Real talk, most black TV shows on major networks are successful...

[courtdog]

The hughley was a horrible show

its been almost 20 years later and we still don't have a show as funny as martin

I've come to fill that void in your life King's sun. Now scram you little faggit ass bytch

Why would you WANT more? They'd just be on some Tyler Perry bullshyt.

We ain't getting no black version of Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development

Thats because those are CAC shows. You want a black version of brokeback mountain too?

Everybody Hates Chris was the last great black show

Luther? No, there's only one black guy in that...

Cleveland show? Nope, those ain't really nikkaz..

Key & Peele? fukk outta here Cockmeat.















Chappelle Show is more recent than E.H.C.































Flavor of Love?

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

That nikka was given a show?

The Orlando Jones Show (TV Series 2003) - IMDb


shyt was trash in every sense of the word.

 

[feelosofer]

The Hughleys got it's groove toward the last season or two. It was ok. But yea being successful to a black audience does not equal big success. So it's relative.

 

[Skilltastrophy]

Oh really, none of them were huh?

The Hughleys was on for 4 years total. Maybe except for Tracy Morgan, everything I listed was on for like 4-5 years. Shows these days dont last 1 season most of the time.

You're one of the worst posters on this board. And that's saying alot.

That's because your definition of success in this instance is not the a major network's definition

Most of the shows you mentioned lasted longer because they weren't on major networks...stations like UPN or the CW are willing to let low rated shows stay a float for awhile to find an audience...on a major network they don't allow shows to stick around and wait for an audience

go back and look at the ratings for the shows you mentioned.

My Wife And My Kids is the only show you named that the network was happy with...it went five years...although it's ratings fell off a cliff the last season which is why it didn't get renewed

Everybody Hates Chris (a show I love by the way) never drew good ratings...it's first year was it's best and it was still like the 120th rated show on TV and barely drew 4 million viewers...after that it never even saw three million viewers...and by it's last season it dipped below two million viewers

The Hughleys...they had one good year...their first year they were getting over 12 million viewers...but by year two they lost four million viewers then got shipped over to UPN where it finished up it's last two years with basically no one watching

just because a show is on one of these smaller networks for awhile doesn't mean it's a "success" for the network...they need a certain amount of viewers to bring in ad revenue to pay for the production of the show

and the shows just want enough episodes to reach syndication to get that re-run money...just look at Fringe (another show I like)...that show is losing money...and the studio ponied up their own money to keep it on this last season to hit the number of episodes they need to reach syndication.

so yeah...the whole post is kind of off, because you define success different than a major network defines success.

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

The thing we have to consider when we're talking about ratings is that they are determined by the nielsen system. A handful of TVs in a neighborhood have a device in them that tracks what they're watching. The question we then must ask ourselves is "out of all those TVs that have the nielsen rating device in them, how many of those are owned by blacks?" and "should the sample size be increased?"

 

[HHR]

demographics

can't skip over this

 

[Skilltastrophy]

The thing we have to consider when we're talking about ratings is that they are determined by the nielsen system. A handful of TVs in a neighborhood have a device in them that tracks what they're watching. The question we then must ask ourselves is "out of all those TVs that have the nielsen rating device in them, how many of those are owned by blacks?" and "should the sample size be increased?"

Nielsen ratings have been terrible for determining ratings for a long, long, long time

but it's how advertisers set their revenue...so it's what television networks use for their barometer of success

 

[Iamnoone]

The Bernie Mac show seems to be slept on