What do you folks think about TV One?
 

Sorhors and friends,

What do you good folks think about TV One? I find it to be extremely lacking in quality TV shows. They don't even have news or commentary shows to talk about our issues. I believe, in fact, that it's just as boring as BET.

Hey it's just my opinion.

Serioussigma22:rolleyes:

Hello Sistergreeks: I have watched TV One...and ya know, I really have not noticed a news show except TV OneAccess. I thought that was because I hadn't watched one whole day of TV One. But, that is a bit odd. This is not good if they are coming across as having better quality programming.

But, it is a good channel to hip the younger folk about Good Times..LOL

And I get to see 227 again!

I've got directv so I don't get TV One, but I don't even think that our cable provider shows TV one anyway! :(

Like BTB I have directv, so I don't get it, but I have seen it a few times. The Patti LaBelle show is cute, but it seems like it would get old. I've also seen the Sky Show, which was nice to watch. It was funny seeing New Edition huff and puff through a song trying to recreate those dance moves. LOL

I think the network has potential, we just need to give it time.

I have DISH, so I don't have it. I have seen it a few times, and I think the offerings are decent considering they are in the beginning stages. It's not like BET which is 20+ years in the game and still showing paid programming on Sundays. I agree with Eclipse; just give it a little time. I just hope they don't take five years to step up their game, especially in the news department.

I have cable but was not aware of this network. I'll see if its avalible through Comcast.

Ninjapoodle and good folks in the Mid-West and Beyond,

They apparently are only providing this channel to those with Comcast cable and living on the east coast.

You really aren't missing much at all.

Serioussigma22:cool:

Here's what channels you can find TV ONE
 

CALIFORNIA
Oakland 29


DELAWARE
Dover 78
Rehoboth 71



GEORGIA
Atlanta 71


MARYLAND
Annapolis 20
Anne Arundel 51
Baltimore Cty 31
Baltimore County68
Calvert County 77
Cambridge 71
Charles County 51
Elkton 95
Harford County 63
Howard County 21
Montgomery 37
Ocean City 70
Prince George's 59
Salisbury 71


MICHIGAN
Detroit 34
Flint 57


OHIO
Ceveland 74


VIRGINIA
Alexandria 53
Arlington 53
Reston 2
Richmond 41
Salisbury 71
Chesterfield 74


WASHINGTON, DC
Washington, DC 60

To answer the question, I REALLY like TV One. I am giving it time to grow, but one thing they do that I like is show a lot of those one-season-wonder shows that we may have watched, like City of Angels and Under One Roof.

If they bring back Equal Justice, I will be in love.

Senusret I,

I don't remember the show "Equal Justice" please refresh my memory!

Serioussigma22:cool:

"Equal Justice" (1990)

Follows the loves and lives of a group of Pittsburgh D.A. staff focusing on Arnold Bach, the honest, but politically correct, by-the-book district attorney; Gene Rogan, the deputy D.A. and Chief of the Felony Bureau who competed with Bach for his job; Gene's supportive wife Jesse; Linda Bauer the head of the Sex Crimes Unit; Linda's younger brother, Peter, a local public defender; Michael James, the department's top prosecutor, as well as the eager young new attorneys, JoAnn, Briggs, Julie, and Christopher, determined to become a name for themselves in prosecuting any type of criminals.

FYI: I remembered more black people in this show, but I guess it was just Joe Morton and Vanessa Bell Calloway.

TV One is ok. I love 227, that's good. They have this ghetto fabulous dating game, Get the Hook Up, hosted by Russ Parr and this other lady (I CANNOT remember who she is lol). The one time I saw it, they had some OOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDD people on there. Its cool because they are average, around the block people, you'd see at the grocery store.

And those Sky Shows are a hot mess. The act a COMPLETE fool LOL. Tom and Jay try to keep up with the performers, looking their age. Tom SWORE he was a Whisper, and tried to keep up, but was sweating like a hog.

That's Alfredas!

And why is the "Get the Hook Up" song kinda tight? lolol

I'm on the east coast and I have Comcast, and I don't get TV1. Isn't this the channel that the Sky Show for Tom Joyner comes on?

Yup.

Yes, the Sky Show is broadcasted as well as "Living It Up With Pattie LaBelle."

Serioussigma22

I LOVE TV One
 

Here in Columbus, Insight picked up TVOne back in June (but then again, we have 3 black radio stations owned by RadioOne--TVOne's sister company, and I know that RadioOne pushed HARD for this station to be added to the lineup.

Granted the programming lineup is kinda dry right now, but then again, it's only 7(?) months old. Give it time to grow, it's headed in the right direction. And oh yes, I LOVE watching Good Times.

Rainman,

Your registration bio is very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Serioussigma22:D

ttt - Certain nuance about TVOne that I like
 

I belong to a Yahoo Group called the Closing Logo Group, a group dedicated to the preservation of old closing TV logos (Columbia, Paramount, Viacom, Universal, etc.), and the topic was brought up about TVOne and the 227/Embassy Television logo. Anyway, I posted something, that while it was slightly off topic pertaining to the group, I thought it would be relevant to this thread:

Long live TVOne!

Folks,

I must eat my own original words (See earlier post), because TVOne offers some pretty good up-to-date shows. They're a much better network for African Americans.

I hope that they keep up the good work!

Serioussigma22

TVOne? i wish we had it:( i really enjoyed G. Garvin's show when i saw it over Thanksgiving in Detroit. hopefully we'll get it one day...:rolleyes:

G Garvin's show is really good and I enjoy the new interior design show.

Serioussigma22

I also like the "American Legacy" show hosted by Tim Reid!

Meant to come back right after the holidays and post here, but when I got back from North Carolina from Christmas break, I turned on the TV and guess what's in the lineup but TV One! I was very pleasantly surprised, and spent more days during that break watching it to see what it was about.

I haven't watched it a whole lot, but I'm just glad to know it's there. I did catch G. Garvin this morning with his "rice" episode. Now the brotha made some rice pudding, which I have NEVAH, EVAH liked, but when he started making it, he said that you've never seen rice pudding like his. I gotta admit, I was 'bout ready to open up a box and get to cookin' some rice. He made that stuff look sooooooo good! He had broken oreos as well as walnuts in it, and also used chocolate and caramel (I think it was) syrup in it.

Anyway, I think I'm gonna really like TV One!

Ladies,

G. Garvin is pleasing on the eyes!


Serioussigma22

Question. Who is G. Garvin? Is he the one who cooks?

I love G. Garvin's show! He is a trip! I also like Livin' It Up w/Patti LaBelle.

Sorhor Bluereign,

He's the one that cooks! He has a restaurant in California and a wonderful style that will make you want to eat anything that his hands have touched. Finally, we can watch a strong black role model for a lot of folks and he's blazing an amazing trail for the young and the seasoned.


Serioussigma22

Oh, OK! I have tried some of his cooking suggestions and didn't even know his name!:o

I LOVE TVOne! I watch it more often than BET on any given day! I think for the length of time the network has aired, it's doing pretty well...I do agree that it needs time to develop an even better & more consistent line up. I've missed Get the Hook Up lately...does it still come on? :confused:

Sorhor Prissy Poodle,

I don't know about "Get the Hook Up!" but I do enjoy Cathy Hughes' interviews with prominent stars. I really enjoyed her latest interview with the Queen.

BET is just trash like it's other video networks, MTV, and VH1. They don't really uplift anyone and they're clowning and insulting to African Americans!

Serioussigma22
:cool:

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