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Originally Posted by tld221
i know you said "since 1995" but would you could Diff'rent Strokes or The Jeffersons as black television?
I would also give "black movie/tv series" the criteria of likelihood that its viewership is predominately black. A series like The Wire, Soul Food or a sitcom like Martin or Everybody Hates Chris (i know, a random smattering of shows) IMO would be considered "black shows." I'm sure there are some white people (and red and blue and purple  ) who do too, but the intent is toward a black audience.
Conversely there are a lot of "white" (a misnomer, id say, more like "mainstream") shows that appeal to a lot of black people. and then there are some shows that black people give the side-eye and keep flipping through the channels. I'm a huge Seinfeld fan - i only know one other black person who enjoys it (and she's my bff, so no surprises there).
I think you may be hard pressed to recall a recent show (as in the past 15 years) that fits this criteria is because there TV has gone the way of reality. And let's look at the offering of black reality shows:
College Hill
Harlem Heights
Flavor of Love/I Love NY
For the Love of Ray J
Ok, i'm reaching, and can't recall any others. |
The Jeffersons and Different Strokes are both sitcoms.... And t.v was allowed to go back as far as the first television broadcast.... so it's wide open as far as time of creation goes.
It just seems that most of them are either pure comedy or dramedy and can't be counted based on these rules. Even the reality shows seem like they are created to be comedic in nature.