Analysis Of Black Television Travels By Timothy Havens

Timothy Havens, the author the of Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe, which focus on the industry three main moments in the value-chain of commercial global television. This book address: broadcast abroad, program exchange, and the program production. Havens want the readers to understand in detail how the globalization of the media industries shapes the representational politics of African American characters on television. The popular black t.v. shows like Roots, The Cosby Show, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was discussed as being more diverse for young portrayals of African American men. For these programs to maintain a powerful specificity cultural, revealing the globally favored television must have universal points in order to travel. …show more content…
However, in 1977 the show was almost picked up in every country in the world. Which included countries like Canada, France, Nigeria, and Hong Kong to name a few. Havens hinted that the show was not only a success due to the high quality appeal that audience condition it had, but intertextual. Actor, Edward Asner, was known for his role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant, played a slave ship captain on the Roots. That portrayed him to be the supposedly good conscience to how white people were affected by slavery. The African American oppression was discounted international that the market would only be interested in white European and American historical themes. The commercial success Roots had achieved was not in vain, now African American dramas could have a chance on