Now, on the House of Payne, GIrlfriends, and Diddy awards I believe the comments are offensive, because House of Payne is really a good show and it deserves credit for it’s honesty, reality, and family support. Girlfriends was one of my favorite, and still is even though it have been off the air for nearly two years Tracee Ellis Ross deserved to win, because they did not get the proper recognition from the network with a season finale, or series finale, and it seems as if the The Game will be disappearing soon, so what will we have next. As far as Diddy for A Raisin in the Sun his performance was great, and just like will Smith, Queen Latifah or L. L. Cool J they all started as rappers then move on to acting, so why can’t we give our black people some credit for trying something new, and not being put into one category. If we continue to allow them to be in one category then how twould we support the upcoming generation to believe that if you challenge yourself to be better, and practice at what you believe tou will succeed.

Thank You and God Bless

I do enjoy House of Payne and like that it it won! I love that the show includes a family dealing with love and extended families helping each other out…. I love they have a young man starting college & earning and learning responsibily….I love that Jeanine is a recovering crack addict…I love that the show has Black Humor with Black Timing and is unapolgetic with telling our stories our way!!! I think the show is a strong one ALONG with Everybody Hates Chris, and The Game….Of course, we only have a few awards shows that cater to our people, so maybe Payne got the award since it was a new on the scene and still made a grand splash!

Peace to ALL!

Love EURWEB!!

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What I do disagree on is the win for House of Payne. House of Payne gets mixed reviews depending on how you look at it but I think that, given the offerings from the major networks and cable, House of Payne is a very family friendly show, which is not a genre we have seen in a while. The Big 3 Networks seem to be unable to produce another “Cosby-esque” or Different World type of show and it’s shameful considering ALL of the diversity that exists in the world today. Why since like 1992, I believe when Cosby went off the air, has it been sooo difficult to be able to portray the Black Family in a positive light? Instead we have been hit over the head with shows about single Black folks. I’m single and I loved some of those shows but if you put a program on about a Black Family, hmmm, maybe people will want to start behaving like families and get married. White people certainly have their choice of shows that depict White Family life.

The very fact that we have a Black President better heed some new results come Fall 2009 when the new shows premiere. House of Payne has it’s off moments, but it’s good, family fun, and it’s funny. I agree that Everybody Hates Chris should have probably recieved an award, however, Everybody Hates Chris and The Game have both been relegated to Friday nights and unless you are at home on a Friday night, which I try not to be too often, who’s watching it? There was an article the other day encouraging Black folks to watch The Game or risk it going off the air. Well, I fault the major networks for this lackluster choice in viewing for African Americans and other networks like BET. For a few years there it was FOX and the then WB Network holding it down for Black shows (Martin, Girlfriends, Living Single, New York Undercover, etc.), then just like that, poof, they were all gone and The Game and Everybody Hates Chris seem to be the only offerings on the Major 3 right now. That’s sad.

And don’t get me started on the extended cable networks like HBO and Showtime. While they put on quality programming (The Wire, Soul Food, Sex Chronicles) featuring fabulous Black actors and actresses, I , like so many others, can’t watch them because some of us don’t have extended cable and I’m not paying for it.

So, I guess my final question in response to this is, Why can’t the networks create and sustain programming that Black families and Black singles want to watch on a regular basis? NBC did it back in the 80’s/90’s. My family and I used to gather round the TV and watch together and then my friends and I would come to school the next day and discuss what happened on the escapades of Cosby and A Different World. Now, what do I discuss with friends, The Real Housewives Of Atlanta! I used to talk about Girlfriends but that’s off the air, so what’s left? And since the Black community is so torn over whether or not to support House of Payne, we will never come to a consensus. The other good thing about House of Payne is that every once in a while it infuses a hint of “church” or hits on spirituality and faith. I appreciate that Tyler Perry has, for the first time, been able to get something like that on the air.

So I say to the networks, Do it again. There is no reason they can’t. Until then, I will have to give House of Payne the props it deserves because I don’t see anyone else, other than Tyler Perry, trying to put quality Black family programming on the air.

Although they allow members to vote…I’m sure there is some stuff behind the scenes…Diddy manipulates the public when it comes to his persona — he bought his way into producing so now he’s buying his way into acting. ALTHOUGH I believe and HOPE this will be his first and last award as an actor. Hollywood is different from the music industry….particularly when it comes to black folks.