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Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell

  • TV Series
  • 2012–2013
  • TV-MA
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
965
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W. Kamau Bell in Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (2012)
ComedyTalk Show

Series will focus on politics, pop culture, race, religion, media and sex.Series will focus on politics, pop culture, race, religion, media and sex.Series will focus on politics, pop culture, race, religion, media and sex.

  • Creators
    • W. Kamau Bell
    • Chris Rock
    • Chuck Sklar
  • Stars
    • W. Kamau Bell
    • Dwayne Kennedy
    • Janine Brito
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    965
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • W. Kamau Bell
      • Chris Rock
      • Chuck Sklar
    • Stars
      • W. Kamau Bell
      • Dwayne Kennedy
      • Janine Brito
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    W. Kamau Bell
    W. Kamau Bell
    • Self - Host…
    • 2012–2013
    Dwayne Kennedy
    Dwayne Kennedy
    • Self…
    • 2012–2013
    Janine Brito
    • Self
    • 2012–2013
    Hari Kondabolu
    Hari Kondabolu
    • Self…
    • 2012–2013
    Aparna Nancherla
    Aparna Nancherla
    • Self…
    • 2012–2013
    Guy Branum
    Guy Branum
    • Self
    • 2013
    Chris Rock
    Chris Rock
    • Self - Guest
    • 2012–2013
    Kevin Avery
    Kevin Avery
    • Self
    • 2012–2013
    Kevin Kataoka
    • Self
    • 2012–2013
    Hannibal Buress
    Hannibal Buress
    • Self…
    • 2012–2013
    Frank Conniff
    Frank Conniff
    • Self
    • 2013
    Louis Katz
    Louis Katz
    • Self
    • 2013
    Ethan T. Berlin
    • Self
    • 2013
    Jim Norton
    Jim Norton
    • Self - Guest
    • 2013
    Alex Wagner
    Alex Wagner
    • Self - Guest
    • 2012–2013
    Sara Schaefer
    Sara Schaefer
    • Self - Guest
    • 2012–2013
    George Takei
    George Takei
    • Self - Guest
    • 2013
    Big Freedia
    Big Freedia
    • Self…
    • 2013
    • Creators
      • W. Kamau Bell
      • Chris Rock
      • Chuck Sklar
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    User reviews14

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    9hermes93-2

    Awesome, funny, well written and a pleasure to see on TV

    This show isn't perfect, a few bits during the season were not 'top-notch' - but only a few. Overall a hilarious, well written and very well hosted show. The rather low rating score showing on IMDb is likely due to some people's dislike of the political bent of the show.

    I could understand some people not feeling it deserving a 9 or a 10 rating, but if it were not for the left-leaning political bent of Kamau, I am certain few people would be rating this below a 6.

    Seriously, give the show a chance, it is funny, insightful and on the top shelf of current televised comedy.

    Thank you FX for continuing the season and I look forward to the next one!
    8gimmebackmywig

    Lighten up!

    A relatively new show. Give it some time! Great political commentary, excellent jokes. I saw a review calling it 'racist.' I'm of a lighter persuasion, and I don't see racism at all. W. Kamau Bell is explaining his views through the way he sees the world. You've got to give him the latitude he deserves as a black man in 21st Century America. I have never once been offended by anything he has said. As for the producer: Chris Rock, he is one of the funniest comedians alive. I have fallen out of my chair & got up with tears in my eyes watching his older HBO specials. The show is unique and would be sorely missed if it were to disappear. Comedy is a rare commodity these days, at least on the tube. If you naysayers hate it so bad, grab the remote, change the channel. It's that simple! Viva Totally Biased!
    10director_wimn

    If Bill Hicks and Richard Pryor had an uncensored comedy baby...

    Totally Biased brings W. Kamau Bell's brilliant, hilarious, no-holds-barred brand of humor to mainstream TV, and no inane politician, media personality or corporate wonk is safe. Clearly, his take-no-prisoners insights are causing some conservative IMDBers to attempt to discredit him, because only someone with a political grudge to bear could rate this show poorly. Bell's razor-sharp analysis and wit hit hard, but his genial smile and friendly nature temper the bite a bit -- there's no bitter angst in this show, just the kind of witty lefty ire you'd hear from your funniest progressive friend in college. (Except no one's funniest friend in college was ever as funny as Kamau.) #SixSeasonsAndAMovie!
    10ebspiano

    Marvelous show

    W Kamau Bell in Totally Biased is funny and thought provoking. Highly recommend this show to make you laugh and keep you thinking. The show includes an interview--one of them was with Rachel Maddow in which they talked about making jokes. Kamau also interviews people on the street about different issues. Kamau teaches while being funny. People who weren't gay were supposed to choose someone who was gay that they might want to marry and people who were gay were supposed to choose someone that wasn't gay they may want to be with. This helped bring attention to gender issues. Another excellent piece was aired after the shooting at the Sikh temple. It pointed out that some people were thinking that Sikhs were Muslims. There was a chart that showed Sikh, Sheik, Shaq and so on plus a map. Again one was learning but also laughing.
    2kbparham

    Completely out of touch. More entitlement than comedy.

    First of all, regardless of the weak personalities making awkward special interests group speeches, the low quality (and often incongruent) laugh track makes very difficult to consider this a credible production. If television reflects our culture then I can only hope the viewers of this show are a small and isolated group. The episode I viewed this evening included a man introduced as a comedian. He apparently read a TelePrompTer and paused seconds before each laugh track audio. His jokes were a litany of comparisons between 7 years of working at McDonalds with 7 years in the US military during the Vietnam war. The biggest surprise was a few incidents in which the audience in the studio groaned along with the laugh track.

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Totally Biased
    • Production companies
      • CR Enterprises
      • FX Productions
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      • 16:9 HD

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