Asians on American TV | Asian American Poll

HOW THE TV NETS TREAT ASIANS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:08:15 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which U.S. TV network is most Asian-Friendly?
ABC | 24%
CBS | 28%
FOX | 27%
NBC | 21%

Which U.S. TV network is least Asian-Friendly?
ABC | 28%
CBS | 20%
FOX | 26%
NBC | 26%

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Liu is pretty, Liu is a hag. I can show you true Asian beauty
blah blah blah. Some of you are so shallow. Does every
Asian actor/ess have to be a visual paragon? There are plenty
of black and white actors who aren't drop dead gorgeous.
What's the big deal? Grow up. You can't assimilate with
these elitist attitudes.
Orangelo quetzal@newsguy.com Friday, August 10, 2001 at 03:58:50 (PDT)

I find Lisa Ling to be attractive(altough she is by no means close to the best looking oriental women). I remember watching her on Channel One when i was in middle school. Her body is nice also.

On the other hand I find Lucy Liu unattractive. That doesn't mean she's ugly either, but I have never seen a Chinese gal with such exaggerated slanted eyes. Her look is unappealing to me. To me the best looking oriental girls are the ones with big anime eyes. They give even the most gorgeous Caucasian females a run for thier money in pure beauty.
chinese enigma genericlel@hotmail.com Sunday, August 05, 2001 at 00:56:14 (PDT)

also dammit...

SuChin Pak...change your fob-ass name. "Su Chin Pak" sounds like one of them old 19th century Western transliterations of Chinese names like "Hop Wang Sop" or "Ling Duck Doo." (any reason why Chinese names sounded funnier back then?).

if you're a korean american or chinese american or any american, get an American name. we don't need any more "exotic eggroll b s."

also whats up with "Lisa Ling" and "Lucy liu" and "Wayne Wang?" dang just gimme one frickin "Joe Kim" dammit!
don't fobbify yourself Friday, August 03, 2001 at 16:26:10 (PDT)

for real!

remember the Joseph Ileto murder? all the media couldn't shut up about the jewish community center being shot at (no one was even injured or killed!). also the Richard Baumhammers case? all the interviews were given to the Jewish victims' family, "oh yeah, 3 gooks/chinks and a black man died too."

also there are SOOO MANY Israeli spies that have been caught and prosecuted, but the only thing we ever hear about is Wen Ho Lee!!!

not that i have anything against the Jews but they DEFINITELY control the media - and it pisses me off when they claim they don't. also ever notice how with old Jewish ladies its ALWAYS about race? gawd, its' always "that little Korean girl" or "that half-Irish half-Iranian boy" with them!

then again, some Jewish organizations defend Asians whenever a Wen Ho Lee type scandal arises...oh well, good kikes/bad kikes right, Sarah Silverman?...iceberg goldberg greenberg no difference
Michael Eisner Fan Club Friday, August 03, 2001 at 16:21:23 (PDT)

Some people just don't get it !!! It's all a question of who the white media wants to portray as being hot. For a while it was Black men, now they're out.
Then it was latin men, now it's over.
Then it was Asian women who are so desireable, now they're fading into the background. Next it will be Latina women on the success of jen lopez etc. and everyone will want a latina women. It goes round and round and it's all bullshit defined by producers who profit from the popularity craze among the weak of mind.
Define your own worth !!! Thursday, August 02, 2001 at 08:56:11 (PDT)

I agree. Jews such as Sarah Silverman are the most divisive and closet racist people of all. They hide themselves well behind the psuedo-liberal Democratic gauze. Jewish people support the Democrats because the Dems hand over all of our hard earned tax $ to Israel. How else did we have 8 years of unhindered prosperity, which all of a sudden collapsed when Bush took office and would not give a penny to the Middle East? Something is definitely screwy here.

No wonder the Dems hate the money being refunded to us. It figures that the people who are used to being in the center of most world conflicts and have so much experience with war are able to create most of the divisiveness in America.
Re: Sarah Silverman’s anti-Asian comments on the NBC Network Sunday, July 29, 2001 at 15:24:43 (PDT)

Man, the Jews dish it out, but they can't take it. Yeah, Asians and Latins are the bad immigrants unlike the Jews who of course are the "real" Americans. Such nonsense. The Jews think the U.S. owes everything to Israel and that any other ethnic groups in the U.S. will detract money, resources and attention away from their cause to support Israel. The only reason Jews want to be friends with Asians is because they eventually want to tap the emerging Asian overseas markets to further their wealth. Maybe we should worry less about the white man creating bad Asian stereotypes and worry more about the Jews who really control the media. The Jews want to maintain control at all costs by making us minorities fight each other as well as pitting us minorities against white people while they remain in power and profit from these sad yet profitable media generated conflicts.

The worst enemy is the enemy that you cannot see and do not even know exists. What the hell was Sarah Silverman thinking when she said all that crap on national television? I guess what we saw were her true colors. What does this tell you about the network that let this happen without any problem?

I agree with Asian Dominatrix that we should all quit watching T.V. until the networks treat all of us minorities better.

re: Sarah Silverman (Jewish) statements about Asians Thursday, July 26, 2001 at 01:12:15 (PDT)

Yeah Cammy,

I'm oh-so very proud that they put Korean chicks with huge ass faces on the show. And as icing on the cake, they absolutely LOVE to play the needy Asian woman who'd drop to their knees in the blink of an eye to please their white cronies. Gimme a fuckin' break, you head-case! Those chicks, regardless of whether they are Korean or not, are PATHETIC examples of Asian American women -- lookswise, and personality wise. I'd rather see no Asians on the Real World than some slit-eyed white man's puppets.
Mr. Korean Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 23:55:54 (PDT)

Suchin Pak must have a Korean daddy cuz "Pak" is another way of spelling "Park", but she sure as hell doesn't look Korean! Her skin is swarthy, and she has full lips and a bulbous nose. I'm not calling her ugly at all, but she looks like a Malay or a Pinay. Her momz must've been SE Asian.
Korean Boy Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 23:51:32 (PDT)

What's the fuss about white men dating AF? C'mon, can you see those AFs who date WM on TV or in movies are ugly as hell. Why do you think those AF got the gig? For money of course. WMs think they get the best of AFs. C'mon, beautiful AFs are the ones who marry AMs. Have you seen any beautiful AFs who date WMs. I haven't.
myself Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 12:49:26 (PDT)

What i hate the most is when white men eating chinese food with chopsticks and they pretend they know how to use it. What's up with that? C'mon. Nothing looks more stupid than that. Next time, i hope they use a fork or something.
myself Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 12:44:20 (PDT)

we should stop watching t.v. altogether.
a Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 10:49:35 (PDT)

I don't know--I think Suchin Pak of MTV News and formerly of Trackers on Oxygen is pretty cute!!!
Andrew Xiaoliang Campbell Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 06:16:51 (PDT)

Conan O'Brien show:

'Does Sarah Silverman "love chinks"? Well, sweetie Sarah, I reciprocate your love. I love 'kikes'--even fat, ugly, piss-coloured, m-o-o-o-o-n-faced slags like you with chipmunk cheeks. Too bad your great grand folks didn't get burned in the Holo...Oops, my apologies!'

Can you imagine if an Asian comedian said that? They would get such flack and be told 'Go back to China/Japan: America is a melting pot and you Asians are s-o-o- prejudiced. Blah, blah, blah...'

P.S. That said, I think Silverman is still big butt ugly.
Asian Dominatrix Wednesday, July 25, 2001 at 05:01:28 (PDT)

To the person who is complaining about the "ugly" Korean women on MTV...he should be proud that there are at least Asians now in the mainstream instead of doing poor immigrant roles. "Mr. Korea" -- you need to grow up and learn a little bit of appreciation. (Or is that too hard to ask from a Mr. Korea.)
Cammy Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 20:56:09 (PDT)

I believe most AAF would agree when i say that the commercials always feature an ugly Asian female among models. the prettiest i've seen were the Japanese-looking model on Maybelline's Wet & Shine lipstick, Nurul of Revlon (expired spokeperson), and a Caucasian-Asian model who leapt from Delia's catalog to Gap.com (i dunno her name!). I think the non-Asian society perceive Asian women as beautiful to fulfill their own sense of fetishism, unless they see something that i failed to see.
JJ Augusta Monday, July 23, 2001 at 11:45:57 (PDT)

Goddamn, those Korean Chicks on MTV are F-U-G-L-Y (Fuggin' Ugly)! When the hell are they gonna put a coupla good looking, yelaa-fella dating Asian girls on the show... they give Korean girls a bad name. Honestly, their (Janet, Ellen) faces look like fuckin' plates! I know about 1 trillion Korean ladies that look better than they do.
Mr. Korea Sunday, July 22, 2001 at 23:22:47 (PDT)

PBS is the best network period.
asian man Friday, July 20, 2001 at 08:52:34 (PDT)

well, a japanese actor playing chinese doesn't really annoy me. I mean, there are caucasian actors of various backgrounds who play other characters of different backgrounds. (as well as white actors who took on black and asian "roles")
am Friday, July 20, 2001 at 01:26:50 (PDT)

Sorry I made a mistake on my post. Viacom owns CBS, but then again what's the difference?
Latino T.V. Critic Thursday, July 19, 2001 at 18:42:52 (PDT)

The thing dat getz me mad annoyed iz when i c a korean actor play a chinese character or vice versa. wutz up w/dat, then they got da nerve to try n speak the so called native language. like 4example, when u watch a movie dat has 2 do w/ chinese triads, they got sum japanese actor tryin 2 speak chinese, the it comes out all f***ed up. i don't know bout u guyz but dat shit iz mad annoying. i guess these "people" in da hollywood industry assume oriental is all chinese or sumthin. it sure seems like it when they b casting people.
JunieNYC Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at 23:08:56 (PDT)

"MTV is owned by VIACOM!!!"

Thanks for answering my question Andrew. And all this time I thought CBS was the lesser of the three evil networks and I did not criticize them. Actually, I still think they are by far the best in terms of appealing to Asians and Latinos compared to the other two losers. Viacom is owned by CBS. Unfortunately, Viacom puts out the Howard Stern show -that guy is a shit, I don't care if it is all a joke, especially that sideshow dope Robin Quivers who always puts down Latinos any chance she gets. I should have known.
And to think that CBS is actively trying to purchase a large share of Telemundo. I don't know what will happen to Telemundo if this happens. Of course Telemundo is already jointly owned by Sony and AT&T. I have noticed Telemundo has many Asian themes to it lately -which is cool, but CBS trying to capture a majority stake, I don't know about that. Most Latinos like Univison the best anyways because it is more in touch with American Latinos not just Cuban, South and Central America Latinos.

Latino T.V. Critic Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at 19:00:41 (PDT)

MTV is owned by VIACOM!!!
Andrew Xiaoliang Campbell Wednesday, July 18, 2001 at 08:56:02 (PDT)

why is it when you see a sexxy asian female model or actress on tv or in magazines she always paired up with some white boy?
when are we gonna get to see our women paired up with our men??
probably never, cuz the asian models and actresses need to speak up to the white script writers and directors and SAY SOMETHING! don't be passive!! if these asian women care anything about the asian male's image and respect us then it up to them to say they want an asian mans presence in tv or magazines.
although i give props to lucy liu for her accomplishments, i get sick to my stomach when i see her constantly playing her horny "oriental" girl role to those nerdy white boys on "ally mcbeal" it's no wonder that becuz of stereotypes like these, white boys think of asian women as hot little fortune cookies just waiting to cracked.
i bet if there was a tv show that had some asian cat going around knocking up all the big titty blond chicks the show would get canceled. white boys dont like to see that kinda shit!

juz some shit for you to think about.

keepitreal!
Azn Avenga Tuesday, July 17, 2001 at 17:13:55 (PDT)

Can anyone tell me who and the hell (which network) owns MTV? I can't locate the parent company and I am very curious.
Who owns MTV? Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 20:49:02 (PDT)

To Asian Dominatrix

Hey, well said and done Asian Dominatrix! That was a very funny comment, yet it's mostly true. You watch any American movies made about Asian people and it's always some white guy falling in love with some ugly Asian girl and tries to save the world from the evil "Asian Man."
AM-20 Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 00:51:00 (PDT)

Okay CrzySxyCool, I double checked when I watched Road Rules and you are right. Still, the fact that we have Eurasians on Real World (Lori) and Road Rules (Steve) is wayyyyy cool to someone like me!

By the way, love the name. TLC is one of my favorite R & B groups.

Late!
Andrew Xiaoliang Campbell Friday, July 13, 2001 at 06:05:29 (PDT)

Asian Dom, tellin it like it is!
AM Friday, July 13, 2001 at 03:28:00 (PDT)

Dustin Nguyen is gay. Gay as in homosexual. I am NOT kidding. Do your research people. He doesn't do shit for the AA male image, unless you are gay yourself.
Dustin Nyugen is gay Thursday, July 12, 2001 at 18:05:16 (PDT)

I hate to break it to you Andrew but according to the MTV Steve is half Thai, half Caucasian. He is going to be on Road Rules this season.
CrzySxyCool Thursday, July 12, 2001 at 05:39:25 (PDT)

On Chinese Holocaust:

You can be sure if there's a movie on the Japanese 'holocaust' of the Chinese made by Hollywood, the star man is still going to be a whitey: a whitey who helps the Chinese with his superior logic, wit...and presumably other things. He's inevitably going to be inspired by a sensitive Chinese beauty whom he rescues from her Asian brute of a husband. In the end, she's going to commit suicide and he's going to marry the pretty blonde missionary--the one who raped by the nasty Japanese soldiers. And they're going to live happily ever...
This is the typical assholery you're going to get from those semi-educated yahoos running 'Holly-wouldn't it be nice if whites continue to run the world.'
Asian Dominatrix Thursday, June 28, 2001 at 03:57:02 (PDT)

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