Lifetime Gets Soul?

African-Americans and Jewish folks have weathered enough trauma throughout their histories to survive Lifetime’s latest programming offering “Kosher Soul,” (how 1970’s), a trivial at best reality sitcom about (... Read More...

The Lifetime Black-a-Thon Rolls On

Lifetime is looking to beat BET, Centric and WE to the punch with yet another film in their "fade to black" series. The new “we go hard for pecan tan” female-skewing cable network has tapped Grammy-winne... Read More...

Lifetime’s “Black Christmas”

It appears Lifetime is on a campaign to cash- in off of some highly regarded R&B artists and reel in audience from Bounce, BET, Aspire and perhaps even Revolt to boost ratings and grab minority viewers.... Read More...

Aaliyah Biopic: Success or Hot Mess?

In light of the wide spectrum of reviews and opinions before, during and after the airing of  Lifetime's biopic, "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B" and it's follow-up "Beyond The Headlines: Aaliyah."  Team Urba... Read More...

More Urban Music Biopics on Lifetime

First it was Whitney and now it is Aaliyah. Lifetime Network announced that it is planning a film about the life of actress and R&B singer Aaliyah, with the working title “Aaliyah: Princess of R&B.” The... Read More...

Lifetime Catches Heat

With the recent announcement that Golden Globe Award-winning actress Angela Bassettis set to make her directorial debut with a new movie about entertainment icon Whitney Houston, there was great anticipation th... Read More...