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'''''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.
'''''The Reading Club''''' was a public TV show that was made by Howard University Television, in cooperation with Dunbar Productions and WHUT-TV.<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-TV New York anchor Carol Martin.<ref name="peabody /> 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."<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/aug/19/20020819-040928-5485r ''The Washington Times'' article about black history] Retrieved 14 Feb'18</ref> 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> The TV series debuted and aired on WHUT-TV in September of 1999.<ref name="washingtonpost" /> The series then debuted on WYIN-TV in Indiana on October 6, 1999.<ref name="chicagosuntimes" />


===Premise===
===Premise===
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.
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.<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."<ref name="peabody" /> Each episode had different "club members," which were various African American women.<ref name="peabody" /> 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===
===Availability===
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.
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.<ref>[http://tvguide.com/tvshows/reading-club/episodes/429051 TV Guide page with a cast an episode list] Retrieved 14 Feb '18</ref> 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.


==External Links==
===Episodes===
*[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
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*[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/reading-club/episodes/429051/ TV Guide page with a cast an episode list] Retrieved 14 Feb '18
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! 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 Americ's Black Upper Class''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|2||Pearl Cleage's ''What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|3||Jill Nelson's ''Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-up Black Woman''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|4||Benilde Little's ''The Itch''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|5||Mother and Daughter's Book Club||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|6||Ralph Ellison's ''Juneteenth''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|7||Edwidge Danticat's ''The Farming of Bones''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|8||Harriett Cole's ''How to Be: A Guide to Conscious Living for African American People''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|9||Myrlie Evers-Williams' ''Watch Me Fly''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|10||Linnie Frank and Andria Hall's ''This Far by Faith''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|11||Janet McDonald's ''Project Girl''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|12||Iyanla Vanzant's ''Yesterday, I Cried''||Carol Martin||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|13||N/A ("Reading Club")||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|14||Diane McKinney's ''Blues Dancing''||Carol Martin or Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|15||Wilson Wesley's ''The Devil Riding''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|16||Shay Youngblood's ''Black Girl in Paris''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|17||T.D. Jakes' ''Maximize the Moment: God's Action Plan for Your Life''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|18||Douglas F. Greer's ''Blind Ambition''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|-
|19||Octavia E. Butler's ''Parable of the Talents''||Renee Poussaint||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
|}


==External Link==
*[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==
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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

External Link

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Washington Post article on The Reading Club. Retrieved 14 Feb '18
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 episode list Retrieved 14 Feb '18
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