BET: Mo'Nique's New Late Night Talk Show

[MisterMajestic]

Tune In to the Premiere of BET's New Late Night Talk Show 'THE MO'NIQUE SHOW' on Monday, October 5 at 11:00 P.M.*

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- BET welcomes comedienne extraordinaire, Mo'Nique, as she returns to the network this fall for her highly anticipated late night show debut, THE MO'NIQUE SHOW, premiering Monday, October 5 at 11:00 PM*. This season, viewers can expect appearances from numerous guests including Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Queen Latifah, R&B group Bel Biv DeVoe, and many more to come.

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Viewers can visit www.bet.com/OnTV/BETShows for more about THE MO'NIQUE SHOW.

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Mo'nique is the First Female Entertainer to go up against the Kings of Late night in along time. We'll have to see if her Cable Talk Show makes the grade..

 

[MisterMajestic]

She's not the first female entertainer to do a late night show(Chesley Handler is one that comes to mind). It's on cable, so the audience won't be as broad or as wide.

This stated, i absolutely want to check this out! Love Mo'nique - and an added plus, one of my buds went to a live taping or is going to one... if he's going and hasn't went yet, i'ma ask to go with...

Uuum..You need to re-read what I stated...I said she's the First Female Late night host in a long time..The only other female that made a DENT was Joan Rivers..Whoever took a shot at it after Joan was totally forgettable..

 

[SexyKev]

I'll be tuning in. I like Monique.

 

[MisterMajestic]

The 1st show was good and Mo was her typical self. If she continues to lose weight we won't be able to recognize her..I Think she has the best Set in Prime-Time..Her theme and Music sorta reminded me of the Aresnio Hall days..

135 people were in the audience but it looked like about 20. I hope the cameras focus on the crowd a bit more..

 

[legend145]

The show is better than Wendy William's hot mess of a show. Monique should replace Wendy's man looking ass.

 

[Anton98]

Monique has an advantage over Wendy with being able to get better celebrities on her show. Wendy scared everybody off with her radio show gossip.

 

[MisterMajestic]

The Latest news on Mo..........

Oct 8

2009

12:09 PM ET

Is Mo'Nique killing her Oscar chances?

by Dave Karger


Back in July I interviewed Mo’Nique about her phenomenal performance as an abusive mother in Lee Daniels’ drama Precious. When I inevitably asked her about all the Oscar talk that’s surrounded her since the film’s Sundance premiere in January, she responded by saying, “Any buzz is appreciated. The NAACP Image Awards, the Oscars, the SAG Award, the award they might want to give me down at the Maxine Waters’ Preparatory school, it’s always appreciated. But the moment Mr. Daniels said to me when we wrapped that movie, ‘You gave me what I needed,’ that was my Oscar.” At the time, I thought, “What an interesting way to deflect the question.” Now I’m thinking she really meant what she said. Last month, The Hollywood Reporter’s Roger Friedman reported that Mo’Nique was demanding appearance fees to show up at film festivals to promote Precious. And after she was a no-show at both the Toronto and New York festivals, the New York Daily News quoted her as saying, “I couldn’t eat that Oscar. Everybody needs money, baby. That’s how we survive, right?”

Now, I’d like to think that winning an Academy Award is only about the performance. But we all know that’s not true. You have to play the game as well. Many observers still believe one of the reasons Marion Cotillard beat Julie Christie for Best Actress two years ago is because Cotillard worked the circuit hard, especially in the final stretches, while Christie mostly stayed home in England. On its own, Mo’Nique’s blazing performance is surely strong enough to score her a supporting actress nomination, but unless Lionsgate (or Precious exec producer Oprah Winfrey) can convince her to show up at some events and not expect a six-figure fee, I wonder if she can kiss a win goodbye. It’s too bad, because in conversation, Mo’Nique is hilarious and endearing; she’d only help her case by meeting Oscar voters in person. For now, however, she doesn’t seem to care.

http://oscar-watch.ew.com/2009/10/08/is-monique-killing-her-oscar-chances/
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Mo'nique should have learned a few things from new-comer Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer was surrounded with Oscar Buzz for about a year and she handled the publicity like she'd been working in the industry all her life. Mo'nique asking for $100,000 plus dollars just to walk the red-carpet to HELP promote her own movie Premier is over-the-top...I will be checking out "Precious" when it opens on Nov 6th..

 

[bokan800]

I saw the episode with Chris Rock and Nia Long. They were promoting the movie "Good Hair". That was one of the funniest, most entertaining, most real interviews I've ever seen.

I love Mo'Nique

 

[jizzeater]

The show is better than Wendy William's hot mess of a show. Monique should replace Wendy's man looking ass.

Um, I love Wendy and I watch it every night. Don't say a bad word about Miss Wendy!

I haven't seen Mo'nique's show in the TV listings. Is it on in all areas?

 

[MisterMajestic]

BET gets mojo from Mo'Nique

Show draws 1.5 million viewers for the cabler

By STUART LEVINE

BET's Monday premiere of "The Mo'Nique Show" drew 1.5 million viewers, making it the top-rated program of the season for the cabler. And prelims for Tuesday showed it pulling in 1.9 million.

Airing at 11 o'clock weeknights, hourlong talkshow improved on its lead-in substantially. Director Tyler Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" saw an aud of 758,000 on Monday, and the first installment of "Mo'Nique" nearly doubled that viewership.

Guests for the inaugural episode were Steve Harvey, R&B artists Monica and Jeremih and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. The show tapes in the Georgia capital.

Mo'Nique will be a player in this season's Oscar race for her performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." She's receiving strong reviews, and at Sundance, she drew the special jury prize while the pic took the aud nod.

(Rick Kissell contributed to this report.)

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009676.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
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I thought her Premier week was pretty solid...

 

[bokan800]

Mo'Nique will be a player in this season's Oscar race for her performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." She's receiving strong reviews, and at Sundance, she drew the special jury prize while the pic took the aud nod.
I thought her Premier week was pretty solid...

I'm so proud of her! I'm dying to see this film, why does it have to be November 6!? I hope she wins the Oscar. omg

 

[MisterMajestic]

I'm so proud of her! I'm dying to see this film, why does it have to be November 6!? I hope she wins the Oscar. omg

I hear'ya Bokan...I'm proud of her to..I know Critics praise her "abusive Mother" performance, but I have to see the film for myself..Nov 6th is not that far..The down side is that it OPENS in SELECT cities on Nov 6th. I live in the Damn dirty-dirty-dirty South and we don't get most indy-films until December or February........

My town might get it early since Tyler Perry movies bring in the bucks here..We'll see...Here's the YouTbe trailer..

 

[MCsNo1Fn]

Meh. Her show was terrible. She's loud and annoying. She not funny at all. I'll pass. Although I can't wait to see Precious.

 

[kayman23]

It's so-so at best.

 

[MisterMajestic]

I'm totally "feeling" Mo'Niques "Big Girl Dancers"...Those are some Sexy-Thick-sistas..One of them spins around so fast and you see her panties..

On the flip-side those dancers are "Saturday Night Live" dream comedy-skit..I'm just waiting for SNL to do a spoof on the show..

 

[MisterMajestic]

Mo's show got canceled..

I Love Mo'nique MADLY so what I heard this morning was a bit shocking.. I was listening to nationally syndicated Talk Radio Host "Warren Ballentine" and his "Insider" said BET's "The Mo'nique show" was canceled as of last week. The "Insider" stressed that the cancellation had NOTHING to do with "ratings" but the contract negotiations fell through.


I remember BET reporting back in 2009 that Mo was BET's First Celebrity to sign a Multi-million Dollar contract with the company. I noticed that in 2010 she went from 5 Nightly shows to about 4. Then after the new year they cut her shows back to 3 nights a week. I figured something wasn't right when that happened. I really liked the way she was molding her show into Shining a Positive Light on the Black Community. The Celebrity guests were there for a "cause" and not just to promote a Project. Mo'nique had a seat on her couch for Black Celebrities that could not get a "booking" on Leno or Letterman. Mo'nique's showed also offered a "Door opening" to Black Celebrities that we no longer talk about and some of us forgot about.


Who else was gonna showcase one of R&B's most underrated Gifted Voices; Tevin Campbell after so many years out of the Spotlight? Yeah there were Guests on her show I never heard of but I was willing to get to know those unknown Guests. A lot of them had a story to tell along with a Lesson. Where else in PrimeTime Cable will you find another show like Mo'nique's? It doesn't exist.


Whether the cancellation had to do with "Money Issues or Creative control" there was a reason the Head of BET programming cut the show to 3 days a week. Whatever the reason both parties walked away from the table BET "Late Night" had a GEM with "The Mo'nique show".

 

[Ram]

I know she is a fantastic actress but I just don't see a good entertainer.

 

[SexyKev]

Re: Mo's show got canceled..

I Love Mo'nique MADLY so what I heard this morning was a bit shocking.. I was listening to nationally syndicated Talk Radio Host "Warren Ballentine" and his "Insider" said BET's "The Mo'nique show" was canceled as of last week. The "Insider" stressed that the cancellation had NOTHING to do with "ratings" but the contract negotiations fell through.


I remember BET reporting back in 2009 that Mo was BET's First Celebrity to sign a Multi-million Dollar contract with the company. I noticed that in 2010 she went from 5 Nightly shows to about 4. Then after the new year they cut her shows back to 3 nights a week. I figured something wasn't right when that happened. I really liked the way she was molding her show into Shining a Positive Light on the Black Community. The Celebrity guests were there for a "cause" and not just to promote a Project. Mo'nique had a seat on her couch for Black Celebrities that could not get a "booking" on Leno or Letterman. Mo'nique's showed also offered a "Door opening" to Black Celebrities that we no longer talk about and some of us forgot about.


Who else was gonna showcase one of R&B's most underrated Gifted Voices; Tevin Campbell after so many years out of the Spotlight? Yeah there were Guests on her show I never heard of but I was willing to get to know those unknown Guests. A lot of them had a story to tell along with a Lesson. Where else in PrimeTime Cable will you find another show like Mo'nique's? It doesn't exist.


Whether the cancellation had to do with "Money Issues or Creative control" there was a reason the Head of BET programming cut the show to 3 days a week. Whatever the reason both parties walked away from the table BET "Late Night" had a GEM with "The Mo'nique show".

Damn. Disappointed about that. I enjoyed her and her show. And I agree that it provided a platform for those great artist/acts that didn't get much shine. Really sucks..

 

[That70sJoe]

Re: Mo's show got canceled..

I Love Mo'nique MADLY so what I heard this morning was a bit shocking.. I was listening to nationally syndicated Talk Radio Host "Warren Ballentine" and his "Insider" said BET's "The Mo'nique show" was canceled as of last week. The "Insider" stressed that the cancellation had NOTHING to do with "ratings" but the contract negotiations fell through.

I remember BET reporting back in 2009 that Mo was BET's First Celebrity to sign a Multi-million Dollar contract with the company. I noticed that in 2010 she went from 5 Nightly shows to about 4. Then after the new year they cut her shows back to 3 nights a week. I figured something wasn't right when that happened. I really liked the way she was molding her show into Shining a Positive Light on the Black Community. The Celebrity guests were there for a "cause" and not just to promote a Project. Mo'nique had a seat on her couch for Black Celebrities that could not get a "booking" on Leno or Letterman. Mo'nique's showed also offered a "Door opening" to Black Celebrities that we no longer talk about and some of us forgot about.

Who else was gonna showcase one of R&B's most underrated Gifted Voices; Tevin Campbell after so many years out of the Spotlight? Yeah there were Guests on her show I never heard of but I was willing to get to know those unknown Guests. A lot of them had a story to tell along with a Lesson. Where else in PrimeTime Cable will you find another show like Mo'nique's? It doesn't exist.

Whether the cancellation had to do with "Money Issues or Creative control" there was a reason the Head of BET programming cut the show to 3 days a week. Whatever the reason both parties walked away from the table BET "Late Night" had a GEM with "The Mo'nique show".

Thanks for the news. That's too bad but it's not too surprising because as you pointed out, BET was cutting back on airings for The Mo'Nique Show from 5 nights to 4 and then 3 (and they stopped with the morning repeats awhile ago). I didn't watch it right away, though I knew it had premiered. One day, a receptionist @ work mentioned to me that Anita Baker and Gabrielle Union had been on TMS that week. That info completely piqued my interest so I started watching...and I'm so glad I did. Like you said, Mo'Nique had guests that you wouldn't normally see on the network talk shows. It was actually refreshing and a lot of these actors, singers and comics shared that TMS was their talk show debut.

TMS wasn't perfect. I didn't care for the opening monologue-- I fast fowarded, tbh-- and the closing inspirational pep talk and self-hug. That being said, I fully appreciated seeing the likes of Keith David, DB Woodside, Alfre Woodard, Rita Moreno, Morris Chestnut, Delroy Lindo, Aisha Hinds, Tessa Thompson, Tristan Wilds, Rutina Wesley, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Glynn Turman, Peter Mensah, Gina Torres, Salli Richardson, Laz Alonso, Kevin Alejandro, Shay Mitchell, Yvette Nicole Brown, Persia White, Golden Brooks, Robert Gossett, Aml Ameen, Lynn Whitfield, Garcelle Beauvais, Boris Kodjoe, Lenny Kravitz, Hill Harper, the casts of "The Game" and "Let's Stay Together", Keesha Sharp, Essence Atkins and James Pickens Jr., among many others.

And being a huge music fan, I was happy to see the performances of people like Van Hunt, Angelique Kidjo, Ledisi, Tank, Laura Izabor, Anthony David, Aloe Blacc, Dwele, Fefe Dobson, Bilal, Brian Culbertson, Avant, Kenny Lattimore, Marsha Ambrosius, Les Nubians, Angie Stone, Ginuwine, Goapele, Jaheim and Musiq, plus many more.

I hope BET doesn't give up on the late night concept and just hires another host (Wayne Brady? Kim Coles?). Otherwise, we'll never see people like the aforementioned on a talk show. IMO, you have to be A-List like Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Beyonce and Alicia Keys to get on Leno, Dave, Jimmy Kimmel, etc.

Anyway, thanks for the memories, Mo'Nique!

 

[MisterMajestic]

I Love Leno, Letterman & Furguson. I DVR Furguson all the time. He's REAL and that is my attraction to him and his Comedy....Those Late night Giants are Unique and they're Oooozing all over the place with the "IT factor"...

It still amazes me that People of Color have yet to sustain a place in Late Night Talk.