“JULIA” – NBC (1968-1971)ALTHOUGH CRITICIZED AT THE TIME BY SOME AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR

NOT BEING ‘RADICAL’ ENOUGH, THIS SITCOM DID BREAK GROUND AS

THE FIRST NETWORK SHOW CENTERED ENTIRELY ON A BLACK

CHARACTER WHO WASN’T A SERVANT OR A STEREOTYPE. ACTRESS

DIAHANN CARROLL WON AN EMMY AND A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR HER

PERFORMANCE IN THE TITLE ROLE.

“SANFORD & SON” – NBC (1971-1977)

THIS UPROARIOUS SHOW ABOUT AN AGING, IRASCIBLE JUNK

COLLECTOR AND HIS PATIENT SON PROVED TO BE THE PERFECT VEHICLE

OF COMEDY GENIUS OF RED FOXX. FOXX BECAME AN UNLIKELY STAR IN

HIS 50S, ALTHOUGH HIS CHARACTER’S TRADEMARK FAUX HEART

ATTACKS BECAME LESS FUNNY AFTER HE SUCCUMBED TO ONE HIMSELF

IN 1991.

“FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS” – CBS (1972-1985)

• LONG BEFORE HE WAS KNOWN AS CLIFF HUXTABLE, BILL

COSBY WAS THE CREATIVE GENIUS BEHIND THE

LEGENDARY ANIMATED SERIES “FAT ALBERT AND THE

COSBY KIDS”. LOOSELY BASED ON COSBY'S EXPERIENCES

GROWING UP IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA, THE FAT ALBERT

CHARACTER ORIGINATED DURING A COSBY STAND-UP

ROUTINE. WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD, FAT ALBERT DEALT

WITH ISSUES FACING CHILDREN IN URBAN

ENVIRONMENTS. EACH OF THE CHARACTERS—FAT

ALBERT, DUMB DUMB DONALD, WEIRD HAROLD, RUSSELL,

AND RUDY—LEARNED A LESSON THAT WAS EXPRESSED

THROUGH SONG EVERY WEEK.

“GOOD TIMES” – CBS (1974-1979)• J.J. WALKER’S ANTICS (“DYN-O-MITE”) IN LATER

YEARS OVERSHADOWED THIS SITCOM’S INITIAL

STRONGER SEASONS WHICH DID AN EFFECTIVE

JOB OF HUMANIZING THE STRUGGLES OF AN

INNER-CITY FAMILY IN THE PROJECTS.

“THE JEFFERSONS” – CBS (1975-1985)

• THIS SPIN OFF OF “ALL IN THE FAMILY” WAS

ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL DRYCLEANER AND HIS

WIFE “MOVIN’ ON UP” TO A LUXURY MANHATTAN

APARTMENT. “THE JEFFERSONS” HAS THE

DISTINCTION OF BEING THE LONGEST RUNNING

SHOW WITH A PREDOMINATELY BLACK CAST IN

TELEVISION HISTORY.

“WHAT’S HAPPENING!!” – ABC (1976-1979)• LOOSELY BASED ON “COOLEY HIGH”, THIS SHOW

FOLLOWED THE DAILY LIVES OF WORKING CLASS

TEENS RAJ, DWAYNE AND RERUN AS THEY COME

OF AGE IN WATTS. WHILE THE SHOW WAS NEVER

A HUGE HIT, RERUN’S DANCING REMAINS

LEGENDARY.

“DIFF’RENT STROKES” – NBC, (1978-1995) TO ABC, (1985-1986)

• THE PREMISE OF THIS SHOW (A RICH WHITE

MAN ADOPTS TWO IMPOVERISHED BLACK KIDS

FROM HARLEM) RUBBED A LOT OF BLACKS THE

WRONG WAY. BUT THE SHOW WAS BIG ENOUGH

TO LAND A FIRST LADY CAMEO, INSPIRE KNOCK-

OFFS (WEBSTER) AND TO HAUNT ITS STAR GARY

COLEMAN TO THIS DAY.

“THE COSBY SHOW” – NBC (1984-1992)• AFTER RUNNING FOR EIGHT SEASONS AND

RECEIVING ACCOLADES AS ONE OF THE BEST TV

SHOWS OF THE 1980S, “THE COSBY SHOW” IS THE

BEST BLACK SITCOM EVER PRODUCED. BUILDING

ON THE STRENGTHS OF ITS TRAILBLAZING

PREDECESSORS, “THE COSBY SHOW” REVOLVED

AROUND THE HUXTABLES, A WELL-TO-DO AFRICAN-

AMERICAN FAMILY LIVING IN A BROOKLYN

BROWNSTONE. NOT ONLY WERE BOTH PARENTS

PRESENT, THEY WERE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

“227” – NBC (1985-1990)

• EMMY WINNER JACKÉE HARRY (LISA FROM

“SISTER, SISTER”) WAS THE BREAKOUT STAR OF

THIS HIGH-RATED SHOW SET IN A

PREDOMINATELY BLACK DC NEIGHBORHOOD AND

STARRING JEFFERSONS VETERAN MARLA GIBBS.

“A DIFFERENT WORLD” – NBC (1987-1993)

• A SPIN-OFF OF “THE COSBY SHOW”, THIS LIGHT-

HEARTED PORTRAYAL OF LIFE AT FICTIONAL

HILLMAN UNIVERSITY WAS A BIG HIT WITH

WHITE AND BLACK VIEWERS. SOME HAVE

CREDITED IT WITH INCREASING ENROLLMENT AT

HBCUS (HISTORICALLY BLACK

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES) LIKE THE ONE

PORTRAYED ON THE SHOW.

“FAMILY MATTERS” – ABC, (1989-1997) TO CBS, (1997-1998)

• WHILE IT PROBABLY STAYED ON THE AIR A FEW

SEASONS TOO MANY, THERE WERE FEW COMEDIC

CHARACTERS MORE BELOVED IN THE 90S THAN

UBER-NERD STEVE URKEL, PLAYED BY THE

TALENTED JALEEL WHITE. HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY

STOLE THIS SITCOM CENTERED AROUND BLACK

FAMILY BASED IN CHICAGO.

“THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR” – NBC (1990-1996)

• WILL SMITH IS CURRENTLY BEST KNOWN FOR

HIS BLOCKBUSTER ACTION FILMS AND HIS

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED WORK IN FILMS

LIKE THE “PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS”. BUT TV

FANS WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THE COMEDIC

CHOPS HE DISPLAYED AS A FISH-OUT-OF-WATER

TITLE CHARACTER ON THIS SHOW.

“IN LIVING COLOR” – FOX (1990-1994)

• THE BRAINCHILD OF COMIC ACTOR KEENEN IVORY

WAYANS, THE FOX COMEDY VARIETY SERIES “IN LIVING

COLOR” HAS BEEN DESCRIBED VARIOUSLY AS THE "BLACK

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE." WHATEVER THE CASE, THE

SERIES GARNERED BIG LAUGHS AND BIGGER RATINGS BY

APPLYING A HIP, CUTTING-EDGE, AFROCENTRIC SLANT ON

MODERN AMERICAN CULTURE, WITH FREEWHEELING

SPOOFS AND SATIRES OF POPULAR FILMS, TV SHOWS,

COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC. THE SHOW ALSO SERVED AS

A LAUNCHPAD FOR MOST OF THE WAYANS KLAN AND

SOME CELEBRITIES TODAY SUCH AS DREW CAREY.

“MARTIN” – FOX (1992-1997)

• COMEDIAN AND ACTOR MARTIN LAWRENCE PLAYED MARTIN

PAYNE, A DJ FOR WZUP (AND EVENTUALLY THE HOST OF HIS

OWN TALK SHOW, "WORD ON THE STREET"). CENTRAL TO THE

SHOW WAS MARTIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GINA WATERS,

THE LARGE-HEADED (LITERALLY) LOVE OF HIS LIFE. THEY

BROKE UP AND GOT BACK TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE

SERIES, BUT THEIR GENUINE LOVE PROVIDED A COMPLEMENT

TO THE SHOW'S CONSTANT COMEDY. ALSO IMPORTANT

WERE MARTIN'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS BIGGEST

ADVERSARY, GINA'S BEST FRIEND, PAM JAMES, AND HIS TWO

BEST FRIENDS, THE COMICALLY INEPT COLE BROWN AND THE

TALL, BALD, AND POSSIBLY UNEMPLOYED TOMMY STRAWN.

“LIVING SINGLE” – FOX (1993-1998)

• OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE BLACK “FRIENDS”,

“LIVING SINGLE” WAS ONE OF THE FEW MAJOR

NETWORK SHOWS TO BE CENTERED ON

AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN. LIVING SINGLE

WAS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BLACK

SITCOMS OF THE 90S AND IT PROVED TO

AUDIENCES THAT QUEEN LATIFAH COULD ACT AS

WELL AS RAP.

“SISTER, SISTER” – ABC/THE WB (1994-1999)

• WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT TWIN SISTERS WHO WERE

SEPARATED AT BIRTH WOULD WIND UP MEETING 14

YEARS LATER? THAT WAS THE PREMISE FOR “SISTER,

SISTER”, WHICH STARRED TIA AND TAMERA MOWRY AS

TIA LANDRY AND TAMERA CAMPBELL. THE TWO COULDN'T

HAVE BEEN MORE DIFFERENT, BUT BLOOD IS THICKER

THAN WATER. IN ADDITION TO BEING POLAR OPPOSITES,

THE TWINS WERE NOTHING LIKE THEIR ADOPTIVE

PARENTS, RAY AND LISA. THOUGH AT TIMES IT SEEMS

LIKE THE WRONG TWIN ENDED UP WITH THE WRONG

PARENT, THEY EVENTUALLY BECAME ONE BIG FAMILY IN

RAY'S SUBURBAN DETROIT HOME.

“THE WAYNE’S BROS.” – THE WB (1995-1999)

• DOING IT ON YOUR OWN TERMS IS A WAYANS FAMILY

TRAIT. VIEWERS TUNED IN WEEK AFTER WEEK TO WATCH

THE TWO YOUNGEST BROTHERS WADE THROUGH LIFE'S

TRIALS WHILE LIVING IN HARLEM. THE WAYANS BROS.

ENJOYED A FIVE SEASON RUN ON THE WB BEFORE BEING

UNCEREMONIOUSLY CANCELLED IN 1999. AS MENTIONED

IN SCARY MOVIE, IT DIDN'T EVEN GET THE RESPECT OF A

PROPER FINAL EPISODE. STILL, IT'S REMAINED POPULAR

OVER A DECADE AFTER ITS CANCELLATION, AND FANS

WILL STOP WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING WHEN THE SHOW

COMES ON TELEVISION.

“MOESHA” – UPN, (1996-2001)

• IN 1996, MULTI-TALENTED R&B SINGER BRANDY

STARRED IN MOESHA, A SITCOM ABOUT AN UPPER

MIDDLE CLASS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY LIVING

IN LOS ANGELES. WHILE THE SITCOM FOCUSED

LARGELY AROUND MOESHA, AN AMBITIOUS HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENT AND HER HILARIOUS

ENCOUNTERS WITH FRIENDS, HER

OVERPROTECTIVE FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER—

THE SHOW ALSO DEALT WITH REAL LIFE ISSUES LIKE

TEEN PREGNANCY AND DRUG ABUSE.

“KENAN & KEL” – NICKELODEON(1996-2000)

• “KENAN & KEL” WAS CENTERED ON THE ANTICS OF TWO

MISCHIEVOUS TEENAGERS, KENAN ROCKMORE (KENAN THOMPSON)

AND KEL KIMBLE (KEL MITCHELL). KENAN IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

WITH A JOB AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE, WHILE KEL IS HIS CLUMSY,

ORANGE SODA-LOVING BEST FRIEND. EPISODES OF THE SERIES

ALWAYS OPENED AND CLOSED WITH KENAN AND KEL BREAKING THE

FOURTH WALL BY INTERACTING WITH THE STUDIO AUDIENCE,

STANDING ON A STAGE IN FRONT OF A RED CURTAIN THAT IS PLACED

IN FRONT OF THE MAIN SET, WHILE STILL IN CHARACTER. A FREQUENT

RUNNING GAG OF THE OPENINGS WOULD BE KEL NEVER KNOWING

WHAT THE NIGHT'S EPISODE WOULD BE ABOUT AND KENAN REFUSING

TO TELL HIM. THE CLOSINGS WOULD FREQUENTLY FEATURE KENAN

COMING UP WITH A NEW SCHEME – OFTEN ASKING KEL TO GET

VARIOUS ASSORTED ITEMS AND MEET HIM SOMEWHERE. FRAZZLED,

KEL WOULD EXCLAIM HIS CATCHPHRASE, "AWW, HERE IT GOES!"

“THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW” – THE WB (1996-2002)

• A LAUNCHPAD FOR SEVERAL OF TODAY’S BLACK

COMEDIANS, INCLUDING CEDRIC THE

ENTERTAINER, THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW TOOK

BLACK ENSEMBLE COMEDY OUT OF THE LIVING

ROOM AND INTO THE WORKPLACE, WITH ITS

PREMISE OF SECOND-CHANCES AND SELF-

RENEWAL.

“THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW” – THE WB (1996-2001)

• IN THE MID-'90S, QUALITY BLACK TELEVISION

EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT BOOM. ONE SUCH

PROGRAM WAS “THE JAIME FOXX SHOW”, BASED ON

FOXX'S OWN EXPERIENCE MAKING IT IN THE

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. AFTER MOVING TO L.A. TO

PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC, JAMIE KING WORKS AT HIS

AUNT AND UNCLE'S HOTEL TO SUPPORT HIMSELF DURING

HIS QUEST FOR SUCCESS. FEATURING A THEME SONG

SUNG BY FOXX HIMSELF, THE SHOW FOLLOWED HIS

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WORKING AT KING'S TOWER,

CHASING AFTER FRANCESCA "FANCY" MONROE AND

CLOWNING HIS CO-WORKER BRAXTON.

“SMART GUY” – THE WB (1997-1999)

• “SMART GUY” CENTERS ON THE MISADVENTURES OF BOY

GENIUS T.J. HENDERSON WHO, AT THE AGE OF 10, MOVES

FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GETS TRANSFERRED TO

PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE IS A HIGH SCHOOL

SOPHOMORE WITH 15-YEAR-OLDS AS HIS CLASSMATES. HE

MUST ADJUST TO THE LIFE WITH OLDER BUT NOT

NECESSARILY WISER HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGERS – INCLUDING

HIS BROTHER MARCUS, MARCUS'S BEST FRIEND MO AND

SEEMINGLY THE ONLY VOICE OF REASON, HIS OLDER SISTER

YVETTE. EPISODES TYPICALLY DEAL WITH T.J.'S MISSTEPS OF

TRYING TO FIT IN AS A KID GENIUS, WHILE BEING A SMALL

KID IN HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE CONTRAST BETWEEN

HIS SMARTS AND HIS BROTHER'S UNDERACHIEVING NATURE.

“THE FAMOUS JETT JACKSON” –DISNEY CHANNEL (1998-2001)

• JETT JACKSON PREVIOUSLY LIVED WITH HIS ACTRESS

MOTHER IN LOS ANGELES, BUT MISSED HIS HOME AND

HIS FRIENDS. LONGING FOR A RELATIVELY NORMAL LIFE,

JETT SUCCEEDS IN GETTING THE PRODUCTION OF

SILVERSTONE MOVED TO THE FICTIONAL WILSTED, NORTH

CAROLINA, THUS PROVIDING JOBS TO TOWNSPEOPLE

WHILE AFFORDING JETT THE CHANCE TO LIVE WITH HIS

FATHER, SHERIFF WOODRICK "WOOD" JACKSON, AND HIS

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, MIZ CORETTA. JETT NOW SPENDS

PART OF HIS TIME WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SCHOOL,

AND THE REST LIVING THE LIFE OF A WORKING ACTOR

AND CELEBRITY.

“THE PARKERS” – UPN (1999-2004)

• “MOESHA” SPIN-OFF, “THE PARKERKS” CENTERS AROUND A MOTHER

AND DAUGHTER WHO BOTH ATTEND SANTA MONICA COLLEGE. NIKKI

PARKER WAS FORCED TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WHEN SHE

DISCOVERED SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HER DAUGHTER, KIM. AFTER

KIM REACHES ADULTHOOD, NIKKI FINALLY DECIDES TO GO BACK TO

SCHOOL. KIM IS INITIALLY MORTIFIED WITH THIS DECISION, BUT

EVENTUALLY ACCEPTS THE SITUATION. NIKKI AND KIM'S MOTHER-

DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP EVOLVES AS ROOMMATES AND AS

STUDENTS. NIKKI ADJUSTS TO THE FACT THAT HER DAUGHTER IS OLD

ENOUGH TO LIVE ON HER OWN, WHILE KIM REALIZES THAT NIKKI HAS

MORE GOING ON THAN JUST BEING HER MOM. THE SERIES ENDS WITH

NIKI FINALLY MARRYING PROFESSOR OGLEVEE, THE MAN OF HER

DREAMS (AND WHOM SHE HAS STALKED THE ENTIRE SERIES).

“GIRLFRIENDS” – UPN, (2000-2006) TO THE CW (2006-2008)

• OFTEN CALLED THE BLACK SEX AND THE CITY,

GIRLFRIENDS STRUCK A BALANCE BETWEEN

FUNNY SCENARIOS AND ROMANTIC

MELODRAMA, AND OFFERED A FRANK,

STEREOTYPE-FREE PORTRAYAL OF A DIVERSE

GROUP OF BLACK WOMEN FRIENDS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE SHOW FACED ITS

UNTIMELY END DUE TO THE 2008 WRITER’S

STRIKE.

“THE PROUD FAMILY” – DISNEY CHANNEL (2001-2005)

• 14 YEAR-OLD PENNY PROUD HAS ONE WACKY

FAMILY: OVER-PROTECTIVE FATHER, OSCAR, LOVING

MOTHER, TRUDY, LITTLE BROTHER CECE AND

SISTER BEBE, AND HARD-CORE GRANDMOTHER

SUGA MAMA. HER WILD FRIENDS: DIJONAY, STICKY,

ZOEY, AND LACIENEGA. AND THE BULLIES THE GROSS

SISTERS. THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THIS SHOW

WAS DEFINITELY ITS ALL-STAR CAST, CELEBRITY

GUEST STARS, CHARACTER PARODIES, DESTINY’S

CHILD THEME SONG AND BLACK AMERICAN

INFLUENCES.

“ONE ON ONE” – UPN (2001-2006)

• THE SHOW FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF FLEX WASHINGTON

AND HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER BREANNA BARNES. THE

SERIES BEGINS WITH BREANNA WANTING TO STAY WITH

HER FATHER, FLEX, WHOM BREANNA USED TO SEE ONLY

TWO WEEKS A YEAR. WHEN HE BLEW OUT HIS KNEE

DURING AN NBA GAME, FLEX HAD HIS COMMUNICATIONS

DEGREE TO FALL BACK ON AND BECAME A

SPORTSCASTER. FLEX WORKS FOR THE FICTIONAL WYNX-

TV IN BALTIMORE, RESIDES IN THE ULTIMATE BACHELOR

PAD, AND LIVES THE LIFE OF LUXURY. HE IS A LADIES' MAN

WHO WANTS TO BE BOTH A RESPONSIBLE PARENT AND A

BEST FRIEND TO BREANNA.

“THE BERNIE MAC SHOW” – FOX (2001-2006)

• THE LATE BERNIE MAC’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED

SITCOM (THE SHOW WON WON THE PEABODY

AWARD, THE HUMANITAS PRIZE AND AN EMMY

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A

COMEDY SERIES, JUST TO NAME A FEW) PROVED

THAT THE COMIC LEGEND’S DISTINCT BRAND OF

NO-NONSENSE STRAIGHT-TALK COULDN’T BE

STIFLED BY THE FAMILY SITCOM GENRE.

“MY WIFE AND KIDS” – ABC (2001-2006)

• ANOTHER WAYANS BROS PRODUCTION, “MY WIFE AND KIDS” REVOLVES

AROUND THE EXPERIENCES OF A MAN NAMED MICHAEL KYLE AND HIS

FAMILY WHO LIVE IN STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT. AFTER IMPREGNATING HIS

WIFE JAY AS A TEENAGER, MICHAEL HAS GROWN PARANOID OF HIS

CHILDREN EVENTUALLY SPOILING THEIR OWN VIRGINITY, BUT ASIDE FROM

THESE CONCERNS HE POSSESSES A NUMBER OF ODD, OFTEN IRRITATING

ECCENTRICITIES THAT HE VIRTUALLY NEVER AVOIDS CONCEALING

REGARDLESS OF THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION. AMONG HIS CHILDREN

ARE MICHAEL KYLE, JR. (NICKNAMED "JUNIOR"), MICHAEL'S DIMWITTED

ELDEST SON; CLAIRE, HIS VAIN, CONCEITED TEENAGE DAUGHTER; AND KADY,

HIS LOVEABLY ENDEARING YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. LATER ON IN THE SERIES,

MICHAEL'S NIGHTMARES COME TRUE WHEN JUNIOR IMPREGNATES HIS

GIRLFRIEND VANESSA, RESULTING IN THE ADDITION OF A SON FOR JUNIOR.

THE SERIES ENDS WITH MICHAEL IMPREGNATING HIS WIFE, AFTER

PRETENDING TO GET A VASECTOMY.

“HALF & HALF” – UPN (2002-2006)

• CENTERS AROUND THE LIVES OF THE TWO HALF SISTERS, MONA AND

DEEDEE, AND THEIR GROWING RELATIONSHIP. MONA, THE ELDEST, IS

AT FIRST RESENTFUL OF DEEDEE, WHOM THEIR FATHER NOW SPENT

MORE TIME WITH. MONA, ON THE OTHER HAND WAS LEFT TO LIVE

WITH JUST HER MOTHER AND THUS BECAME TO MORE LEVEL HEADED

OF THE TWO. DEEDEE WAS THE SECOND BORN AND WAS SPOILED

UNCONDITIONALLY. SHE GREW TO BE THE MORE FASHIONABLE, UP-

SCALE, MATERIALISTIC OF THE TWO, AND SOMETIMES ALSO A BIT

DIM-WITTED. THE TWO SISTERS, THROUGHOUT THE SERIES, BEGIN TO

GROW ON EACH OTHER AND LEARN THE FEELINGS EACH HAS

HARBORED FOR THE OTHER SINCE CHILDHOOD, GET OVER THEM, AND

DEAL WITH THE HERE AND NOW ISSUES INCLUDING DATING MEN,

DEALING WITH CO-WORKERS AND BOSSES, AND DEALING WITH EACH

OTHER AS PEOPLE.

“THAT’S SO RAVEN” – DISNEY CHANNEL (2003-2007)

• TEENAGER RAVEN BAXTER IS A GIRL WHO CAN

SEE THE FUTURE. SHE AND HER FRIENDS EDDIE

THOMAS AND CHELSEA DANIELS ALWAYS HAVE

WACKY MISHAPS TRYING TO FOLLOW THE

VISIONS. HER FAMILY LIFE IS ALSO WACKY WITH

HER PARENTS TONYA AND VICTOR AND HER

YOUNGER BROTHER NAMED CORY. RAVEN'S GOT

A LOT ON HER HANDS!

“ALL OF US” – UPN/THE CW (2003-2007)

• ALL OF US IS INSPIRED BY THE DOMESTIC

ADVENTURES OF ENTERTAINMENT SUPERSTARS

WILL SMITH AND JADA PINKETT-SMITH AND

REFLECTS A NEW GENERATION'S ENLIGHTENED

ATTITUDE TOWARD THE EXTENDED FAMILY

DYNAMIC WITH HUMOR, SENSITIVITY AND HEART.

THIS HUMOROUS AND HEARTWARMING COMEDY IS

A FRESH, TIMELY LOOK AT MANY YOUNG PARENTS'

NEW, COMPASSIONATE ATTITUDE TOWARD HOW

DIVORCED PARENTS RAISE THEIR CHILDREN

TOGETHER.

“ROMEO!” – NICKELODEON (2003-2006)

• THE SHOW REVOLVES AROUND THE ANTICS OF

ROMEO MILLER, AN ASPIRING RAPPER, HIS

MUSICAL FAMILY, AND HIS RECORD-PRODUCING

FATHER, MASTER P. ROMEO IS A MEMBER OF A

HIP-HOP GROUP, ALONG WITH HIS SIBLINGS

LOUIS, GARY, AND JODI, AND THE SHOW

PRIMARILY FOLLOWS THE ADVENTURES THAT

THE FAMILY, ALONG WITH ROMEO'S NANNY AND

STEPMOTHER, BECOME INVOLVED IN.

“EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS” – UPN (2005-2006) TO THE CW (2006-2009)

• THIS SWEET, CRITICALLY PRAISED THROWBACK

SITCOM RECREATES COMEDIAN CHRIS ROCK’S

CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN BED STUY,

BROOKLYN DURING THE 1980S. THE SHOW

ENDED ON THE SAME NOTE ROCK’S TEEN YEARS

DID—THE LEAD CHARACTER DROPS OUT OF

HIGH SCHOOL TO BECOME A STAND UP.

“THE GAME” – THE CW/BET (2006-2009 & 2011-PRESENT)

• A SPIN-OFF OF “GIRLFRIENDS”, “THE GAME”

CENTERS AROUND MELANIE BARNETT, A FIRST YEAR

MEDICAL STUDENT WHO HAS GIVEN UP ADMISSION

AT JOHNS HOPKINS TO FOLLOW HER BOYFRIEND,

DERWIN DAVIS, A PROFESSIONL FOOTBALL PLAYER

TO SAN DIEGO, AGAINST THE ADVICE OF HER

PARENTS. MELANIE IS QUICKLY INTRODUCED TO

THE SUN BEAMS, THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION AND

SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE SIGNIFICANT OTHERS OF

THE TEAM’S PLAYERS AND THINGS SLOWLY BUT

SURELY SPIN OUT OF CONTROL.