Showtime Picks Up Jamie Foxx sitcom "White Famous"; Jay Pharoah & Megalyn E. to star

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Showtime has ordered to series Jamie Foxx’s “White Famous,” which the network ordered a pilot for in June of 2016. Clearly they liked what they saw.

Tim Story directs and executive produces “White Famous,” which stars Jay Pharoah as a talented, young African American comedian whose star is rising, forcing him to navigate the treacherous waters of maintaining his credibility as he begins to cross-over towards becoming “white famous.”

The project – based on producer/creator Jamie Foxx’s personal experiences (who’ll also have a recurring role in the series) – co-stars Megalyn Echikunwoke as Pharoah’s character’s ex-girlfriend, the love of his life, as well as the mother of his son.

Also Utkarsh Ambudkar plays Pharoah’s frustrated agent who wants his client to do whatever it takes to make it big.

Jacob Ming-Trent and Lonnie Chavis also co-star.

Stephen Tobolowsky guest stars in the series’ pilot.

“I came up from stand-up comedy, so to be able to share that aspect of my life on screen with a project like ‘White Famous’ is incredibly exciting,” said Foxx. “We couldn’t have found better partners than Showtime Lionsgate and Tom Kapinos to tell this story in the best possible way.”

“They say you can’t go home again, but I’m thrilled to be back at Showtime, where I’m equally jazzed to be working with the brilliant Jamie Foxx on the creation of another wickedly profane TV antihero,” added Kapinos.

A co-production between Lionsgate Television and Showtime, the half-hour comedy, executive produced by Foxx and Tom Kapinos (creator of “Californication”), is written by Kapinos, based on an idea by Foxx.

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I'll be honest. If there aren't any white or non-black love interests on this show I have no interest in watching. We got Asian guys making shows like "Master of None" in which the Asian male lead is romancing white chicks in Paris. Meanwhile shows run by black men pretty much have black guys dating black women exclusively. No thanks. Sick of seeing black male characters stuck in a box.
 
JamalSpunky said:
I'll be honest. If there aren't any white or non-black love interests on this show I have no interest in watching. We got Asian guys making shows like "Master of None" in which the Asian male lead is romancing white chicks in Paris. Meanwhile shows run by black men pretty much have black guys dating black women exclusively. No thanks. Sick of seeing black male characters stuck in a box.
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What about if the chick is biracial? I haven't watched episode yet, but the actress the plays the main love interest is biracial.
 
With all mainstream media critics trying to tear this show down, us brothas REALLY need to support this show. It’s clear there will be ir action even if it’s just flirting(we see this in one of the clips for the second or third episode) & honestly, I loved Tom Kapinos and his old work “Californication” and I’m really interested in seeing him take on a show with a black male character with the same care as he did with characters like Hank Moody.

Sadly, with this new age of sjw’s and petty conservatives they hate everything about this show. On one hand sjw critics hate it because “too much nudity”, “misogyny”, “not enough female characters”, etc and conservatives hate it because it’s a black main character (lol), show literally has “white” in the title to trigger a reaction, and they don’t like ir in general, so it seems like both crowds are trying to bash this show for different petty reasons.

Speaking specificically about sjw critics: opinions and critiques are fine but my problem with how they’re going about this is that they’re trying to make an example out of this show, one critic literally said something along the lines of “mysoginistic shows like Californication slipped past our fingers a few yrs ago but NOT ANYMORE!” Lol like dude, you and your group of likeminded critics watched all these tv dramas with nudity, mysoginy, etc go on for YEARS with white male main characters and now suddenly it’s a problem when the brothas get one? Come on. Like I get it’s not about the mc of White Famous being black but fuck off and stop trying to “set a standard” that you guys didn’t feel was necessary until very recently, why is it every mature drama with a black leading man has to be squeaky clean and the most pc show ever?

Lastly, I’ve lurked on this site for months watching you guys complain about needing more black men in power for these tv dramas (not salty black women) and that’s why I feel we should support this show because it has Jamie Foxxx (a black man) pushing a lot of the storylines on what the emotional turmoil to being black and a rising star is like in Hollywood, we’re finally starting to get what we asked for imo and it honestly does seem like a funny, emotional, and overall great show and I’d hate to see it taken away because of petty critics and racists. Let me know what you guys think, I might start posting around here more too.
 

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newmantoplease said:
With all mainstream media critics trying to tear this show down, us brothas REALLY need to support this show. It’s clear there will be ir action even if it’s just flirting(we see this in one of the clips for the second or third episode) & honestly, I loved Tom Kapinos and his old work “Californication” and I’m really interested in seeing him take on a show with a black male character with the same care as he did with characters like Hank Moody.

Sadly, with this new age of sjw’s and petty conservatives they hate everything about this show. On one hand sjw critics hate it because “too much nudity”, “misogyny”, “not enough female characters”, etc and conservatives hate it because it’s a black main character (lol), show literally has “white” in the title to trigger a reaction, and they don’t like ir in general, so it seems like both crowds are trying to bash this show for different petty reasons.

Speaking specificically about sjw critics: opinions and critiques are fine but my problem with how they’re going about this is that they’re trying to make an example out of this show, one critic literally said something along the lines of “mysoginistic shows like Californication slipped past our fingers a few yrs ago but NOT ANYMORE!” Lol like dude, you and your group of likeminded critics watched all these tv dramas with nudity, mysoginy, etc go on for YEARS with white male main characters and now suddenly it’s a problem when the brothas get one? Come on. Like I get it’s not about the mc of White Famous being black but fuck off and stop trying to “set a standard” that you guys didn’t feel was necessary until very recently, why is it every mature drama with a black leading man has to be squeaky clean and the most pc show ever?

Lastly, I’ve lurked on this site for months watching you guys complain about needing more black men in power for these tv dramas (not salty black women) and that’s why I feel we should support this show because it has Jamie Foxxx (a black man) pushing a lot of the storylines on what the emotional turmoil to being black and a rising star is like in Hollywood, we’re finally starting to get what we asked for imo and it honestly does seem like a funny, emotional, and overall great show and I’d hate to see it taken away because of petty critics and racists. Let me know what you guys think, I might start posting around here more too.
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Jay Pharoah does have some intimate scenes with white women, I seen on the TV commercial he is kissing some white women. Can't find them on the internet. This show is from the creators of Californication, so fuck whoever judges this show when you have shows like The Duece, Shameless, Ray Donovan(which featured an orgy with an old white man and black women.) they are CLEARLY being racist whenever black men are having these sex scenes with white and non white women on TV.
 
darkcurry said:
Jay Pharoah does have some intimate scenes with white women, I seen on the TV commercial he is kissing some white women. Can't find them on the internet. This show is from the creators of Californication, so fuck whoever judges this show when you have shows like The Duece, Shameless, Ray Donovan(which featured an orgy with an old white man and black women.) they are CLEARLY being racist whenever black men are having these sex scenes with white and non white women on TV.
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This is really how I’m starting to feel tbh, critics I don’t think are necessarily being racist because it goes against the very idea of being an “sjw” but it sure is annoying. I’ll tell it straight, why can’t we have ONE show where the black man is getting all the pussy, well written, no white male love interests involved, etc? This is the show we need right now imo.
 
newmantoplease said:
This is really how I’m starting to feel tbh, critics I don’t think are necessarily being racist because it goes against the very idea of being an “sjw” but it sure is annoying. I’ll tell it straight, why can’t we have ONE show where the black man is getting all the pussy, well written, no white male love interests involved, etc? This is the show we need right now imo.
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Hope it is as good as House Of Lies.
 
JamalSpunky said:
I'll be honest. If there aren't any white or non-black love interests on this show I have no interest in watching. We got Asian guys making shows like "Master of None" in which the Asian male lead is romancing white chicks in Paris. Meanwhile shows run by black men pretty much have black guys dating black women exclusively. No thanks. Sick of seeing black male characters stuck in a box.
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You hit that on the head. This is the 21st Century and there are a very few shows on cable or streaming where brothers dating WW or women of different races.
 
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