Bobby Brown

You know Bobby is giving an in-dept step by step guide on how to smoke crack out of a soda can.

At the second day of the TV Critics Association’s convention, MTV Networks kicked off its portion of the press tour with two panels on Comedy Central’s latest programs: the network’s update of The Gong Show, launching July 17, and Chocolate News, a magazine spoof show–from a black perspective–set to premiere first quarter, and starring and executive produced by In Living Color’s David Alan Grier.

Presentations by CMT, TV Land, VH1, and MTV followed Comedy Central. And perhaps most notable about all of those sessions was the prevalence of African-American talent on screen.

Aunt Viv Fonzworth Bentley Selene Luna Margaret Cho Jamie Foxx George Foreman

In addition to Chocolate News on Comedy Central, boxing champ George Foreman and his clan star in TV Land’s reality sitcom Family Foreman. CMT’s unscripted sitcom Outsiders Inn, co-stars R&B’s Bobby Brown [Bravo’s Being Bobby Brown, CMT’s Gone Country]. Actress Vivica A. Fox [Curb Your Enthusiasm]executive produces and stars as a judge on VH1’s stylist contest show Glam God with Vivica A. Fox. And Oscar winner Jamie Foxx executive produces MTV’s male charm school contest show From G’s to Gents.

Jamie Foxx

The hell is going on with Jamie’s mouth?

Margaret Cho + Her Goon Squad George Foreman V Bobby Brown + Carnie Wilson Aunt Viv + Phillip Bloch