It's A Fact: All Black Sitcoms NEVER do as well as All White Sitcoms

I am sorry but I must debate this issue; the networks don't like "SMART" shows, as it really has nothing to do with race. Seriously, check out the shows that are really on; aside from action(which has a huge demographic; it's not a race issue whatsoever as EVERY ethnicity I know including my Spanish speaking Latino family members in Mexico adore 24 and all the CSI's) so aside from that, check out the *beep* that's on the TV.

Then, take into consideration the shows that have been cancelled after one season, or cancelled after part of a season: I had a blog on a now defunct site that listed some of these as some of the smartest shows NOT on TV anymore:

The Job(w/Denis Leary...a comedy cop show on ABC, huge network and very funny show that had Bill Nunn from School Daze)

Freaks and Geeks (teen dramedy about life in a 'burb of Detroit in 1981 on NBC...another HUGE network...wouldn't even let them finish the season so writers scrambled to write an ending)

My So-Called Life (teen drama on another HUGE network, ABC and IMHO one of the smartest and wonderful dramas ever made for teens and families covering issues from teen sex, drug/alcohol abuse, homelessness, homosexuality, real life.)

Keen Eddie (a cop dramedy that takes place in the UK with an American cop played by Human Target's Mark Valley...one of the SMARTEST cop shows ever. BTW...the policed chief in London/Scotland yard was none other than Colin Salmon from James Bond movies).

Everwood (teen drama about a Jewish family who uprooted from NYC after the death of the mom to the small "podunk" town of Everwood. Turns out the uber surgeon father takes his invested millions and provides medical care to all patients whom ask or need it.)

That's a small list. I am upset about losing Bernie Mac, Half and Half(a huge guilty pleasure in our house), the George Lopez show and Ugly Betty(ending this April). I think it's wonderful to see minorities in a more "normalized setting according to what one may consider normal" as I am so sick of seeing movies about the 'hood and the barrio...it ain't all like that. It's working class, trying to raise your kids the best way possible, trying to make ends meet, dealing w/family, etc...I personally think it's smart..brilliant. And sadly missing on TV today.

But then again, take another look at the dramas of now; Glee, Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries(very bad IMO, I was so disappointed in Vampire Diaries) the return of 90210...I notice a bit of a pattern as people seem to want an escape, not reality.

Just what I think.

PS: Here's a website with a cool topic: Brilliant BUT Cancelled Blog, It's not mine but I think you'll dig it.

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/brilliantbutcancelled/


Have a good one!

Have you ever heard of The Jeffersons. It ran longer than the show it spunoff from, All in the Family. It even produced its own respectable spinoff, Good Times. People just want good comedies. This show was good in the first season, but just kind of went down hill a little. As for Everybody Hates Chris, it was never on a good channel.

ummm, there's a little show you forgot about homie.................. It's called the COSBY SHOW. Yea there were some white folks on the show, but they weren't the main cast and you didn't see um every week.





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i think what the OP is trying to say is black shows REALLY don't have a proper burial when they end. Cosby ran longer than any black show if i'm NOT mistaken, but none are as respected as a white show. Ask Cedric the Entertainer, most popular all-white cast shows have their proper ending, sign off, what have you. Seinfield, All in the Family, Full House, etc. I think the only sitcom that REALLY got done justice as far as that goes, is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Martin, IMO, was the funnier of black shows, but it jus went off the air. Sad to say, not too many people remember or even recall it sometimes.

but seriously, to think racism isn't STILL prominent in hollywood is assinine. you can't change people's hearts, no matter what time it is. But THIS show, slipped under the radar quite a few times, JUST seen some episodes today, i can't believe it didn't get as high a buzz as it should've. Bernie was smart, and he had a hell of a message each time. Now that it's gone, people rarely talk about it anymore. But what do i know, right?

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Don't forget Sanford & Son

Why are you accusing the netwotk companies as being racists? They cancelled the show because The Bernie Mac Show didn't have enough viewers for the show to continue. Which I think is a damn shame.

ThisI have been stuck at home for the last couple of days due to a car accident and just I just discovered this show it's hilarious. It was on for years so it must have been popular but I've never heard of it. I remeber Bernie Mac from the movie he did with Ashton Kutcher and the Ocean movies but I never knew he had his own show. I love the kids especially the boy he was so dorky but hilarious.

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