‘The Game’ Is a Winner,
Helped by BET Loyalists
Sitcom Thrives When It Didn’t on Another Network

Sometimes, what a television show needs is a new neighborhood.
“The Game,” a situation-comedy about pro football players’ relationships with women, puttered along in obscurity for three years on the CW network. [Read full story] 

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The Marsalis Clan
America’s First Family of Jazz Presented Award

NEW YORK--America’s first family of jazz--patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. and four of his sons--were presented the nation’s highest jazz honor last week at the 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony. [Read full story]

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Comedian
‘The View’ Star To
Host Dove Awards

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.--“The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd has answered a call from a higher power:  the Gospel Music Association.
Miss Shepherd will host the Dove Awards, and she said fans can expect “a hot night of Godly music and comedy” at Christian music’s annual celebration of voices raised in faith.
The comedian and actress is a Daytime Emmy winner for her work on “The View” and the host of “The Newlywed Game.” 
She also has a recurring role on the situation-comedy, “30 Rock.”
The 42nd annual Doves show has been moved to Atlanta’s Fox Theater this year from its traditional home of Nashville, and will be taped April 20 and aired on GMC on April 24, which is Easter Sunday.
Nominations were recently announced in Atlanta.