On this episode of The Kulture, in our “Let’s Talk About It” segment, we discuss Black sitcoms, and why they are not dominating our television screens like in the 90s and early 2000s. Actress and ...
*There was something special about TV in the 90s. Thanks to the popularity of The Cosby Show in the 80s, America got comfortable with the idea of seeing Black folks on the regular every week on their ...
In a piece for Salon, Michael Arceneaux asks why there aren’t any realistic African-American comedies featuring working-class families. He’s tired of seeing minorities depicted in the comfy confines ...
The 1990's was a very good time for Black sitcoms. It was a good time for multi-camera TV shows in general, but African Americans leading sitcoms were at their height in the 90's. The Wayans family ...
HBO’s two-part documentary Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television is a surprisingly experimental timeline of Black expression on TV and the near-systematic approach to which networks recycle it ...