At the start of the '70s, the concept of making television shows that either starred Black actors or had a predominantly Black cast was uncommon at best. After a decade of hits like Sanford and Son, ...

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 the '90s we wore colorful clothing and had very distinctive hairstyles hey what's up y'all my name is Christopher Reed I'm known as kid from the group Kid and Play I'm your Auntie's favorite rapper ...

At 11 seasons, “The Jeffersons” ran longer than any of producer Norman Lear’s classic 1970s comedies, including its parent show “All in the Family.” But the more important history it made came as soon ...

The cast of the TV sitcom "The Jeffersons" circa 1977. The Front Porch Arts Collective is staging holiday scenes from beloved Black sitcoms. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Embodying the ...

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 ...

The idea hit Maurice Emmanuel Parent like a lightning strike. At a reading in the early days of the Front Porch Arts Collective, the Black-led theater company that he cofounded in 2017, Parent noted ...