VH1 is entering the late-night talk show market and Marc Lamont Hill is their guy. The popular politics and entertainment commentator s the host of VH1 Live.
The CNN commentator will anchor the weekly series, called VH1 Live. The show, produced by Embassy Row (Watch What Happens Live, Talking Dead), will deliver pop culture spin on entertainment news and gossip. The series debuts Sunday, July 17 at 10 p.m.
The deal keeps Hill in the Viacom fold after serving as a BET News host. The VH1 show will see the Ivy League educated host infuse his opinions and wit with what’s billed as a “raw street savvy ” approach to the subject matter. The audience and social media will also play a role in the conversation, with Hill poised to be joined by some of VH1’s biggest stars to get exclusive, behind-the-scenes buzz on the cable network’s top-rated shows.
Hill entered much of America’s consciousness as being the only young Black male to be a talking head on Fox News. From there he began doing work for CNN, BET and Black Enterprise. He was also a regular host of Huffington Post Live. He has also hosted panels and talks at the A3C Festival.
Some of you may still remember him from that time he got into one of the first Twitter wars ever when he had a back and forth with Slim Thug.
Marc Lamont Hill is a regular on HipHopWired.com’s Black Twitter 100.
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