D. L. Hughley

Darryl Lynn "D. L." Hughley (/ˈhjuːɡliː/; born March 6, 1963) is an American actor, political commentator, radio host, author and stand-up comedian. Hughley is best known as the original host of BET's Comic View from 1992–1993, the eponymous character on the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys and performed in The Original Kings of Comedy. Additionally, he has been the host of CNN's D. L. Hughley Breaks the News, a correspondent for The Jay Leno Show on NBC, and a local radio personality and interviewer in New York City. In early 2013, D.L. Hughley landed in 9th place on Dancing with the Stars.
== Early life ==
Hughley was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Audrey and Charles Hughley, who was a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker. During his troubled teenage years, Hughley was a member of the Bloods and was expelled from high school before turning his back on gang life, getting his GED, and obtaining employment with The Los Angeles Times.[1]
== Career ==
From 1992 to 1993, Hughley was the original host of ComicView, the stand-up comedy program on BET. From 1998 to 2002, he wrote, produced and starred in the television sitcom series, The Hughleys. During 2005, he released a stand-up comedy album "D.L. Hughley: Notes From The GED Section" [2] and had a short-lived talk show on Comedy Central called Weekends at the D.L.. He is a member of The Original Kings of Comedy, and has also had roles on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and on NBC's Scrubs as Turk's brother. In 2008, he was the host of the BET Awards. He also attended the funeral of one of his best friends and fellow King of Comedy, Bernie Mac. At the service, he gave a tearful speech during the eulogy.[3]
It was announced in June 2010 that NBC has ordered a game show pilot that Hughley will host entitled Who's Bluffing Who? Also in June 2010, Hughley served as special guest moderator of ABC's "The View" for one day.[4]
Hughley is scheduled to guest-star on TBS's Glory Daze[5] as well as guest host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.[6] Hughley has filled in for Meredith Vieira as a guest host on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Hughley's first book, I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes Is Ruining America, with contributions from Michael Malice, was published on July 31, 2012 by Crown Archetype Press.[7]
Hughley was a contestant on Season 16 of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with two-time champion Cheryl Burke.[8]
Hughley's second book, Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years, was published on June 6, 2017 by William Morrow.[9]
Hughley's latest book, How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People with contributions from Doug Moe was published on June 26, 2018 by William Morrow.[10]
=== CNN ===
Hughley was selected to host and write a comedic news-show on CNN which covers global happenings in politics, entertainment, sports and pop culture,[11] titled D. L. Hughley Breaks the News,which aired its premiere episode on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10 p.m. EDT on CNN.[12] On March 9, 2009, CNN announced Hughley would be ending the show due to a desire to work in Los Angeles and be closer to his family. He plans to continue his work with CNN as a Los Angeles-based contributor for the network.[13]
=== Radio ===
Hughley also has a career as an on-air radio personality. On July 20, 2009, The D.L. Hughley Morning Show premiered on WRKS (now WEPN), more popularly known at the time as 98.7 Kiss FM, an urban adult contemporary station in New York City. His co-hosts included former BET news correspondent Jacque Reid.[14] Airing from 6–10 am, the show placed Hughley in direct competition with his fellow "King of Comedy" Steve Harvey, whose nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show airs in New York on WBLS (Kiss FM's longtime rival). There were plans to take Hughley's show into syndication as well, but a dispute regarding his salary erupted between Kiss FM's parent company and the potential syndication company. In August 2010, Kiss FM dropped the show from its schedule, and Hughley moved on to other endeavors.[15]
On August 12, 2013, REACH Media, the syndicator founded by Tom Joyner, announced it had finalized a deal with D.L. to host a new nationally syndicated afternoon drive show, The D.L. Hughley Show, distributed by Cumulus Media Networks.[16]
== Personal life ==
Hughley and his wife, LaDonna, have two daughters, Ryan and Tyler, and a son, Kyle.[17] Hughley has discussed his son's Asperger syndrome on several occasions.[18]
On November 10, 2017, Hughley gave an interview on Angela Yee's Lipservice podcast in which he described having an affair early in his marriage and career. His mistress had become pregnant and had a son; the infant was shaken to death by his mother's boyfriend.[19]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1999	Inspector Gadget 	Gadgetmobile	Voice
2000	The Original Kings of Comedy 	Himself 	
2001	The Brothers 	Derrick West	
2003	Inspector Gadget 2 	Gadgetmobile	Voice/Video
2003	Chasing Papi 	Rodrigo 	
2003	Scary Movie 3 	John Wilson 	
2004	Soul Plane 	Johnny 	
2005	Shackles 	Ben Cross 	
2005	Weekends at the D. L. 	Host 	
2006	Cloud 9 	Tenspot 	
2006	The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	Brer Fox 	Voice/Video
2007	D.L. Hughley: Unapologetic 	Host 	Comedy Special
2008	D. L. Hughley Breaks the News	Host 	
2008	Spy School 	Albert 	
2012	D.L. Hughley: Reset 	Host 	Comedy Special
2018	D.L. Hughley: Contrarian 	Host 	Comedy Special
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992 	One Night Stand 	Himself 	Comedy Special
1993 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 	Keith 	Guest role
1994 	HBO Comedy Half-Hour 	Himself 	Comedy Special
1997 	Sister, Sister 	Darryl Hughley	Episode: "Slime Party"
1998–2002	The Hughleys 	Darryl Hughley	Lead role
2001 	The Parkers 	Darryl Hughley	Crossover appearance
2003 	Scrubs 	Kevin Turk 	Guest star
2003 	Premium Blend 	Himself 	Host
2006–2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 	Simon Stiles 	Lead role
2010 	Hawaii Five-0 	Skeet 	Guest star
2011 	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 	Guest host 	
2012 	DL Hughley: The Endangered List	DL Hughley 	Executive producer, Star,[20] won a Peabody Award[21]
2013 	Dancing with the Stars 	Himself 	Contestant
2013 	Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host 	Himself 	Co-host
2016 	Heartbeat 	Dr. Hackett 	
2016 	Match Game 	Himself 	Panelist
2017 	The Comedy Get Down 	Himself 	
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