What Happened to America's Black Sitcoms?
Where have all the black sitcoms gone? That's the focus of a new essay over at Starpulse. 227, Family Matters, Girlfriends, even Homeboys in Outer Space, over the years all of them have gone the way of Good Times, and few shows with primarily black casts have been created to replace them.
That there is – and has always been – a dearth of black sitcoms is without a doubt accurate, and Starpulse's essay adds evidence to that fact, at length. Ultimately, though, the problem is that the piece, like Hollywood's production studios, fails to actually address what's causing this shortage. And without looking at the cause, the solution could be very far away.
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If the black sitcoms are going to be as dumb and offensive as Tyler Perry's current program, I'd much rather see them remain off the air.
It's all cyclic because there is no creative thought in Hollywood. I remember when EVERY time you turned on the boob tube, it was a black comedy. The it was a gay comedy. Now it's the stupid reality shows and competition shows.