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CBS To Air Inaugural TheGrio Awards On Network Television
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty A Black media destination is heading to network television. CBS has agreed to air the inaugural TheGrio Awards. As spotted on Deadline African American-focused news, lifestyle, sports and entertainment platform theGrio recently celebrated icons, leaders and legends at Byron Allen’s inaugural THEGRIO AWARDS, a star-studded, black-tie event held at the Beverly Hilton. Co-hosted by THE TALK’s Sheryl Underwood and Taye Diggs, BYRON ALLEN PRESENTS THEGRIO AWARDS will be broadcast Saturday, Nov. 26 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live on Paramount +*. The special will celebrate excellence in film, music, comedy, television, sports, philanthropy, business, fashion, social justice, ...
The Grio.TV Set To Premiere MLK Weekend Says Byron Allen
Source: Greg Doherty / Getty Get ready, the Grio.TV is coming to 100 million households next month. Allen Media Group founder Byron Allen announced on Friday (Dec.4) the Grio.TV will be apart of the rebranding of his newly acquired MGM over-the-air broadcast network Light TV into a channel that will focus on African American-featured content. The Grio reports that the channel’s slogan will be “Our Culture Forever” and will feature movies, game shows, sitcoms, dramas, concerts, variety shows, news, and lifestyle content when it launches on Martin Luther King weekend. Viewers can watch the new channel via free digital streaming,over-the-air broadcast television stations, cable/telco/satellite platforms. Allen, who purchased the website in 2016 and successfully grew its active from less...
