ABC's upcoming sitcom: "Black-ish"
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Exactly why maybe they should get young people who maybe aren't that far removed from it who are funny,maybe those guys who are far removed can cosign a younger cat with potential....But I get it,studios don't wanna take risk,and those with clout DONT want to get behind a hood comedy based in the hood around the life of average black people....theyd rather have blacks on tv who look like black excellence
...Have them be lawyers,doctors,millionairs and entrepeneurs but "make sure you portray the character in a hood way,we still need it to be ghetto and edgy
".....I agree a lot of blacks I know want to see success on tv as if a normal family living in poverty but not letting it break them don't feel good enough,even though majority of them come from that........Cant have white folks see us "acting ghetto",cant have whites see us at the bottom on a fictional show
...Cant we have some shows with just us in mind
...Maybe numbers don't permit that but it used to...I don't mind a show like the Cosbys at all,i loved the Cosbys,still felt like a black show and had heart...........but I don't have a problem with shows like Good Times,Sanford and Son,SOuth Central either......black people nowadays would die of embarrassment ortunately if they got the idea whites might be watching black people do bad....all I want is balance
If it seem like im lashin out at this show,its only cuz I feel a imbalance in black Hollywood...not cuz I don't support this show or want its cancelation......mighta came across negative but like I said ill watch....some people just want something they can laugh and relate too...and for many black folks that's the hood
...funny is funny though,but blacks should be allowed to be on tv and not have to worry about "looking bad",these blacks of 2014 consider Martin c00nin though so im not naive to where we at now as people,we are very divided on certain viewpoints...cant say ones right or ones wrong.
Is it all black-racial type humor? There has to be more to this show than that
I watched the trailer and it's not half bad It doesn't seem to be outright c00ning just a man trying to keep his family from becoming too white-washed. The casting is a little off though. Fishburne seems a little young to be Andersons father and those kids looked a little to mixed IMO to be their kids but if the writing and plots are on point I could overlook those things. I would give the show a shot.
Damn that promo was painfully unfunny. And how many times must we see the black family moving to the suburbs and hilarity ensues sitcom? I think we got the point with the Jefferson 30 years ago 
Show looks trash. Its yet another Cleveland Show type show, the Black experience as told from the white perspective. Black kid wanting a Bar Mitzvah?
Y'all do know a black man was the show runner for this right? Larry Wilmore, the brother who is replacing Stephen Colbert. As a matter of fact, he was the show runner during the pilot. Not every black show on network tv is from the eyes of a white person
would watch it if i actually watched tv
That maybe true but I willing to bet the majority of the writers for the show is white.
As others stated, why can't hollywood produce a show with a black cast while the theme isn't "Hey! They're BLack!"
I miss those WB Black sitcoms . . . Jamie Foxx show and Parent Hood were underrated . . .
Breh there are white writers on every show lol. Check IMDB and you'll find white and hispanic writers on plenty of shows, including Martin, Chappelle Show, Fresh Prince, etc. And on most shows, if not all shows, the show runner is the main voice and the main vision
Maybe I just don't watch enuff TV but it seem like we got too many shows where nikkas in the suburbs,succesful....Where nikkas facing harsh realites
....it seem like the focus now from what I seen is either "ooooh im so hood,look how hood I am yall" comedy, or "Look were lawyers,doctors,breaking all the stereotypes you used to see on tv" comedys....but u cant win for losing,if the show was about a family in the projects alotta these nikkas that's scared white people might be watching would cry about how its c00nin to show black people working minimum wage jobs on tv and not being stressed out about it
I get what ur saying, but it just has to be done right. Martin wasn't in the hood, Fresh Prince wasn't in the hood, Family Matters, My Wife & Kids wasnt in the hood.
Cosby Show broke that whole hood black image, but it also had great writing and casting.
That's where stuff like Tyler Perry shows fail. You can't just show a well to do black fam and automatically expect ppl to watch on some aspirational sh*t.
If it's good, ppl will watch.
I give this bullshyt 5 episodes. Who are the fukking writers penning these goddamn scripts. fukk 
I give this bullshyt 5 episodes. Who are the fukking writers penning these goddamn scripts. fukk
this dude
this dude
that motherfukker looks like he has his credit card set to autopay his monthly C00n Train pass. FOH with this wack ass show.