Netflix’s Good Times reboot has drawn ire from audiences and national organizations such as the NAACP for its perceived stereotypical depictions of African Americans since its trailer was first released on March 27. That same day, a Change.org petition, which has gathered some 5,000 signatures, was launched calling on viewers to boycott the new show which “promotes violence, culture destruction of the Black community and alcohol abuse,” the creator of the petition wrote.
Showrunner Ranada Shepard understands the knee-jerk reaction.
“You haven’t seen J.B. [Smoove] and Yvette [Nicole Brown] and Marsai [Martin] and Jay Pharoah and Slink Johnson on couches all across America, which typically happens when you’re rolling out a show. There was no framing that the audience had, it was just: Watch this and form an opinion. And, they watched and they formed an opinion,” Shepard tells THR in the conversation below.
Shepard took over from...
Showrunner Ranada Shepard understands the knee-jerk reaction.
“You haven’t seen J.B. [Smoove] and Yvette [Nicole Brown] and Marsai [Martin] and Jay Pharoah and Slink Johnson on couches all across America, which typically happens when you’re rolling out a show. There was no framing that the audience had, it was just: Watch this and form an opinion. And, they watched and they formed an opinion,” Shepard tells THR in the conversation below.
Shepard took over from...
- 4/25/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fifty years ago, “Good Times” became the first sitcom to depict a two-parent Black American family. Now, Netflix is debuting a present-day animated reboot chronicling the Evanses two generations after the original. Set in Chicago’s Cabrini Green projects in the same apartment from the 1970s dramedy, the series follows Reggie (J.B. Smoove), his wife Beverly (Yvette Nicole Brown) and their children, Junior (Jay Pharoah), Grey (Marsai Martin) and Dalvin (Slink Johnson). Black people aren’t a monolith, and respectability politics certainly aren’t the answer to racism, sexism, bigotry and homophobia. Yet it’s puzzling that this mind-numbing series is how creator Ranada Shepard is paying homage to such a classic show while trying to speak to 21st-century Black people. It’s also very clear why Netflix decided against sending out screeners for review.
In the season opener, “Meet the Evans of New,” we learn about the new occupants of apartment 17C.
In the season opener, “Meet the Evans of New,” we learn about the new occupants of apartment 17C.
- 4/12/2024
- by Aramide Tinubu
- Variety Film + TV
Yvette Nicole Brown is speaking out to defend her latest project!
The 52-year-old actress will be starring in the upcoming animated reboot of Good Times, which is set to premiere on Netflix in April.
After the show’s trailer debuted on Wednesday (March 27), it drew a lot of criticisms from viewers for how edgy and different from the original 1970s sitcom it is.
Some fans even took to Twitter/X to share their surprise directly to Yvette and she responded to some of the reactions, defending the show that hasn’t premiered yet.
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One person wrote, “I’m surprised you attached yourself to this project. Looks nothing like the show we grew up on.”
Yvette quote tweeted the post, responding, “This version of #GoodTimes is edgier and more irreverent than the Good Times of our childhood, but it’s still a show about family,...
The 52-year-old actress will be starring in the upcoming animated reboot of Good Times, which is set to premiere on Netflix in April.
After the show’s trailer debuted on Wednesday (March 27), it drew a lot of criticisms from viewers for how edgy and different from the original 1970s sitcom it is.
Some fans even took to Twitter/X to share their surprise directly to Yvette and she responded to some of the reactions, defending the show that hasn’t premiered yet.
Keep reading to find out more…
One person wrote, “I’m surprised you attached yourself to this project. Looks nothing like the show we grew up on.”
Yvette quote tweeted the post, responding, “This version of #GoodTimes is edgier and more irreverent than the Good Times of our childhood, but it’s still a show about family,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The animated reboot of the Good Times series has a premiere date. The new family comedy will arrive on Netflix in April, and the streaming service has released a trailer and poster. Ten episodes were ordered in September 2020.
Featuring the voices of Yvette Nicole Brown, J.B. Smoove, Wanda Sykes, Jay Pharoah, Marsai Martin, Slink Johnson, and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola, the Good Times series follows a new generation of the Chicago-based Evans family featured in the 1970s live-action series. The original was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans (and developed by executive producer Norman Lear,
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Featuring the voices of Yvette Nicole Brown, J.B. Smoove, Wanda Sykes, Jay Pharoah, Marsai Martin, Slink Johnson, and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola, the Good Times series follows a new generation of the Chicago-based Evans family featured in the 1970s live-action series. The original was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans (and developed by executive producer Norman Lear,
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- 3/28/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Snoop Dogg was reportedly offered an impressive fortune to post his nudes on OnlyFans.
The 52-year-old rapper is best known for his slick flow and cool personality. However, while on Slink Johnson’s Wake & Bake With Double S Express podcast this week, he revealed that he got an offer to show pole on the subscription-based network where many share porn.
You won’t believe how much he was offered for naughty content.
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Snoop explained that someone told him how they made $20 million on the service. They told him, “OnlyFans wants you to come on there, Snoop. You can do about $100 million. All you gotta do is pull that thang out.”
It was an impressive offer, but one that he wasn’t even tempted by thanks to his longtime wife Shante Broadus.
The rapper noted that there “ain’t no way in the...
The 52-year-old rapper is best known for his slick flow and cool personality. However, while on Slink Johnson’s Wake & Bake With Double S Express podcast this week, he revealed that he got an offer to show pole on the subscription-based network where many share porn.
You won’t believe how much he was offered for naughty content.
Read more about Snoop Dogg’s OnlyFans offer…
Snoop explained that someone told him how they made $20 million on the service. They told him, “OnlyFans wants you to come on there, Snoop. You can do about $100 million. All you gotta do is pull that thang out.”
It was an impressive offer, but one that he wasn’t even tempted by thanks to his longtime wife Shante Broadus.
The rapper noted that there “ain’t no way in the...
- 1/19/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Netflix’s animated series reboot of Good Times has set Ranada Shepard as co-creator of the series alongside Carl Jones. Shepard will also executive produce the comedy and serve as showrunner, Deadline has learned.
The Good Times voice cast will include Jb Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Pharoah, Marsai Martin, Slink Johnson and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola, sources close to production reveal exclusively. Pharoah portrayed original Evans family member J.J. Evans, originally played by Jimmie Walker in ABC’s Emmy Award-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All In The Family and Good Times. As we revealed exclusively following the death of TV legend Norman Lear, he will guest-star in a Season 1 episode.
The animated Good Times series finds the fourth generation of the Evans family living in apartment 17C of the last remaining housing projects in Chicago. It turns out the more...
The Good Times voice cast will include Jb Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Pharoah, Marsai Martin, Slink Johnson and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola, sources close to production reveal exclusively. Pharoah portrayed original Evans family member J.J. Evans, originally played by Jimmie Walker in ABC’s Emmy Award-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All In The Family and Good Times. As we revealed exclusively following the death of TV legend Norman Lear, he will guest-star in a Season 1 episode.
The animated Good Times series finds the fourth generation of the Evans family living in apartment 17C of the last remaining housing projects in Chicago. It turns out the more...
- 12/12/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
In a surprising new article, Splitsider’s Megh Wright looked at Adult Swim’s roster of new and returning television projects and made the grand discovery that out of 47 series creators, none of them are female.
After looking more in depth at the network’s previous years, she found that this is nothing new and that the lineup was indicative of any other year. Yes, there are women working there, but none are creators of shows currently on Adult Swim’s slate. But as the network revealed during their 2014 upfronts, women make up 43 percent of the network’s audience.
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“Women are watching, women work there in non-‘creator’ roles, and women have praised female characters there that feel more ‘real’ than ever,” Wright wrote. “So why, then, aren’t there any to be found as creators? Here’s Adult Swim’s official statement in response.”
“We are always on the lookout for new creative partners and have talented women writing and producing on our original series. We recently doubled our programming and development opportunities with the success of our streaming shows, which also have female creators,” replied Adult Swim.
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But as Wright points out, a live stream isn’t a television show, “When we have to bend the definitions of ‘television show’ and ‘creator’ in order to find women on that upfront announcement, that’s a problem,” she adds.
Many other networks such as Comedy Central, TBS, The CW, IFC, among others, have upped their female-led series. Which is great! “There are still signs of progress on all fronts except Adult Swim,” she notes. Adding, “But a progressive and willingly ‘out there’ network like Adult Swim can do better than 47 to 0.”
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After looking more in depth at the network’s previous years, she found that this is nothing new and that the lineup was indicative of any other year. Yes, there are women working there, but none are creators of shows currently on Adult Swim’s slate. But as the network revealed during their 2014 upfronts, women make up 43 percent of the network’s audience.
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“Women are watching, women work there in non-‘creator’ roles, and women have praised female characters there that feel more ‘real’ than ever,” Wright wrote. “So why, then, aren’t there any to be found as creators? Here’s Adult Swim’s official statement in response.”
“We are always on the lookout for new creative partners and have talented women writing and producing on our original series. We recently doubled our programming and development opportunities with the success of our streaming shows, which also have female creators,” replied Adult Swim.
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But as Wright points out, a live stream isn’t a television show, “When we have to bend the definitions of ‘television show’ and ‘creator’ in order to find women on that upfront announcement, that’s a problem,” she adds.
Many other networks such as Comedy Central, TBS, The CW, IFC, among others, have upped their female-led series. Which is great! “There are still signs of progress on all fronts except Adult Swim,” she notes. Adding, “But a progressive and willingly ‘out there’ network like Adult Swim can do better than 47 to 0.”
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- 6/15/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Adult Swim's "Black Jesus" returns tonight, September 18, at 11p/10c, for what the network calls the "Second Coming." *** The second season of Aaron McGruder and Mike Clattenburg's live action series finds Jesus (Gerald "Slink" Johnson) back on the streets of Compton after a brief incarceration, only to find his band of disciples has fallen on hard times. Jesus wants the gang to go straight – earn legit money and spread the word of God to the masses. Easier said than done, and it isn’t long before the Most High and his apostles are back to their old ways. Black Jesus himself, Slink Johnson, recently made time to tell S&A about the series...
- 9/18/2015
- by Shadow And Act
- ShadowAndAct
Adult Swim's "Black Jesus" returns on September 18 for what the network calls the "Second Coming." The second season of Aaron McGruder and Mike Clattenburg's live action series finds Jesus (Gerald "Slink" Johnson) back on the streets of Compton after a brief incarceration, only to find his band of disciples has fallen on hard times. Jesus wants the gang to go straight – earn legit money and spread the word of God to the masses. Easier said than done, and it isn’t long before the Most High and his apostles are back to their old ways. Black Jesus himself, Slink Johnson, recently made time to tell S&A about the series and what to look forward...
- 9/17/2015
- by Shadow And Act
- ShadowAndAct
One Direction is ripping a page out of the Justin Bieber playbook ... shedding the whole teen heartthrob thing for Snoop and his mega-blunt. Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne got down at Snoop's "Bush" album release party Monday night with the likes of Bow Wow, Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, Slink Johnson, Red Grant, Kurupt and Jermaine Dupri. Zayn Malik may have actually saved the group from becoming another 98 Degrees, because they now have to recast their image or fade away.
- 5/12/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
When I first heard that "The Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder was creating and writing a series entitled “Black Jesus,” I thought I knew exactly what to expect. Having followed "The Boondocks" so closely, even until its bitter fourth season end, I thought we'd be gearing up for more blunt uncompromising satire with the addition of sharp pokes at contemporary Christianity. As the first episode started and Jesus Christ, played with jovial energy by Slink Johnson, offered a homeless man good will and compassion, instead of that day's lottery numbers, I was pleasantly surprised. “Black Jesus” is a good-hearted sitcom without the sanitizer - “Sanford and Son” with the...
- 8/22/2014
- by Dylan Green
- ShadowAndAct
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