Since television’s inception, African-Americans have been woefully underrepresented. Nevertheless, some shows have been able to break through and find a loyal black audience. Several others crossed over and became influential successes with viewers regardless of race. These sitcoms have had a big impact on pop culture and the black community. This list includes some of the most popular and best acclaimed All-Black sitcoms through the course of time, in chronological order, with an emphasis on the 90s-2000s era (the years I grew up in).

2. “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.

3. “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.

4. “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.

5. “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.

6. “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.

7. “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.

8. “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 KNOCKOFFS (WEBSTER) AND TO HAUNT ITS STAR GARY
COLEMAN TO THIS DAY.

9. “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 AFRICANAMERICAN FAMILY LIVING IN A BROOKLYN
BROWNSTONE. NOT ONLY WERE BOTH PARENTS
PRESENT, THEY WERE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

10. “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.

11. “A DIFFERENT WORLD” – NBC (1987-1993)
• A SPIN-OFF OF “THE COSBY SHOW”, THIS LIGHTHEARTED 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.

12. “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.

13. “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.

14. “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.

15. “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.

16. “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.

17. “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.

18. “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.

19. “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.

20. “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!"

21. “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 SELFRENEWAL.

22. “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.

23. “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.

24. “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.

25. “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 MOTHERDAUGHTER 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).

26. “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.

27. “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.

28. “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 WYNXTV 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.

29. “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.

30. “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.

31. “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, UPSCALE, 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.

32. “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!

33. “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.

34. “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.

35. “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.

36. “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.