After following most of the season on this blog I would be remiss if I didn’t check in with a recap of the finale. Granted, I stop posting after Nicole’s surprise return turned out to be a one-shot deal (there was no point after all the black folks were gone). Anway, I was glued to my set with my DVR recording the whole thing. (Note to NBC: 3 hours is overkill). I wanted to see how Nicole, Damien, Carla and Joelle did—and whether any of them would at least get a chance at the take home prize of $100 grand. Read the full story

I decided to watch a few weeks of “Survivor: Tocantins” this season because there were three African Americans contestants. The operative word being “were”. Well, this is the end of week three, and only Taj remains. Folks are dropping like flies and quite frankly, the show it is not all that interesting. I think it has definitely jumped the shark. I am not sure how much longer I can do it. But Taj (yeah the sister from SWV) is trying to hang in there for the long haul so I will try to hang in there with her a bit longer. Read the full story