Your comment answers my question. In essence, it sounds like black hole are just more "sexy" for the science type channels for the most part. It seems like they all have a new show about black holes every month.
Black holes suck in everything around them. My 5 year old knows that one. It's all over TV, etc. But what about the original star? Wouldn't that have just as much gravity? Wouldn't it do the same thing with the strength? Is it just that black holes are more exciting to talk about?