How UPN Ushered in a Golden Decade of Black TV — and Then Was Merged Out of Existence

[Wildin]

No mention of Homeboys In Outer Space

Only one reference to Malcom and eddie

 

[Hiphopsocialite]

This was a great read. I have so many great memories of this network and these shows were absolute gold.

If anyone has Hulu streaming - DABL is a network that plays sister,sister , moesha , the Parker’s, one on one, half and half, living single and girlfriends !
I love it cus it’s UPN nostalgia.

 

[bnew]

https://archive.is/X6bCb

 

[Mac Ten]

UPN was a good network if u didn’t have cable… it was the low budget ghetto version of WB and Fox

I remember when they would show random movies on Weekends and some weeknights.

I’ve watched the movies Double Take on Flash Gordon on there as a kid.


Remember when they used to show Dragon Ball Z on there on Sundays(that was before Toonami picked it up) and Disney’s One Too.

 

[Mac Ten]

Only one reference to Malcom and eddie

Eddie Griffin needs his flowers…


Him and Chris Tucker stayed getting work from the 90s to the mid 2000s and then they disappeared.

Last time I saw Eddie was when he had a VH1 show with his Chrysler 300 getting repoed

 

[bnew]

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when you remember charlie sheen was making like $2.1 Million per episode, and combine that with the fact Netflix was stealing away viewers from broadcast television, it was a lot of things.

Mike Epps and wanda Sykes are doing the Upshaw's right now and its pretty good. Black sitcoms live on. Broadcast television is dead

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The Upshaws, The Neighborhood, Poppa’s House are all black sitcoms that are out now.

Edit to add: The Ms. Pat Show and Abbott Elementary. I’ll add more throughout the day based on what I remember and replies.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

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when you remember charlie sheen was making like $2.1 Million per episode, and combine that with the fact Netflix was stealing away viewers from broadcast television, it was a lot of things.

Mike Epps and wanda Sykes are doing the Upshaw's right now and its pretty good. Black sitcoms live on. Broadcast television is dead

Spoiler: text

The Upshaws, The Neighborhood, Poppa’s House are all black sitcoms that are out now.

Edit to add: The Ms. Pat Show and Abbott Elementary. I’ll add more throughout the day based on what I remember and replies.

Damn, I have never heard of any of those shows

 

[Red Money]

Streaming changed everything

Lol…

Reality tv shows took over before streaming. History Channel even went with Reality shows and that brought in more of an audience beyond those boring documentaries of the past.

Sitcoms was basically for kids to learn about life & how people/adults interact beyond some exceptions by 2005.

 

[Red Money]

Reality tv shows took over before streaming. History Channel even went with Reality shows and that brought in more of an audience beyond those boring documentaries of the past.

That being said black reality/reality competition shows was pretty much limited to interpersonal drama and narrow subject windows. Black reality & reality competition shows could have been much better overall and covered more bases.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

These networks use black people until they no longer feel like they need them anymore.

Yup

Fox did it as well

They’re running the same playbook with Tubi now.