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Joining Audrey Adams on the show this week, MARY MARY, sisters Erica and Tina Campbell; they have earned three GRAMMY® Awards, two American Music Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and a BET Award and they talk to Audrey about their CD, SOMETHING BIG. 

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This week on TALK! with AUDREY: CULLEN JONES currently holds the American record in the 50 freestyle and is one of the fastest sprinters in the world today. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Cullen was a member of the electrifying 400m free relay team that broke the world record and won Olympic gold in one of the most memorable races in history. With the victory, Cullen became the second African American to win Olympic swimming gold.

Having almost become a drowning statistic himself, the Olympian works to promote water safety, especially amongst minorities. As a National spokesman for Make a Splash, Cullen holds learn-to-swim clinics and speaks to children and parents across the nation. This summer, Jones is touring the country to promote the availability of low to no cost swimming lessons , “Make a Splash with Cullen Jones. Studies have shown that in ethnically-diverse communities, the youth drowning rate is nearly three times the national average. A study commissioned in 2008 by USA Swimming revealed that nearly six out of 10 African American and Hispanic/Latino children are unable to swim, nearly twice as many as their Caucasian counterparts

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This week on TALK! with AUDREY :

Identical twins YVONNE and YVETTEDURANT, modern day etiquette experts join me to discuss holiday tipping, the Christmas card game, holidating during the season and what to do if you are hosting a dinner or invited as a guest . . . and more! Need some advice? Be sure to check out their weekly blog.

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This week on TALK! with AUDREY: My guest is MAUREEN MCGILL a stylist, a vintage authority, and co-founder of the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show, and she has supplied clothing to Oscar contenders (and winners!) such as The Aviator, The Good Shepherd, American Gangster, The Great Debaters, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, Julie and Julia, to name a few. The Show is so popular that over 3,000 people pour in during the first hour when the doors open and has become a favorite hunting ground for fashion designers, costume designers and retail customers.  The upcoming show will be featuring a special exhibit of the Little Black Dress.   

Show hours are:  Friday, February 5th, 1-8pm; Saturday, February 6th, 11-6pm.  Admission is $20.  The Metropolitan Pavilion is located at 125 W. 18th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan. 

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My guest is DARRYL BELL. Well-known as the smooth-talking schemer and would-be ladies man in the 80’s sitcom A Different World.

Bell host’s TV ONE’s celebration of Our History during COLOR TV WEEK and speaks with a panel of actors and actrresses from the week’s featured sitcom’s including Ernest Thomas and Haywood Nelson from What’s Happening!; The Jeffersons’ Marla Gibbs; Good Times’ Jimmie Walker and Bern Nadette Stanis; Lynn Hamilton from Sanford and Son; and Ajai Sanders from A Different World.

COLOR TV WEEK (Monday, Feb. 15 – Friday, Feb. 19) – From 8-10 PM each night, the third week of WAY BLACK WHEN focuses on classic black situation comedies that not only became a proving ground for some of Hollywood’s most successful black actresses/actors, but an authentic reflection of African American life as well.

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This week on TALK! with AUDREY: My guest is BERN NADETTE STANIS. She is best known as the quick witted, sexy, savvy original “It Girl,” Thelma Evans, from the groundbreaking, first African American family sitcom, GOOD TIMES.

Stanis is a featured panelist as part of TV ONE‘s celebration of Our History on COLOR TV WEEK. This week will be hosted by actor Darryl Bell from A Different World, one of the featured sitcoms. He will be joined by a panel that includes other actors and actresses from this week’s featured sitcoms including Ernest Thomas and Haywood Nelson from What’s Happening!; The Jeffersons’ Marla Gibbs; Good Times’ Jimmie Walker and; Lynn Hamilton from Sanford and Son; and Ajai Sanders from A Different World.

COLOR TV WEEK (Monday, Feb. 15 – Friday, Feb. 19) – From 8-10 PM each night, the third week of WAY BLACK WHEN focuses on classic black situation comedies that not only became a proving ground for some of Hollywood’s most successful black actresses/actors, but an authentic reflection of African American life as well.

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This week on TALK! with AUDREY: My guest is HAYWOOD NELSON. Best known as Dwayne Nelson, the shy, down to earth teen who frequently used the phrase, “Hey, Hey, Hey,” from the legendary TV show WHAT’s HAPPENING!

Nelson is a featured panelist as part of TV ONE’s celebration of Our History on COLOR TV WEEK. This week will be hosted by actor Darryl Bellfrom A Different World, one of the featured sitcoms. He will be joined by a panel that includes other actors and actresses from this week’s featured sitcoms including Ernest Thomas from What’s Happening!; The Jeffersons’ Marla Gibbs; Good Times’ Jimmie Walker and Bern Nadette Stanis; Lynn Hamilton from Sanford and Son; and Ajai Sanders from A Different World.

COLOR TV WEEK (Monday, Feb. 15 – Friday, Feb. 19) – From 8-10 PM each night, the third week of WAY BLACK WHEN focuses on classic black situation comedies that not only became a proving ground for some of Hollywood’s most successful black actresses/actors, but an authentic reflection of African American life as well.