2767 Scott Adams prompts fury saying he lost jobs and ‘my TV show for being white’ “I lost my TV show for being white when UPN decided it would focus on an African-American audience,” Many called him a liar and even criticized him for not creating diverse enough content. (www.rt.com) posted 290 days ago by Captain_Triips 290 days ago by Captain_Triips +2767 / -0 123 comments share 123 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (123) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 24 ▼ – deleted 24 points 290 days ago +24 / -0 ▲ 21 ▼ – TripleH 21 points 290 days ago +21 / -0 I watched UPN a lot in 2000 as a preteen (it had wwf smackdown, needed it) and can confirm that all out of nowhere around that time ALL the commercials and original programming suddenly turned very very pandering to black audiences permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 6 ▼ – patriarchy-x 6 points 290 days ago +7 / -1 my brother & i called it BET2 back then permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – sixfingerdildo 4 points 290 days ago +4 / -0 I called it the under privileged network. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – deleted 3 points 290 days ago +3 / -0 ▲ 8 ▼ – TripleH 8 points 290 days ago +8 / -0 Nah that was “the WB” (Warner Bros) network. They used the same frog who sang in the old Foghorn Leghorn shorts permalink parent save report block reply
I watched UPN a lot in 2000 as a preteen (it had wwf smackdown, needed it) and can confirm that all out of nowhere around that time ALL the commercials and original programming suddenly turned very very pandering to black audiences
my brother & i called it BET2 back then
I called it the under privileged network.
Nah that was “the WB” (Warner Bros) network. They used the same frog who sang in the old Foghorn Leghorn shorts