Sunday, August 9, 2009

The Jamie Foxx Show


The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series starred Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and original Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris.

All About the Andersons


All About the Andersons is a situation comedy that originally aired on The WB Television Network in 2003. It lasted one season before being canceled.

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper


Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Curry's hometown of Oakland, California. Hangin with Mr. Cooper was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television (Lorimar Television for the 1st season only) and also became produced by Bickley-Warren Productions by the third season.

The show originally aired on Tuesdays in prime time after sister series Full House (which was also created by Jeff Franklin and set in the San Francisco Bay area). The show found its niche as an addition to the already successful TGIF Friday night lineup on ABC, and was part of the lineup from September 1993 to May 1996 (spanning the show's second, third and fourth seasons; airing in-between Step by Step and the newsmagazine 20/20), before moving to Saturdays for its fifth (and last) season.


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The Wayans Bros.


The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from 1995 to 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Shawn Wayans was already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color, and Marlon for The Sixth Man and Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford.

This was the very first show to air on the WB Network.

Moesha


Moesha is an American situation comedy/drama series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in Los Angeles.

Family Matters


Family Matters is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom about an African-American middle-class family living in Chicago. The series was spun-off from Perfect Strangers and revolves around the Winslow family. Midway through the first season, the show introduced the Winslow's nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel (played by Jaleel White), who became its breakout character. Family Matters aired from September 22, 1989, to September 19, 1997, on ABC, and moved to CBS from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. Having aired 215 episodes, Family Matters is the second longest-running U.S. sitcom with a predominantly African-American cast, surpassed only by The Jeffersons. It was filmed in front of a live studio audience at WB studios in Burbank, California.

Family Matters was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren (who also wrote for, and were producers of parent series Perfect Strangers) and developed by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett (also producers of Perfect Strangers), it was also executive produced by Bickley, Warren, Miller and Boyett. The series was produced by Bickley-Warren Productions and Miller-Boyett Productions, in association with Lorimar Television who produced the show until 1993, when Warner Bros. Television took over). It was often rated TV-PG on ABC Family although on Nick at Nite the 1997-1998 episodes are rated TV-G.

Martin


Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions (a subsidiary of HBO) that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on FOX. The show stars actor-comedian Martin Lawrence, Thomas Mikal Ford, Carl Anthony Payne II, Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell.

Reflecting the rising popularity of the FOX network throughout the 1990s, Martin was one of the network's highest-rated shows during the sitcom's five-season run. In contrast to the popularity of NBC's "Must See TV" on Thursday nights in the 1990s, many African American viewers flocked to FOX's Thursday night line-up of Living Single, New York Undercover, and Martin. In fact, these were the three highest rated series among Black households (in this respective order) for the 1996-1997 season.

Sparks (1996)


Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996 to March 2, 1998. The series starred actors James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, and Miguel A. Núñez Jr.. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the every day lives of an African-American family of lawyers running a family owned law practice.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

The Cosby Show


The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. The show focused on the Huxtable family, an upper-middle class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

According to TV Guide, the show "was TV's biggest hit in the 1980s, and almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings fortunes". Originally, the show had been pitched to ABC, which rejected it. Entertainment Weekly stated that The Cosby Show helped to make possible a larger variety of shows based on African Americans, from In Living Color to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The Cosby Show was also one of the first successful sitcoms based on the subject matter of a standup comedian’s act, blazing a trail for other programs such as Roseanne, Home Improvement, The Drew Carey Show, Seinfeld, and Everybody Loves Raymond. The Cosby Show is one of only three American programs that have been #1 in the Nielsen Ratings for five consecutive seasons, along with All in the Family and American Idol. The show spawned the successful spin-off A Different World.

Having aired for 197 episodes (201 in syndication), The Cosby Show is the third-longest running U.S. comedy with a predominantly African-American cast, surpassed only by The Jeffersons and Family Matters.

The Parent 'Hood


The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired from 1995 until 1999 on The WB. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglass. The Parent 'Hood, along with The Wayans Bros., Sister, Sister, Unhappily Ever After and Muscle were the first four programs to be aired on the upstart WB network in January 1995 (with The Parent 'Hood being the second to end its run).

Living Single


Living Single was an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on FOX from August 1993 until January 1998. The show centered on the lives of six African American friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.[1] Throughout its run, Living Single became one of the most popular African-American sitcoms of its era, ranking among the top five in African-American ratings in all five seasons. The series was produced by Yvette Lee Bowser in association with Warner Bros. Television.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air


The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel Air mansion. His lifestyle often clashes with that of his relatives there. 148 episodes were produced over six seasons.

Cousin Skeeter


Cousin Skeeter is a comedy television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of growing up. The show also included Meagan Good as Bobby's "girlfriend" Nina, Rondell Sheridan as Bobby's father Andre, and Angela Means as Bobby's mother Vanessa. Skeeter is portrayed by a puppet with Bill Bellamy providing his voice. Within the show, Skeeter is treated like a regular human and no mention of him being a puppet is made. In 1999, Cousin Skeeter toys were also featured in the Kids Meal at Burger King. Currently, there are no plans for a DVD release of the series, or the TV movie "New Kids On The Planet".

A Different World


A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC (from September 24, 1987 until July 9, 1993). It was a spin-off series from The Cosby Show, originally centered on Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically Black college in the state of Virginia. Later seasons of the show focused on other characters, including mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Southern belle Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy). In reality, Spelman College was the campus primarily seen during the show.[1] The series frequently depicted members of the major historically African American fraternities and sororities (along with the fictional Kappa Lambda Nu Fraternity and Alpha Delta Rho Sorority).

Malcolm & Eddie


Malcolm & Eddie is an American television sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on the UPN Network, and ran for four seasons. This series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin in the lead roles. This show was canceled after its fourth season, and aired its final episode on May 22, 2000. The series was distributed by Columbia TriStar Television.

Between Brothers


Between Brothers is an American television situation comedy centered around four middle-class African American men in their late twenties, living in Chicago. It premiered on September 11, 1997 on Fox, with the second season airing on UPN, until March 2, 1999. The lead characters were portrayed by A Different World actor Kadeem Hardison, Emmy Award-nominee Dondré T. Whitfield (of All My Children), In Living Color cast member Tommy Davidson, and relative newcomer Kelly Perine.

In the House

In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season where it remained for an additional three seasons until it was canceled on August 11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J , Debbie Allen, Jeffrey Wood and Maia Campbell.








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