created by and starring Issa Rae, this comedy series looks at the friendship of two modern-day black women and all of their tribulations.

Doc McStuffins

TVY • Fantasy, Animation • TV Series (2012)

A magical animated series about a six-year-old girl, Doc McStuffins, who has the ability to talk to and heal toys and stuffed animals! With the help of her stuffed animal friends, Doc runs a clinic for toys out of her playhouse. The series emphasizes the importance of lending a helping hand, or paw, when people and toys need it most.

Vacation Friends

R • Comedy, Black Stories • Movie (2021)

A couple meets up with another couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward turn when they get back home.

Key & Peele

TV14 • Comedy, Sketch Comedy • TV Series (2012)

Tired of watching just one comedian at a time? Get a pair. Catch sketch comedy masters and best friends Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele for a half hour of irreverent wit, pop-culture impressions and escalating absurdity.

Living Single

TV14 • Sitcom, Comedy • TV Series (1993)

Khadijah James (Queen Latifah) has it all—a great job running her own trendy magazine and part ownership of a fancy brownstone. Sharing the ownership of their home is her endearingly naïve cousin Synclaire (Kim Coles) who's also Khadijah's assistant at the magazine. Their third roommate is a sarcastic, selfish fortune hunter Regine (Kim Fields). And even though she doesn't live in the brownstone, Khadijah's best friend, Maxine (Erika Alexander)—a tough, aggressive divorce attorney always searching for Mr. Right—spends more time here than she does in her own home. With love, laughter and a little bit of luck, four women in New York City on the threshold of the rest of their lives hilariously celebrate Living Single.

Lethal Weapon

TV14 • Action, Comedy • TV Series (2016)

Rebooting the hit movie franchise, "Lethal Weapon" is set in modern-day Los Angeles, where Detective Roger Murtaugh works a crime-ridden beat. Murtaugh, a married father of three, finds himself working with Detective Wesley Cole, a former international CIA operative who has been everywhere and seen everything.

The Bernie Mac Show

TVPG • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2001)

In an unsentimental sitcom based on his life, comedian Bernie Mac plays a stand-Up comic who, with his workaholic wife Wanda, takes in his sister's three kids while she's in rehab.

For Life

TV14 • Legal, Drama • TV Series (2020)

Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., "For Life" is a fictional serialized legal and family drama about an imprisoned man, Aaron Wallace, who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. Aaron's complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden helps shine a light on the flaws and challenges in the U.S. penal and legal systems.

The Brothers

R • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2001)

Four African American men take on honesty and commitment.

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV14 • Fashion & Beauty, Black Stories • TV Series (2011)

Drag queens compete to be the last contestant standing.

Claws

TVMA • Comedy, Drama • TV Series (2017)

A look at the life and crimes of five women who work at a Florida nail salon.

Little Fires Everywhere

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2020)

EMMY® NOMINATED Starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller, the story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

Hoodlum

R • Drama, Crime • Movie (1997)

Two gangs in 1930s Harlem - one headed by black godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white hothead Dutch Schultz - fight for control of the numbers racket. With Vanessa Williams, and an early role for Queen Latifah.

My Baby's Daddy

PG-13 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2004)

Three bachelor buddies have a rocky road to maturity when their girlfriends all become pregnant at the same time in this riotous comedy.

Grown-ish

TV14 • Comedy, Teen • TV Series (2018)

Follow Zoey Johnson as she heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood.

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2019)

EMMY® NOMINATED Wu-Tang: An American Saga is inspired by “The Wu-Tang Manual” and “Tao of Wu”, and based on the true story of the Wu-Tang Clan. Set in early ’90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, the show tracks the Clan’s formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs aka The RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.

American Gods

TVMA • Fantasy, Drama • TV Series (2017)

Shadow Moon is released from prison early following the death of his wife; mysterious con artist Mr. Wednesday recruits Shadow to be his bodyguard.

Star

TV14 • Black Stories, Drama • TV Series (2016)

Three talented singers navigate the music industry on their road to success.

Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots

TV14 • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2013)

In Savannah, Ga., the Cryer family is the enviable face of success and wealth. At least that's how it appears from the outside. But within the walls of the family's opulent mansion, dysfunction and double lives threaten to destroy the Cryers' world of privilege. The family's patriarch, Jim, is a powerful judge with political ambitions that are put at risk by his double life that includes affairs with high-priced escorts. Jim's wife, Katheryn, is willing to do whatever it takes to protect her family's status while playing the role of a loving and dutiful wife. Son Wyatt is a troubled jock who continuously goes in and out of rehab, and daughter Amanda is a struggling law student who has unknowingly befriended a woman, Candace Young, who has the power to ruin the entire family and also happens to be the estranged daughter of the Cryers' maid, Hanna. When manipulative Candace realizes that she is Jim's escort, she sees that as an opportunity of a lifetime.

Woke

TVMA • Comedy, Black Stories • TV Series (2020)

Inspired by the life and work of artist Keith Knight, comedy series WOKE takes an absurdly irreverent look at identity and culture as it follows Keef, an African-American cartoonist finally on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes everything. With a fresh outlook on the world around him, Keef must now navigate the new voices and ideas that confront and challenge him, all without setting aflame everything he’s already built.

K.C. Undercover

TVY7 • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2015)

High school student K.C. Cooper goes undercover as the government's newest secret agent! With her spy family by her side, her wits, and arsenal of gadgets, she's ready for any covert operation, or homework assignment. Join K.C. as she learns that growing up in a family of spies means sharing every mission.

The L Word: Generation Q

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2019)

The groundbreaking drama series, The L Word , revolutionized a generation and this fall the highly anticipated sequel The L Word : Generation Q debuts. Returning cast members Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey will resume their original roles alongside a new group of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in LA.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

R • Comedy, Romance • Movie (1998)

It's passion in paradise when a high-powered stockbroker and single mom meets a handsome--and much younger--man while on vacation.

The PJs

TV14 • Adult Animation, Comedy • TV Series (1999)

The PJs (short for "the projects") " takes a satirical look at the pitfalls and hidden pleasures of life in a big city housing project. In a way that is laugh-out-loud funny yet respectful, the series deals with social problems such as government inefficiency, gang war, racial inequality, drug abuse and poverty.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

TVMA • Fashion & Beauty, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2012)

RuPaul welcomes back the best of the best, the top queens from former seasons of "Drag Race" to determine which of these all-stars will claim the ultimate title and be declared Queen amongst queens.

The L Word

TVMA • Drama, Romance • TV Series (2004)

The L Word is about lesbian life in Los Angeles. The show follows a group of friends – both gay and straight – through stories of career, family, inner struggle, friendship and romantic relationships.

Saints & Sinners

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2016)

A large Southern church is the background for greed, corruption and murder.

Rosewood

TV14 • Black Stories, Drama • TV Series (2015)

Set against the vibrant backdrop of one of the world’s hottest cities – Miami – ROSEWOOD is the story of Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr., (Morris Chestnut, “Nurse Jackie,” “The Best Man”), the city’s top private pathologist. Brilliant, cool with tons of charisma, Rosewood teams up with the tough-as-nails Det. Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz, “The After”), to uncover clues no one else sees and help the Miami PD solve the city’s most challenging cases. While she’s impressed by Rosewood’s incredible abilities, his constant optimism is more annoying than it is infectious. But somehow, week-to-week, this unlikely tag team will solve many crimes together.

Coming to America

TV14 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (1988)

Eddie Murphy plays a very wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride and quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Being Mary Jane

TV14 • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2013)

BEING MARY JANE is BET's first one-hour drama brought to us by the creator of "Girlfriends" and "The Game." The series focuses on the life of SNC news anchor, Mary Jane Paul. She seems to have it all, yet something is missing.

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

TV14 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2009)

When Madea, a pistol-packing grandma, catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Survivor's Remorse

TVMA • Drama, Black Stories • TV Series (2014)

Cam Calloway is about to find out the price he'll pay for stardom, love and loyalty. A basketball star in his early 20s, Calloway's life changes after he signs a multimillion-dollar contract with a team in Atlanta. He arrives in Georgia bright-eyed and eager to begin his career, joined by cousin and confidant Reggie Vaughn, who tries to keep Cam focused and free from distractions caused by Cam's blunt-but-loyal sister M-Chuck and opportunistic mom Cassie. Feeling a responsibility to support needy family and friends, Cam wrestles with the rewards and pitfalls of sudden wealth and fame. "Survivor's Remorse" is a half-hour comedy series executive produced by Mike O'Malley ("Yes, Dear") and Tom Werner, among others.

The Bold Type

TV14 • Drama, Fashion & Beauty • TV Series (2017)

The Bold Type reveals a glimpse into the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for the global women's magazine, "Scarlet." The rising generation of Scarlet women leans on one another as they find their own voices in a sea of intimidating leaders. Together they explore sexuality, identity, love and fashion.

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat

R • Comedy, Stand Up • Movie (2002)

It's Martin Lawrence as you've never seen him before--even tackling his own rambunctious personal life--in this stand-up concert.

Mixed-ish

TVPG • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (2019)

In this spinoff of the hit series black-ish, Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the '80s, and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves. Bow's parents Paul and Alicia decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they’re perceived as neither black nor white.

Sister, Sister

TVG • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (1994)

Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell are twins separated at birth who learn of each other's existence and come together as teenagers.

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta

TV14 • Black Stories, Music • TV Series (2013)

Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta has returned for a second season! Back in the Dirty South, Atlanta is the new frontier in entertainment where the opportunity to make it big in the rap game is always one hustle away.

The Secret Life of Bees

PG-13 • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2008)

A 14-year-old girl and her best friend are taken in by a kind-hearted beekeeper and her sisters in this adaptation of the best-seller.

Basketball Wives LA

TV14 • Black Stories, Reality • TV Series (2011)

There's plenty of drama on the BBWLA court this second outing, starting with old business, as Malaysia tries to help repair the rift between Jackie and the group. On tap are new rivalries, beefs galore, and Jackie and Doug Christie's wedding anniversary.

12 Years a Slave

R • Drama, Biography • Movie (2013)

Based on the true story of a man sold into slavery.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

R • Drama, Music • Movie (2021)

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940’s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, “Strange Fruit.”

Good Deeds

TV14 • Drama, Romance • Movie (2012)

An upstanding businessman finds his upcoming marriage thrown into question when his connection with a down-on-her-luck cleaning woman turns unexpectedly romantic.

The Game

TV14 • Sports, Comedy • TV Series (2006)

Being the wife or girlfriend of a pro-football player might sound like a glamorous and stress-free existence, but Melanie Barnett (Tia Mowry) is about to discover the truth. Melanie’s boyfriend, Derwin (Pooch Hall), is the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie learns about the power plays that NFL wives use to get their men the best agents, managers, endorsements, merchandising deals and even the “in” charity. As she deals with egos, groupies and image consultants, Melanie is finding out how “the game” is played among the women behind the athletes.

The Hate U Give

PG-13 • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2018)

A teen witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend by a trigger-happy cop and must decide whether to testify or not.

Moesha

TVPG • Comedy, Sitcom • TV Series (1996)

Navigating the twists and firsts of being a teen, Moesha juggles friendships, romance and the occasional drama while trying to keep her family together.

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