January 25, 2006

Jamie Foxx Tonight

Chances are you’ve received a forward about Jamie Foxx’s NBC special tonight. I generally disregard forwards–and really have the people that send them if they’re not really funny or informative–but this one was interesting.

NBC is not doing any marketing and publicity on Jamie’s Music Special on NBC because he stood his ground and wouldn’t have any white guests as they requested. [January 25] To make it even worse he had two controversial guest stars that do not fit the “NBC profile” on his show. Tune in to find out who they are. They are purposely putting his show up against the second week of American Idol in hopes that it will fail. This will give them the excuse to never give another black person a music special because “it doesn’t work.” Let’s show them that it does work, and that we support each other. Tivo Idol and watch Jamie.

So let’s talk about this, shall we?
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