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With so much money spent on advertising since May, and with some early reviews from critics giving the series a thumbs up, a lot is riding on Boris Kodjoe to deliver on his new TV gig, the NBC spy series 'Undercovers,' which pairs him with British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Of the new shows airing on TV, 'Undercovers' is one of few series with African Americans in lead roles.
Not including the now-defunct UPN network, which had numerous shows with African Americans lead actors, the last time a major network put so much investment in a series starring an African American was ABC's now-canceled show 'Daybreak,' which starred Taye Diggs. Airing in November 2006, the show was canceled after six episodes.
During the 2000 season, CBS had a medical drama called 'City of Angels' that starred Blair Underwood, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Warren and Hill Harper. The series lasted two seasons.
Written by J.J. Abrams ('Felicity,' 'Alias' and 'Lost') and Josh Reims, 'Undercovers' is a series about a domesticated husband (Kodjoe) and wife (Mbatha-Raw) who are re-activated as CIA agents after years of retirement.
To put the spark back in their marriage, some couples take a tropical vacation. Not Steven and Samantha; they rejoin the CIA. Now they're discovering things about each other they never knew. Like which lock-picking technique each prefers and who killed who, as well as how well they work together in a hostile environment.
Gerald McRaney, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Carter MacIntyre and Ben Schwartz are featured in the series.
'Undercovers,' which premiers this week, will air on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
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By: Lola2010 on 9/22/2010 5:27PM
I'm so watching this 2night...not only for the blk leading actors...but because Kodjoe is also very easy on the eyes....plus they make a good team.
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By: Barb on 9/23/2010 8:33PM
Debra,
From seeing other comments that you have posted you get sick of seeing people of mixed raced representing All Black People. I happen to agree with you.
Like Aretha Franklin choosing Halle Berry to portray her. Give me a break!
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By: emalekev on 9/22/2010 7:27PM
Boris can do it. He helped pull off "Soul Food" for over five years.
ABC seems to be advertising it well. Also putting the leading characters Boris Kodjo & Gugu Mbatha-Raw as presenters at the all "White" Emmy's helped also....
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By: Kboogie on 9/22/2010 9:18PM
Now that I'm reading there is a kind of romantic spin to the show, I'm afraid it may not last. But hopefully I'm wrong. A lot of African American shows and movies are family/romantic based. That is part of our culture. I don't think mainstream T.V. is at all receptive to that for they can't stand to see true and powerful black love..(and as the center stage)on a major network. But we'll have to see how the biased Neilson ratings pick up on it.
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By: Kelly on 9/22/2010 10:30PM
Why do WE have to be tested?
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By: wisdom on 9/23/2010 8:13AM
We have to be tested because we do not own anything.We have made everyone else rich due to a lack of unity.When you sit in a seat of power you can call the shots.
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By: Debra on 9/22/2010 11:37PM
I'm not watching because nither of them are black.
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By: chris on 9/23/2010 7:49AM
I knew it had to be at least ONE! And why, if I may ask, do you say "neither of them" is Black? Just what is Black? You have some Blacks who hate the skin they are in,just google "Leo Felton" a mixed Black man who joine a Neo-Nazi organization. And even when you follow that foolish and antiquated "one drop rule" that STILL makes them BLACK. I will NEVER put down or turn my back on brothers and sisters who are mixed. That is something that they had NO control over. But who I will turn my back on is people who think they are judge, jury and executioner on what is Black and what is not. In these coming years if the climate against people of color gets any hotter(which it will)Black folks of ALL shades may be the best friends you have. STOP BEING DEVISIVE!
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By: Mimi on 9/23/2010 8:21AM
WOW HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? SO I TAKE IT YOU ARE BLACK AS NIGHT FROM A TRIBE IN AFRICA.
TO MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE.
THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL SHADES THAT WE AS BLACK PEOPLE HAVE FROM THE VERY DARK TO THE VERY LIGHT. ALL OF OUR SHADES ARE BEAUTIFUL. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY BE LIGHTER IN COMPLEXION TO YOU DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NOT BLACK.
GET A GRIP AND WAKE UP.
I WATCHED THE SHOW AND THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD. THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD CHEMISTRY. LOOKING FOR IT TO SEEING IT NEXT WEEK.
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By: ralph on 9/23/2010 12:46PM
I don't know where the woman was born, but Boris was born from overseas somewhere, and he speaks different languages. I think that still makes him black. Kobe spent a lot of his childhood in Italy, is he still black? I think you should support "black folks", because I'm shocked just to see NBC give them with their own show. If you don't like the show, then just turn on the tv in another room, and just let the tv play for the hell of it, so they can get some ratings. I might do the same myself if I don't like the show.
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