Comedy Central has announced via Deadline that it’s ordered the New Negroes—Open Mike Eagle and comedian Baron Vaughn’s live comedy show—for a series. The show, described as a “stand-up and music hybrid variety,” joins the Reggie Watts-featuring game show Taskmaster and the scripted comedy series Corporate as the network’s latest pickups.
The New Negroes, which takes its name from Alain Locke’s…