Soul Train
Robyn/ Next/ Rufus Blaq
TV Flash files “Robyn/ Next/ Rufus Blaq” as hour 896 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 27, episode 24, aired 1998-04-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S27E24: listed hour 896 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 25 of 33 in season 27. It aired 1998-04-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Keith Washington/ Destiny's Child/ Outta Order” (S27E23). Next is “Jon B/ Militia/ Tami Hert” (S27E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Robyn/ Next/ Rufus Blaq sit in the Soul Train guide?
S27E24 is listed hour 896 of 1134 — hour 25 of 33 in season 27, season 27 episode 24.
When did Soul Train S27E24 air?
Robyn/ Next/ Rufus Blaq aired 1998-04-25 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
Filed against
- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…