10B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY. AUG. 23, 2001
Study shows TV color lines are fading
The Associated Press
NEW YORK  Blacks and Whites have many more favorite television shows in common than they did five years ago, perhaps because of a greater effort to have multi-ethnic casts.
A study of viewing habits by ethnic groups also found that the most popular English-language TV program among Hispanic viewers last season was Temptation Island.
Nine programs that were among Nielsen Media Research's 20 most popular shows for White audiences were also in the top 20 for Blacks last season, according to a study by Initiative Media, an advertising agency. They were Survivor, ER, Law & Order, Monday Night Football, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,
Temptation Island and two editions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Five years ago, only Monday Night Football was in the top 20 for Blacks and Whites, said Stacey Lynn Koerner, Initiative's director of broadcast research.
"I think it's because there are more ensemble-driven programs on the air than there were a few years ago," Koerner said.
There were 21 shows with multi-ethnic casts on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN and the WB in 1998. For last season, it was 51, she said.
Two years ago The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People started pressuring networks to increase the number of minorities in front of and behind the cameras. The NAACP said earlier this month it
was unhappy with the progress being made.
Monday Night Football was the past year's most popular program among Black audiences, followed by five comedies with predominantly black casts: ABC's My Wife & Kids, and UPN's The Parkers, The Hugheys, Girlfriends and Moesha.
Survivor, top rated among White audiences, was No.17 for Blacks, the study said.
The 20 most popular primetime programs among Hispanic audiences were all on the Spanish-language network Univision, topped by Laerintos de Pason. However, the reality show Tempelation Island was a huge hit, more than three ratings points more popular than any other English show among Hispanics.
"I couldn't tell you why that
show is successful, period, not just among Hispanic viewers," Koerner said.
Twelve of the 20 most popular English shows among Hispanic viewers were on Fox. Koerner said that's because Hispanic homes have more younger viewers than other ethnic groups, and Fox is a young-skewing network.
CBS was the most popular network among Black households this year and came in a narrow second among white households, Initiative said. Blacks are spreading their viewing among more networks than in the recent past — even to NBC, which used to have higher ratings among Whites even though Blacks in general watch more TV.
The Associated Press
Latin music awards moved to West Coast
MIAMI The Sept. 11 Latin Grammy Awards will be moved from Miami to Los Angeles because of fears that Cuban exile protesters will threaten the safety of performers and attendees.
Michael Greene, president and CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, cited 1999 protests when the Cuban group Los Van Van performed in Miami. Protesters threw batteries and eggs at ticket holders as they arrived, he said.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas offered Monday to create a half-block buffer between the protesters and establish a security zone for performers and attendees, but the offer was not enough.
Greene said academy officials considered moving the event to Broward County north of the city and was told by the Florida Highway Patrol and sheriff's deputies that they could not guarantee attendees' safety.
Penelas said the event would have brought $30 to $35 million in revenue to the area.
"I can't guarantee the security of our people," Greene said. "We have people coming from all over the world.
"Having to run that gauntlet is demeaning at best and dangerous at worst."
The end of an era: Jay and Silent Bob back for one last hurrah
The Associated Press
STUDIO CITY, Calif. — Only in Kevin Smith's skewed universe would a Good Will Hunting sequel become a gun-toting blood-sport film like Dogma was, Mark Hamill played a cheesy Darth Vader wannabe and Alanis Morissette got to reprise creation's lead role, as God.
Dogma followed two fallen angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) scheming to sneak back into heaven courtesy of a loophole in Catholic law
And only in such a sequel would a trash-mouthed pothead and a mostly mute guy in a
trenchcoat head up the writerdirector's farewell to one of modern Hollywood's most loved and reviled series of films.
Smith is having one last go at his New Jersey Chronicles, which began with the indie sensation Clerks and continued with Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma.
The movies have shared overlapping locations, anecdotes and a fondness for pop culture, mainly comic books and space opera. The most common thread was the pairing of loud, crude narcotics enthusiast Jay (long-time Smith buddy Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith himself).
The characters have a big following on the Internet, where Smith's View Askew Productions Web site sells Jay and Silent Bob action figures and lunchboxes.
As the Jersey series finale, Smith is giving them their own movie, the road comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
"For years, ever since there started being somewhat of a fan base for the stuff, people have said, 'Why don't you make a movie with just Jay and Silent Bob?' Smith said in an interview at his production offices, where he was completing the film before returning home to New Jersey.
"I was really resistant for a long time. My point was, they work
best in small doses, and how would Jay play for 90 minutes to two hours? And one guy doesn't even talk out of the two."
Positive reaction to Jay and Silent Bob cameos in Scream 3 helped convince Smith the pair could carry an entire movie.
in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the characters journey to Hollywood to stop a movie based on their comic-book alter egos.
The movie features plenty of broad comedy, but much of it is a long inside joke, with references audiences will catch only if they've closely watched Smith's previous films.
"Yes, in a lot of ways, you have
to be a hard-core Kevin Smith fan to understand a lot of what you see in Jay and Silent Bob," said Jason Lee, who has appeared in several Smith films. "But a lot of people know his films. They know his vulgarities and rudenesses. They really know these guys well by now, so the movie has more than enough potential."
With a strong fan base, why end the Jersey movies? Smith wants to get away from the safety net of familiar characters, moving on to new film projects.
"There's a desire to see if I'm really any good at this or if I just get a lot of leeway because people liked the other stuff," Smith said.
"There's a desire to see if I'm really any good at this or if I just get a lot of leeway because people liked the other stuff."
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