Grier enjoys dishing out scoops of 'Chocolate News'

By Frazier Moore • Associated Press • November 7, 2008 NEW YORK -- From a comedy standpoint, David Alan Grier was fine with whoever won the election. But as the nation's first black president, Barack Obama means a wealth of material for "Chocolate News," Grier's fearless spoof of a black-oriented newsmagazine show. Grier is having a ball with "Chocolate News," which airs on Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The show bills itself as "the only source for pure, uncircumcised realness from an Afro-centric perspective" (in the bombastic words of DAG, the host Grier portrays). The new series made clear right away that nothing in the black experience would be spared from its lampooning. In a single half-hour on last month's premiere, it targeted hip-hop culture, the N-word and Maya Angelou, with the chameleonic Grier... [read full story]