Cedric The Entertainer Puts Girlfriends Cancellation On Blast
 Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Oh, snap!  We were just watching Cedric Kyle aka Cedric the Entertainer's Taking You Higher standup on Comedy Central, and Cedric addressed the cancellation of the Girlfriends show that angered bloggers and fans alike, but caused hardly a peep from execs who axed it.  And if it weren't for the blog YBF, by the way (who broke the story), it's doubtful anyone would have known it was cancelled in the first place.

"All the black shows going off, y'all know this, the last season of Girlfriends," Cedric said on the show that aired today.  "I'm sorry, I wouldn't have sprung it on you like that," he joked (for those who haven't yet joined the internet revolution).

"See, y'all didn't even know.  That's the thing about it, when black shows go off, they just go off.  When big white shows go off, it's always big announcements, billboards and everything - y'all remember when Friends went off:  'NBC is proud to present, the final episode of Friends."

That is so true.  I felt awful for all of the readers that were crushed when YBF announced that Girlfriends was over, everything from "nooooo" to "that was my Sex in the City!"

Then again, let's all keep in mind that blacks are not the only victims being ignored by NBC - feel free to refer to our entire section dedicated to how blatantly they excluded Presidential candidates Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee from speaking during MSNBC's debate.  Their bias spreads far and wide over a wide variety of issues.

If Cedric didn't run this sketch by the dudes in suits, though, this could be hazardous - CBS Corporation owns Comedy Central, and half of the CW (which aired Girlfriends).  Viacom bought Comedy Central in 2003, and then Viacom became CBS Corp. in December 2005.  So that was kind of like them insulting themselves, in a way.

Regardless, we've got to love Cedric for putting it on blast. Not sure whether or not he was joking, but Cedric also said that he didn't know the Steve Harvey Show was cancelled until he came to work and saw the cake.

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