The Reading Club (lost WHUT talk show; 1999-2001)

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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-TV.[1] The talk show was hosted by former WCBS-TV New York anchor Carol Martin.[1] Eventually, Renee Poussaint would take over as host after "working on a documentary about a meeting between historian John Hope Franklin and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa."[2] The talk show went on for 13 weeks.[3][4] The TV series debuted and aired on WHUT-TV in September of 1999.[3] The series then debuted on WYIN-TV in Indiana on October 6, 1999.[4]

Premise

Allison J. Davis, on 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."[1] Each episode had different "club members," which were various African American women.[1] In fact, these women were selected from actual book clubs across the U.S. Usually, they would discuss various topics in several books like self-discovery and love.

Availability

Very little is known about it. No video footage or pictures can be found online. The lack of video footage is due to the fact that The Reading Club only aired episodes for a short time. Only 19 half-hour episodes were produced.[6] It is speculated that the series aired reruns until September 30, 2000 when the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch block came out, thus kicking the show to obscurity.

Episodes

# Book Host Status
1 Lawrence Graham's Our Kind of People: Inside Americ'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 Mother and Daughter's Book Club Carol Martin Lost
6 Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth Carol Martin Lost
7 Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones Carol Martin Lost
8 Harriett Cole's How to Be: A Guide to Conscious Living for African American People Carol Martin Lost
9 Myrlie Evers-Williams' Watch Me Fly Carol Martin Lost
10 Linnie Frank and Andria Hall's This Far by Faith Carol Martin Lost
11 Janet McDonald's Project Girl Carol Martin Lost
12 Iyanla Vanzant's Yesterday, I Cried Carol Martin Lost
13 N/A ("Reading Club") Renee Poussaint Lost
14 Diane McKinney's Blues Dancing Carol Martin or Renee Poussaint Lost
15 Wilson Wesley's The Devil Riding Renee Poussaint Lost
16 Shay Youngblood's Black Girl in Paris Renee Poussaint Lost
17 T.D. Jakes' Maximize the Moment: God's Action Plan for Your Life Renee Poussaint Lost
18 Douglas F. Greer's Blind Ambition Renee Poussaint Lost
19 Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents Renee Poussaint Lost

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