Maaan....
 

I missed the Queen Latifah Interview. I was sooo looking forward to it. I like TV One. I don't watch that other channel any more. :)

I'm gonna keep looking for the Queen Latifah interview. Just the previews alone made the interview look very interesting.

What is gonna keep me hooked on TVOne is "Bid Whist Party Throwdown". I hope they do more than one episode. If you didn't see all two hours, you missed a good thing. First, I'm proud that they did an original program. (Yes, they are piggybacking off the Poker craze, but why can't there be a Bid Whist craze getting started?) Reruns are cool, but I love them for showing A-A programming...not just videos. Secondly, this program could connect young and old viewers. There are plenty of "seasoned" people who might have just enjoyed watching the show and listening to some good trash talking. But it was excellent for young folks who think that Spades is the end all, be all. Like Rashan Ali said, Bid Whist (but ya mama call it Bid Wiz) is like Spades on a college level. It was great for them to explain it. If viewers paid attention and gave it a try, then folks could even start trying to bid.

Sorry that this post is so long, but this is kinda near to my heart. I just wish that more people my age would open up to Bid Wiz. It's way too much fun. :D

Soror, when I saw that show, I had to call my mom! She's a big whist player, and even has trophies from tournaments she's won. I like bid whist, and maybe the show will get more young people interested in the game.

It was cute how they were commentating the game, like they do for the World Series of Poker.

I saw the Queen interview it was so inspiring. I already loved her for using all of her talents and not being bogged down to one area. Coming from rapper to entrepeneur (?).

I missed the Bid Whist episode but I'm going to set my TiVO to cathc it the next time it comes on. I can really only play when I go home for Thanksgiving. No one else I know plays. They are like what's that? I have to play refresher hands before I get good and going at Thanksgiving and that sucks. I too, wish more young people played Bid Whist so I could come with my A-game at Turkey time.

I googled "bid whist" and I found a shareware game that someone came up with. I've been playing it to get my bid whist fix.

That's cool! Can you givve me the site? I'd love to go there and practice.

I saw the show today and it brought back so many memories of my childhood! My parents were ADVID Bid whist players and I remember many nights watching the plan until the wee hours of the morning. My family was not big trash talkers, but we had our share of them. I wish I had someone to play with now. You are right, most folks, if they play cards, play spades, not bid and a lot of our friends do "game night" (with scatterories, gestures, pictionary, etc.) instead of card parties.

I'm soooo late on this. But I have been hearing commercials about this non-stop on the radio. I haven't had a chance to check it out though. Sounds interesting. I wonder why the emphasis on "African American adults"?

One way to look at it is that kids have so many other ways to occupy their time if their parents are playing bid whist, so they don't see it. Why watch my boring parents play some hard game when I can play my GameBoy/PS2/etc? In middle and high school, kids learn spades because it's so much easier to catch on to, but Bid Whist just never caught on to us.

I wish they would target it to "African Americans that want to have a good time".

You're right. I haven't gone to a card party in about a year, but folks love to play Taboo (okay, me too) and the like. I want to insist on Bid Whist for the next game. I think I'm gonna force that at my bro's 24th birthday party, and the younguns are gonna have to learn. :D

I recenlty moved, and started getting TV One..... So far the programing is cool. My biggest problem is that they don't provide listing to comcast, so I can't set reminders for upcoming shows that I want to see, or read descriptions of what's on. I realize that for many years I just decided what to watch based on wether it seemed interesting. But now that I have digital cable, I read the description of everythign but the news!

How did I miss this thread?
 

I can't TV One in my area but I did see it one time when I went to a family member's house. It look OK.....I would like to have it in Glen Burnie, MD. BET is getting a bit too video oriented....How many times must I watch that Laffy Taffy song. Give a brother a break.

Hello all,

I like TV One, but i'm personally glad it counts as basic cable (where i live). I wouldn't pay for it to be a premium channel. It's cute enough, but no real substance. The only original programming they have that I like is "Singletary Says." The host also writes a financial advice column for the washington post and i think has appeared in essence or somewhere a couple of times.

TV One/WB deal (BV)
 

TV One recently announced a comprehensive, multi-year programming agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution to air popular movies and series -- including staples such as 'Martin' and 'Living Single.' One unique facet of the deal include the rights to air popular sitcoms 'All Of Us,' and 'Eve,' which are currently airing on network television (UPN), and the nationally syndicated variety show 'Showtime at the Apollo.' Other shows slated to air on the two-year old network include 'Wanda At Large,' 'The Parent Hood,' 'All About the Andersons,' 'Fastlane' and 'A Man Called Hawk.' Movies will include classics such as 'The Color Purple,' 'Malcolm X,' 'New Jack City,' 'Purple Rain,' 'Sparkle,' 'Superfly,' 'Shaft,' 'Lean on Me,' 'Krush Groove' and 'Cabin in the Sky.' "We're confident that the addition of feature films, the premieres of off-network comedies, the licensing of proven hits and the renewal of successful staples of their already strong line-up will provide a nice boost to their schedule," said Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution President Eric Frankel. The new line-up of shows will start its initial roll-out this fall.
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I enjoy TVOne and I get it through DirecTV. I like the reruns of NY Undercover, Boston Public, 227, etc. I also like Get The Hookup (whenever I remember it's on) I think with this news BET's going to be in trouble....:o