Faux considering a Boondocks animated show. I am happy yet confused.

[Melodybe]

The Boondocks is by far my favorite comic out there. It think that McGruder is a genius. I just can not understand why Fox would produce such an anti-administration cartoon. It just doesn't jive with me. I understand that a Boondocks cartoon could be very popular and could make Fox a lot of money, but still I would worry that the executives of Fox would try to censor too much of what McGruder wants to do. I personally think that he should be talking to the folks over at Comedy Central, As much as I hate corporate television conglomerates, Viacom is by far the best. Viacom gives us the Daily Show, Letterman, Chapelle show, South Park, Mtv etc, so of the big tv companies they are my favorite. But I just don't think that Fox is the place for a Boondocks cartoon. I still hope it happens though.

[terrya]

1. WHAT????

Aaron McGruder would approve a BET version of his comic strip before he'd ever consent to having Faux producing one. And we know what McGruder thinks of Black Entertainment Television. :-)

[nostamj]

2. Fox does The Simpsons!

don't confuse Fox NEWS with the Fox Network...

[NashVegas]

3. control the message? or plain old capitalism

If it's what people are buying, why wouldn't Faux want to make money at it?

One must be cynical to thrive in the capitalist world.

[Bombtrack]

4. Viacom also gives us Howard Stern. This seems like a device

fox can use, to say, look! We're not right-wing, we have a left-wing show on! But it would be burried in an obscure timeslot on the weekend and not taken as a serious show.

[LowerManhattanite]

6. Without going into too much detail...

...I work in the television industry as a writer (and also have as an actor) and I can tell you that Faux's potentially doing a Boondocks show is based on cynicism. The entertainment network is a slightly disconnected entity from the Faux News Network and will throw a lot of things up on the tube hoping for decent ratings. That said, Fox has been brutal on "Black" shows ever since "In Living Color"--which was a runaway hit that took Fox by surprise. Every "Black" show they've mounted ever since, from "Townsend Television" to Cedric the Entertainer's show to Wanda Sykes' show has been victimized by wan and distaff publicity (in comparison to the promotion of dreck like "Temptation Island" and "The Swan"), as well as musical chairs games insofar as time slot. Additionally, Fox's cynicism plays to how they target their audience. As the "free" TV audience dwindles, the largest audience in the U.S. still without cable is the African-American audience, so Fox is able to exploit their influence by continuosly floating these shows out there. Their ONE success since "In Living Color", namely the "Bernie Mac Show" was another runaway that caught them by surprise. It's humanity and pathos as well as it's ribaldry garnered high praise from the hood AND the critics. So what does Fox do? Ditch the co-creator and show-runner Larry Wilmore (the ONLY Black male show-runner in the biz). This effectively knee-capped the show and it is no longer the quality show it had the potential to be.

Story in a nutshell? If McGruder wants to get a show on the air for a few episodes, Fox is the place to do it. if he wants to retain creative control, see it properly promoted and have it in a consistent time slot, other entities are a muuuuuch better bet.

[Bombtrack]

7. Hmm, I thought that the poster was implying the Fox news channel was

going to carry it. My bad.

[Cleita]

10. Let's hope some Comedy Central executives see this post

and make McGruder a better offer.

[Soopercali]

5. Maybe they see the writing on the wall...

And don't want to lose the dollars that will follow the nation's swing back to the left!

[newyawker99]

12. Hi Soopercali!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Eric J in MN]

8. If Fox shows McGruder's caroon right after "The Simpsons," that

If Fox shows McGruder's caroon right after "The Simpsons," that would be a good lead-in.

[w4rma]

9. ...

[wndycty]

11. Same parent company. . .

. . .but FAUX NEWS is separate from the FOX NETWORK. One is driven by ideology the other is driven by profits.