News: Blackwatch for May 8, 2011

May 9, 2011 by Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

In much the same way some of you out there used to turn to the last page of Jet Magazine to see when and where Black people would be on TV, Blackwatch aims to tell you where and when you can find Black folk displaying or portraying their meekness.

Here is this week's list:

Terrance Howard on Law And Order Los Angeles Monday @ 10p on NBC
Blair Underwood as another black president of the US on The Event Monday @ 9p on NBC
Jamil Walker Smith as Master Sgt. Ronald Greer on new episodes of Stargate Universe Monday @ 8 and 9p on SyFy.
Cee Lo Green on The Voice Tuesday @ 8p on NBC.
Black In Latin America on PBS Tuesday @ 9p.
Donald Glover on Community Thursday @ 9p on NBC.
Tiffany Hines on Nikita Thursday @ 9p on the CW.
Frenemy Of The State creator Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, and Retta on Parks & Recreation Thursday @10p on NBC.
Li'l Mama and Shane Sparks on America's Best Dance Crew Thursday @10p on MTV.

Please consult your local listings as well.

About Hannibal Tabu

Born in Rockford, Illinois; raised in Memphis, Tennessee; matriculated in
Tacoma, Washington and broadcasting live from Los Angeles, Hannibal Tabu is
a writer, a brother, a husband, a misanthrope, a son, an emcee, an uncle, a
poet, a father, a designer, a nephew, a romantic, a storyteller, and by
god, a fan. He spent more than ten years doing the journalist thing for
Vibe, Slave Trade, MTV Online, Rap Pages, America Online, the Los Angeles
Sentinel, Spinnerrack.com, Speak and The Source. Hannibal has worked as a
web designer/producer and graphic artist for American Honda, eHobbies.com,
Quicken.com, Express.com, the California Association of REALTORS, Disney
Channel, NextPlanetOver.com, Toyota Motor Sales, Kaiser Permanente,
California Bank & Trust and many more. As a poet, Hannibal has been
published in The Drumming Between Us, (sic) Vice Verse, Drumvoices Review,
Voices From Leimert Park and other anthologies, as well as being author of
the collection BORN BENEATH AN ANGRY STAR and co-author of FLIGHT MANUAL.
As a novelist, he's written THE CROWN: ASCENSION and FARAWAY (both
available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble & Smashwords) and the upcoming sci fi
political thriller ROGUE NATION. He's the winner of the 2012 Top Cow Talent Hunt, writer of Waso: Will To Power for Stranger Comics, Project: Wildfire for Legends Press, and co-writer of an issue of Watson & Holmes (alongside 2 Guns writer Steven Grant) for New Paradigm Studios. For six years he was the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch group of newspapers, is currently the co-owner and editor-in-chief of Black geek website Komplicated at the Good
Men Project, and uses his Operative Network website (www.operative.net) to
publish his poetry, market what he's doing, rant at the world and emit
strangled cries for help. In addition to all that, Hannibal collects comic
books, has scores of action figures, DJs private parties, is a Mac OS
zealot, sings and sometimes even hosts karaoke, practices a form of
spirituality based on ancient Egyptian belief, and goes to bed every day,
secretly hoping that half the world will commit suicide in his honor.