The stars of ABC's "black-ish", Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson, reportedly make less than half what many of the other ABC sitcom stars make. Is it racism? Bad contracts? Something else? Special guest Cynthia joins us to discuss the leaked chart of TV star salaries and whether or not it is indicative of systemic bias.

In addition, we also review the latest in TV ("Atlanta", "Queen Sugar", "How to Get Away with Murder", "Timeless", "The Flash", and more), discuss John going to see "The Birth of a Nation" (Nate Parker's, not D.W. Griffith's), Brandon seeing "Easy A" for the first time, the trailer for Jordan Peele's horror film "Get Out", an upcoming biopic about the polyamorous BDSM relationship of Wonder Woman's creator, Marvel news from New York Comic-Con, and Prodigy from Mobb Deep penning...a cookbook?

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/Film Reviews

  ◦ "The Birth of Nation" (2016)

  ◦ "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) 25th Anniversary Edition

  ◦ "Easy A" (2010)

• 00:15:56: Film News: "Get Out" trailer + more

• 00:40:54: TV Reviews

  ◦ "Atlanta" (FX)

  ◦ "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  ◦ "This is Us" (NBC)

  ◦ "Empire" (FOX)

  ◦ "black-ish" (ABC)

  ◦ "Modern Family" (ABC)

  ◦ "Luke Cage" (Netflix)

  ◦ "Pitch" (FOX)

  ◦ "The Flash" (CW)

  ◦ "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (ABC)

  ◦ "Designated Survivor" (ABC)

  ◦ "Timeless" (NBC)

  ◦ "Aftermath" (Syfy)

  ◦ "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

• 01:26:50: TV News: Salary discrepancies + more

• 01:40:12: Music News & Reviews

• 01:47:05: Say Something Nice Challenge/Feedback/Outro

 

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"Thriller." "Rock with You." "You Put a Move on My Heart." "Always and Forever." "The Groove Line." "Boogie Nights."

One man wrote all of these R&B/funk classics, and that man's name was Rod Temperton. To honor the composer, producer, and keyboard player in the wake of his passing, Brandon and Ali sit with special guests Cynthia and Greg - the latter also known as the music producer tREBLEFREE/72 - for a walk through many of Temperton's best compositions and co-compositions, including music from the band Heatwave (where Temperton was the keyboardist), Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, the film "The Color Purple", James Ingram, Mica Paris, Tamia, and many more. And John joins us at the very end to troll Greg!

 

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Kareem & John saw Nate Parker's directorial debut "The Birth of a Nation". Brandon did not. We've discussed the lead-up to the film at length on earlier episodes of the show, and now that it's landed in theaters, is "The Birth of a Nation" able to transcend its bad PR from its star-director-producer?

Kareem, John & Brandon have a discussion about the film itself, Parker's handling of the controversy surrounding his early 2000s sexual assault trial (including saying no to Oprah), the variety of reviews and thinkpieces about the film, its historical accuracy, the necessity of the use of sexual assault in the film, how Nate Parker's scandal compares to those of other embattled filmmakers, and more.

 

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Tim Burton doesn't want "you people" darkening up his good, wholesome, creepy-makeup-laden white motion pictures. It goes without saying that his bizarre (even for him) response to why his new film, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", is a little low on melanin in the age of increased diversity.

Elsewheres, Brandon, Kareem, John, and Ali review the new Denzel Washington/Antoine Fuqua film "The Magnificent Seven", a second look at Disney's "Queen of Katwe" starring XXL Freshmen Class quality rapper Lupita Nyong'o, discuss the "live action" remake of "The Lion King", a "Dynasty" remake that's somehow not "Empire", Grandmaster Caz taking his legacy in hip-hop history back, and more - including reviews and discussions of Solange's new LP "A Seat at the Table", Ron Howard's Beatles documentary "Eight Days a Week", as well as the latest episodes of "Atlanta", "black-ish", "Empire", "Designated Survivor", "This is Us", and - yes - "The 411 with Mary J. Blige's" first full episode interviewing Hillary Clinton. Don't let an officer stop you from tuning in.

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/Film Reviews

  ◦ “Queen of Katwe” (2016) revisited (& Lupita’s rap)

  ◦ “Eight Days a Week” (2016, Beatles documentary)

  ◦ “The Magnificent Seven” (2016)

• 00:22:33: Film News: "The Lion King" remake + more

• 00:34:04: TV Reviews

  ◦ "Atlanta" (FX)

  ◦ "black-ish" (ABC)

  ◦ "Empire" (FOX)

  ◦ "Designated Survivor" (ABC)

  ◦ "This is Us" (NBC)

  ◦ "The 411 with Mary J. Blige" (Apple Music)

• 01:12:58: TV News: "Male Order Bride" controversy + more

• 01:19:50: Music Reviews

  ◦ Solange, "A Seat at the Table"

  ◦ Indina Menzel, "Indina"

  ◦ Josie and the Pussycats: Original Soundtrack (1970 & 2001)

  ◦ The Beatles, "1" (2015 Stereo Remasters)

• 01:33:32: Music News: Grandmaster Caz strikes back

• 01:36:48: Say Something Nice Challenge/Outro

• 01:47:04: Post-Show

 

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Brandon, Ken & Ali recap, review, discuss, dissect, and stan over "Marvel's Luke Cage": the Netflix original series so popular it actually broke Netflix!

Our discussion is split into non-spoiler and spoiler territory, with full coverage of all 13 episodes; the performances of Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Alfre Woodard, Mahershala Ali, Rosario Dawson, Dihann Carroll Jr., and the other great actors; how the series compares to "Jessica Jones" and "Daredevil", the blending of the 1970s aesthetic with modern-day sensibilities, the music, the action, the romance, the shade, the offended white TV critics, and more, including -- most/best of all -- the Blackness with a capital "B".

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/Netflix “Marvel's Luke Cage" Spoiler-Free Review & Discussion

• 00:24:42: Netflix “Marvel's Luke Cage" Spoilerific Review & Discussion

 

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In this special episode, John, Brandon & Ken are joined by special guests Carolyn, Lamar & Alasha to talk about some of the latest developments in tech news. Among the topics discussed are the iPhone 7, which John offers a full hands-on review of, Snapchat vs. Instagram, exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones (and other Samsung products?), how streaming is saving the music industry, Blackberry going out of business, and more!

Plus, a quick bonus segment about Mary J. Blige's awkward Hillary Clinton interview promo for Apple Music!

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/Apple iPhone 7 Review & More Apple News

• 00:41:40: Samsung News and Snapchat Discussion

• 01:09:43: Music Streaming News

• 01:24:32: Snapchat & BlackBerry Business News

• 01:40:40: Post-Show: Mary J. Blige & Hillary Clinton

 

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http://twitter.com/knockturnalpro

@knockturnalpro on Snapchat

 

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It's the end of September, and you know what that means! No, I'm not talking about not jacket weather - and I'm definitely not talking about pumpkin spice. I'm talking about TV shows!

The new fall TV premieres are here, and Brandon, Ken & Ali review the pilot episodes of new series for ABC - "Designated Survivor", "Notorious", NBC - "The Good Place", "This is Us", FOX - "Son of Zorn", "Lethal Weapon", "Pitch", "The Exorcist", and HBO's "Insecure" with Issa Rae. We also catch up with some returning shows with the season premieres of "black-ish", "How to Get Away with Murder", and - yes - "Empire", and discuss some of the highlights from the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony!

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/ABC

  ◦ "black-ish"

  ◦ "Designated Survivor"

  ◦ "Notorious"

  ◦ "How to Get Away with Murder"

• 00:33:46: NBC

  ◦ "The Good Place"

  ◦ "This is Us"

• 00:48:47: FOX

  ◦ "Son of Zorn"

  ◦ "Lethal Weapon"

  ◦ "Empire"

  ◦ "Pitch"

  ◦ "The Exorcist"

• 01:09:30: HBO

  ◦ "Insecure"

• 01:18:23: 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards Highlights/Outro

• 01:24:04: Post-Show

 

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Lupita Nyong'o is back in a new movie, and this time she's not a CGI figure! Brandon, Kareem, Ken, and Ali review Disney's new biopic "Queen of Katwe", starring Lupita, David Oyelowo, and Madina Nalwanga. Spoiler alert: the movie's amazing. Go see it.

Later, the guys discuss the original 1973 "The Exorcist", which Kareem finally got Brandon to see...and he discusses just how horrified he was. They also catch up with cable Black excellence "Atlanta" and "Queen Sugar" and discuss Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie's pending divorce, remembering "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast", David Simon geting too familiar with certain words that start with an "n", "She's Gotta Have It" and "Dear White People" being adapted to series by Netflix, Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton's "All Lives Matter" concert, and Don King tap dancing for the Republicans. We also pay our respects to actor Bill Nunn and rapper Shawty Lo, who passed away this week.

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/Film Reviews

  ◦ "Queen of Katwe" (2016)

  ◦ "The Exorcist" (1973)

• 00:16:47: Film News: Brangelina is done + more

• 00:28:12: TV Reviews

  ◦ "Atlanta" (FX)

  ◦ "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

• 00:50:15: TV News: "She's Gotta Have It: The Series" + more

• 01:00:23: Music Reviews

  ◦ Future, Galant, Four Tops

• 01:04:47: Music News: Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton + more

• 01:14:59: Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge

• 01:35:13: In Memoriam/Outro

• 01:45:25: Post-Show: More on "Atlanta"

 

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In the first of a continuing series of episodes highlighting cult classics of all types - film, TV, music, and more - John, Brandon, Ken & Ali each share one of their favorite TV shows that unfortunately came and went without the fanfare and accolades it deserved. Each co-host picked one episode for everyone to watch, and that episode is used as the basis for a discussion about the show as a whole.

John shares the smart, campy humor of ABC's "Ugly Betty" through the episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara" (S01E23), Brandon introduces everyone to Cartoon Network's deconstructed and subversive Hanna-Barbera revamp "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated" with "The Legend of Alice May" (S01E06), Ken covers the surreal, sly comedy of Showtime's "Dead Like Me" with "Reapercussions" (S01E04), and Ali discusses the poignant sadness of the "6B" episode of FOX's sci-fi fantasy "Fringe".

 

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Brandon, Kareem, John, Ken and Ali are back to talk about "Atlanta". A lot. So much so that you'll find extra "Atlanta" talk in the post-credits of this podcast. I guess it's safe to say it's absolutely awesome & Donald Glover and his team are geniuses?

Before that, we also review the new 2016 version of "Blair Witch" (which Brandon watched so you didn't have to), the films gaining Oscar buzz out of the Toronto International Film Festival, in particular "Moonlight" and "La La Land", the 20th anniversary and season premiere of "South Park", Timbaland being replaced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on "Empire", Nelly being broke, Kate Upton and Michael Rapaport - entertainers who owe their fame to Black people - trying to tell Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players when and how to protest, and more!

We also discuss a certain new Ty Dolla Sign song that gave the episode its title. Yes, it goes left.

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00: Intro/Film Reviews

  ◦ "Blair Witch (2016)

  ◦ "Central Intelligence" (2016)

  ◦ "J.S.A.: Joint Security Area" (2000)

• 00:16:34: Film News: Oscar buzz from TIFF & more

• 00:32:55: TV Reviews

  ◦ "Atlanta" (FX)

  ◦ "The Flash" (CW) Season 2 binge watch

  ◦ "Survivor’s Remorse" (Starz)

  ◦ "South Park" (Com. Central) Season 20 premiere

  ◦ "American Horror Story: Roanoke" (FX) premiere

• 00:53:58: TV News: "South Park" turns 20 & more

• 01:11:59: Music Reviews

  ◦ Sly & the Family Stone - "Fresh (Alternate Version)"

  ◦ Ty Dolla Sign - "Campaign"

  ◦ Usher - "Hard to Love"

  ◦ Fun feat. Janelle Monae - "We Are Love (Jersey Remix)"

  ◦ "Sucker Punch" Soundtrack

• 01:24:58: Music News: Jay-Z on The War on Drugs, Broke Nelly + more

• 01:33:51: Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge

• 01:53:12: Outro

• 01:53:12: Post-Show: More on "Atlanta"

 

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