Charles Barkley Discusses New TNT Series Tackling Race Issues

The first episode of TNT's "American Race," the new show hosted and exec produced by Charles Barkley, will be "previewed after TNT's NBA playoff coverage" tonight. Two episodes then will be "shown each night on May 11 and 12." The show "takes a deep dive into race, traveling the country over four, one-hour episodes." Barkley: "It's a hard show. None of the conversations were pleasant ... I needed a beer after every conversation" (NEWSDAY.com, 5/4). Barkley said meeting families who have had members killed by police was the "hardest thing I've ever done in my life ... We never talk about race until something bad happens, and then everybody's mad" ("CBS This Morning," 5/5).