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Carlos King Steps Into The Shade Room To Talk About His Impact On Reality TV, Stepping In Front Of The Camera, His Latest Projects & More

<p>The conversation about who is the queen of reality television often sparks a debate&comma; however&comma; when it comes to who is the king of reality television&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;thecarlosking&lowbar;&sol;">Carlos King<&sol;a><&sol;strong> is the first name mentioned&period; He has helped to turn some of our favorite reality stars into household names&comma; and he continues to do so through some of his latest projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; when he is not behind the scenes&comma; he is now in front of the camera on his late-night talk show&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oprah&period;com&sol;app&sol;the-nightcap-with-carlos-king-full-episodes&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Nightcap With Carlos King<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; or on his podcast <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;podcasts&period;apple&period;com&sol;us&sol;podcast&sol;reality-with-the-king&sol;id1614311600" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8220&semi;Reality With The King<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Carlos stepped into The Shade Room to speak with us about all of the amazing shows he has over on the OWN Network&comma; as well as some of his past projects and also what we can expect from him next&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When you hear Carlos&&num;8217&semi; name&comma; some shows that might come to mind include &&num;8220&semi;<em>Real Housewives of Atlanta<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Love &amp&semi; Hip-Hop&colon; Atlanta<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <em>Hollywood Divas<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;<em>BET Presents&colon; The Encore<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and many others&period; When asked about what made him want to create an empire out of reality television&comma; he said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve always been a fan of pop culture since I was a kid&period; I just love entertainment&comma; I love this genre of television&period; So when I got the opportunity to produce &&num;8216&semi;<em>The Real Housewives of Atlanta<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8217&semi; in 2008&comma; I caught this bug in reality tv&comma; and honey it&&num;8217&semi;s been stinging me ever since&period; So I wanted to make sure that I stepped away from working for someone else and decided to start my production company <em>Kingdom Reign Entertainment<&sol;em> to really just start creating shows that I felt like reflected the culture&period; I wanted to do shows that I knew Black Twitter would be proud of&&num;8230&semi;I knew that the Roommates would talk about&comma; which is how how &&num;8216&semi;<em>The Encore<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8217&semi; on BET came about&period; So for me&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s all about establishing my brand&comma; we did that with &&num;8216&semi;<em>Love and Marriage&colon; Huntsville<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8217&semi; now we got &&num;8216&semi;<em>Love and Marriage&colon; DC<&sol;em>&period;&&num;8217&semi; So being a Black man creating a franchise is huge&comma; and to be the first openly gay Black man to have a late-night show is groundbreaking&period; So I&&num;8217&semi;m here on my Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey&comma; and trying to make fetch happen&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;tv&sol;CgKqk&lowbar;WlJG-&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;tv&sol;CgKqk&lowbar;WlJG-&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;CeuNE36Lx3k&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Carlos credits those that have been around him for encouraging him to step in front of the camera&comma; however&comma; he wanted to lock down on his producing skills before actually doing so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m such a hard worker&comma; that I wanted to make sure that I cultivated the skill set of being a producer&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Did I have dreams of being on TV&quest; Sure&comma; I wanted my own daytime talk show when I was 12 years old&period; So I always had that in the back of my mind&comma; but in order for it to make sense for me&comma; I had to make sure to hone my skill set in producing before I decided to make that leap&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Right now Carlos is not only dominating the OWN Network with just his talk show but also with &&num;8220&semi;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oprah&period;com&sol;app&sol;love-and-marriage-huntsville&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Love and Marriage&colon; Huntsville<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oprah&period;com&sol;app&sol;love-and-marriage-dc&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Love and Marriage&colon; DC<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oprah&period;com&sol;app&sol;belle-collective&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Belle Collective<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When explaining how he determines which cities he will use as a focal point for his shows&comma; Carlos said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I like to tap into cities that people just aren&&num;8217&semi;t familiar with&period;&&num;8221&semi; He added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I also want to explore different territories that I don&&num;8217&semi;t know about&comma; because it keeps things interesting&comma; even for me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"MaZSNeq2E6w" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After dominating the reality television field&comma; 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