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'''''The Reading Club''''' was a public TV show that was made by Howard University Television, in cooperation with Dunbar Productions and WHUT, a local Washington, D.C. channel.<ref name="peabody">[http://dbs.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/parc.cgi?userid=galileo&query=id%3A2000_2000049_pst_1 ''The Reading Club,'' Peabody Awards Collection, 2000049 PST 1 of 1, Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.] Retrieved 13 Feb '18</ref> The talk show was hosted by former WCBS New York anchor Carol Martin, with Renee Poussaint taking over as host for the show's second season after "working on a documentary about a meeting between historian John Hope Franklin and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa."<ref>[https://washingtontimes.com/news/2002/aug/19/20020819-040928-5485r ''The Washington Times'' article about black history] Retrieved 14 Feb '18</ref> The first season of the talk show went on for 13 weeks.<ref name="washingtonpost">[https://highbeam.com/doc/1P2-628757.html ''The Washington Post'' article on ''The Reading Club.''] Retrieved 14 Feb '18</ref><ref name="chicagosuntimes">[https://highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4516164.html A ''Chicago Sun-Times'' article on ''The Reading Club.''] Retrieved 14 Feb '18</ref>


'''Reading Club''' was a public TV show that was made by Dunbar Productions and WHUT. 13 episodes were known to have been made, each being 30-minutes long.
==Premise==
Allison J. Davis, one of the many executive producers of ''The Reading Club'' was inspired by her friends, to create and air a talk show on books.<ref>[https://highbeam.com/doc/1P3-45077433.html ''Black Issues Book Review'' article on the origin of ''The Reading Club''] Retrieved 14 Feb '18</ref> The series focused on serving "the African American community by educating, informing and inspiring individuals to broaden their horizons through more reading." Each episode had different "club members," which were various African American women selected from book clubs across the U.S.<ref name="peabody" /> Usually, they would discuss various topics in several books like self-discovery and love.


===Premise===
==Availability==
The series focused on African American authors. Each episode had different "club members". Said "club members" were usually people of color. Each of these people was selected from actual book clubs across the US. Usually, the books reviewed would talk about themes such as self-discovery and love.
The lack of video footage is due to the fact that ''The Reading Club'' only aired episodes for a short time. Only 26 half-hour episodes were produced.<ref>[http://tvguide.com/tvshows/reading-club/episodes/429051 TV Guide page with a cast an inaccurate episode list] Retrieved 14 Feb '18</ref> It is speculated that the series aired reruns until September 30, 2002, when the ''PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch'' block was airing, thus kicking the show to obscurity.


===Availability===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Very little is known about it. No episodes can be found online. No clips can be found online. No pictures can be found online. The only main things validating the show's existence is an archived schedule page for Vermont Public Television from 6/18/2000 and TV Guide page for it. The lack of info, pictures, or video of the show is due to the fact that it only aired episodes from 5/15/2000 to 6/19/2000. Reruns probably aired until 9/30/2000 when the ''PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch'' block came out, kicking the show to obscurity.
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Television Station
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Location
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Date of Debut
|-
|WCEU||Daytona Beach, Florida||Sep 5, 1999
|-
|KNME||Albuquerque, New Mexico||Sep 6, 1999
|-
|WTBU||Indianapolis, Indiana||Sep 6, 1999
|-
|WTVS||Detroit, Michigan||Sep 6, 1999
|-
|WHUT||Washington, District of Columbia||Sep 7, 1999
|-
|KDTN||Dallas, Texas||Sep 8, 1999
|-
|WKMJ/KET 2||Louisville, Kentucky||Sep 9, 1999
|-
|KLCS||Los Angeles, California||Sep 10, 1999
|-
|KLRU/2 cable||Austin, Texas||Sep 10, 1999
|-
|WNET||New York, New York||Sep 10, 1999
|-
|WPTO||Oxford/Cincinnati, Ohio||Sep 10, 1999
|-
|KRCB||Rohnert Park, California||Sep 12, 1999
|-
|WHUT||Washington, District of Columbia||Sep 12, 1999
|-
|WGVK||Grand Rapids, Michigan||Sep 13, 1999
|-
|KTCI||Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota||Sep 14, 1999
|-
|WHMG||Schenectady, New York||Sep 26, 1999
|-
|WLAE||New Orleans, Louisiana||Oct 1, 1999
|-
|Kentucky ETV||Statewide Kentucky||Oct 2, 1999
|-
|Mississippi ETV||Statewide Mississippi||Oct 2, 1999
|-
|Nebraska ETV||Statewide Nebraska||Oct 2, 1999
|-
|WXXI||Rochester, New York||Oct 4, 1999
|-
|WYIN/Channel 56||Merrillville, Indiana||Oct 6, 1999
|-
|WKAR||East Landing, Michigan||Oct 18, 1999
|-
|WYBE||Philadelphia, Pennsylvania||Nov 1, 1999
|-
|WIPB||Muncie, Indiana||Jan 9, 2000
|-
|Vermont ETV||Statewide Vermont||Unknown; Only mentioned June 18, 2000
|}
===Episodes===
The series debuted on WCEU on September 5, 1999.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030211112857/http://www.thereadingclub.com:80/watch.html Official chart of when the series debuted across the U.S.] Retrieved 15 Feb '18</ref>


====Season 1 (1999-2000)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Book
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Host
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1||Lawrence Graham's ''Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|2||Pearl Cleage's ''What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|3||Jill Nelson's ''Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-up Black Woman''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|4||Benilde Little's ''The Itch''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|5||Shireen Dodson's ''Mother and Daughter's Book Club||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|6||Janet McDonald's ''Project Girl''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|7||Iyanla Vanzant's ''Yesterday, I Cried''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|8||Ralph Ellison's ''Juneteenth''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|9||Edwidge Danticat's ''The Farming of Bones''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|10||Harriett Cole's ''How to Be: A Guide to Conscious Living for African American People''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|11||Sister Souljah's ''The Coldest Winter Ever''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|12||Myrlie Evers-Williams' ''Watch Me Fly''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|13||Linnie Frank and Andria Hall's ''This Far by Faith''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|13||Renita Weems's ''Listening to God''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
====Season 2 (2000-2001)====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Book
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Host
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1||''The Color of Water'' by James McBride||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|2||Diane McKinney's ''Blues Dancing''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|3||Wilson Wesley's ''The Devil Riding''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|4||Van Whitfield's ''Something's Wrong With Your Scale!''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|5||Breena Clarke's ''River Cross My Heart''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|6||Eric Jerome Dickey's ''Cheaters''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|7||T.D. Jakes' ''Maximize the Moment: God's Action Plan for Your Life''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|8||Douglas F. Greer's ''Blind Ambitions''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|9||Shay Youngblood's ''Black Girl in Paris''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|10||Tananarive Due's ''The Black Rose''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|11||A'Lelia Bundles's ''On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|12||Octavia E. Butler's ''Parable of the Talents''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|13||Rene Swindle's ''Please, Please, Please''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
==Gallery==
This is the only video associated with the show to have been discovered.
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  |description1 =An interview with Janet McDonalds about ''Project Girl.''
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  |description2 =[[File:Renee_Poussaint_The_Reading_Club.gif|thumb|300px|center|Renee Poussaint in the only surviving picture of ''The Reading Club.'']]
}}
==External Links==
==External Links==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20000618190702/http://www.vpt.org:80/whatson/schedule.html The schedule page the info came from in question] Retrieved 14 Feb '18
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021129021019/http://www.thereadingclub.com Official website (accessible via Wayback Machine)] Retrieved 15 Feb '18
[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/reading-club/episodes/429051/ TV Guide page with a cast an episode list] Retrieved 14 Feb '18
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20000618190702/http://www.vpt.org:80/whatson/schedule.html A schedule page, mentioning ''The Reading Club.''] Retrieved 14 Feb '18
 
==References==
{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 18:19, 1 March 2024

The Reading Club Logo.gif

Logo of the show.

Status: Lost

The Reading Club was a public TV show that was made by Howard University Television, in cooperation with Dunbar Productions and WHUT, a local Washington, D.C. channel.[1] The talk show was hosted by former WCBS New York anchor Carol Martin, with Renee Poussaint taking over as host for the show's second season after "working on a documentary about a meeting between historian John Hope Franklin and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa."[2] The first season of the talk show went on for 13 weeks.[3][4]

Premise

Allison J. Davis, one of the many executive producers of The Reading Club was inspired by her friends, to create and air a talk show on books.[5] The series focused on serving "the African American community by educating, informing and inspiring individuals to broaden their horizons through more reading." Each episode had different "club members," which were various African American women selected from book clubs across the U.S.[1] Usually, they would discuss various topics in several books like self-discovery and love.

Availability

The lack of video footage is due to the fact that The Reading Club only aired episodes for a short time. Only 26 half-hour episodes were produced.[6] It is speculated that the series aired reruns until September 30, 2002, when the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch block was airing, thus kicking the show to obscurity.

Television Station Location Date of Debut
WCEU Daytona Beach, Florida Sep 5, 1999
KNME Albuquerque, New Mexico Sep 6, 1999
WTBU Indianapolis, Indiana Sep 6, 1999
WTVS Detroit, Michigan Sep 6, 1999
WHUT Washington, District of Columbia Sep 7, 1999
KDTN Dallas, Texas Sep 8, 1999
WKMJ/KET 2 Louisville, Kentucky Sep 9, 1999
KLCS Los Angeles, California Sep 10, 1999
KLRU/2 cable Austin, Texas Sep 10, 1999
WNET New York, New York Sep 10, 1999
WPTO Oxford/Cincinnati, Ohio Sep 10, 1999
KRCB Rohnert Park, California Sep 12, 1999
WHUT Washington, District of Columbia Sep 12, 1999
WGVK Grand Rapids, Michigan Sep 13, 1999
KTCI Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota Sep 14, 1999
WHMG Schenectady, New York Sep 26, 1999
WLAE New Orleans, Louisiana Oct 1, 1999
Kentucky ETV Statewide Kentucky Oct 2, 1999
Mississippi ETV Statewide Mississippi Oct 2, 1999
Nebraska ETV Statewide Nebraska Oct 2, 1999
WXXI Rochester, New York Oct 4, 1999
WYIN/Channel 56 Merrillville, Indiana Oct 6, 1999
WKAR East Landing, Michigan Oct 18, 1999
WYBE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nov 1, 1999
WIPB Muncie, Indiana Jan 9, 2000
Vermont ETV Statewide Vermont Unknown; Only mentioned June 18, 2000

Episodes

The series debuted on WCEU on September 5, 1999.[7]

Season 1 (1999-2000)

# Book Host Status
1 Lawrence Graham's Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class Carol Martin Lost
2 Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day Carol Martin Lost
3 Jill Nelson's Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-up Black Woman Carol Martin Lost
4 Benilde Little's The Itch Carol Martin Lost
5 Shireen Dodson's Mother and Daughter's Book Club Carol Martin Lost
6 Janet McDonald's Project Girl Carol Martin Lost
7 Iyanla Vanzant's Yesterday, I Cried Carol Martin Lost
8 Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth Carol Martin Lost
9 Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones Carol Martin Lost
10 Harriett Cole's How to Be: A Guide to Conscious Living for African American People Carol Martin Lost
11 Sister Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever Carol Martin Lost
12 Myrlie Evers-Williams' Watch Me Fly Carol Martin Lost
13 Linnie Frank and Andria Hall's This Far by Faith Carol Martin Lost
13 Renita Weems's Listening to God Carol Martin Lost

Season 2 (2000-2001)

# Book Host Status
1 The Color of Water by James McBride Renee Poussaint Lost
2 Diane McKinney's Blues Dancing Renee Poussaint Lost
3 Wilson Wesley's The Devil Riding Renee Poussaint Lost
4 Van Whitfield's Something's Wrong With Your Scale! Renee Poussaint Lost
5 Breena Clarke's River Cross My Heart Renee Poussaint Lost
6 Eric Jerome Dickey's Cheaters Renee Poussaint Lost
7 T.D. Jakes' Maximize the Moment: God's Action Plan for Your Life Renee Poussaint Lost
8 Douglas F. Greer's Blind Ambitions Renee Poussaint Lost
9 Shay Youngblood's Black Girl in Paris Renee Poussaint Lost
10 Tananarive Due's The Black Rose Renee Poussaint Lost
11 A'Lelia Bundles's On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker Renee Poussaint Lost
12 Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents Renee Poussaint Lost
13 Rene Swindle's Please, Please, Please Renee Poussaint Lost

Gallery

This is the only video associated with the show to have been discovered.

An interview with Janet McDonalds about Project Girl.

Renee Poussaint in the only surviving picture of The Reading Club.

External Links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Reading Club, Peabody Awards Collection, 2000049 PST 1 of 1, Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Retrieved 13 Feb '18
  2. ↑ The Washington Times article about black history Retrieved 14 Feb '18
  3. ↑ The Washington Post article on The Reading Club. Retrieved 14 Feb '18
  4. ↑ A Chicago Sun-Times article on The Reading Club. Retrieved 14 Feb '18
  5. ↑ Black Issues Book Review article on the origin of The Reading Club Retrieved 14 Feb '18
  6. ↑ TV Guide page with a cast an inaccurate episode list Retrieved 14 Feb '18
  7. ↑ Official chart of when the series debuted across the U.S. Retrieved 15 Feb '18
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