Watchmojo.com's Top 10 African-American Shows (video)

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Fresh Prince better than Cosby or the jeffersons? or Sanford and son?:beli:

Family Matters being on this list:russ: THAT is some revisionist history bs right there. The hallmark of a great show is that it holds over time. Family Matters has aged like an old fart

Glad to see Living Single get its props:salute:

A Different World also shyts on Fresh Prince but I get it. It still kills it in syndication, it's never been off the air, Will blew up and the show has stood the test of time. But I gotta say I laughed more at the Cosby Show than Fresh Prince. Even now. Like someone said, Fresh Prince fell off after 3 seasons. Cosby is 8 seasons of unadulterated, pure, uncut dope. Shyt hasn't been stepped on not once
:ohhh: I need to get into "The Cosby Show" & "A Different World" 1 of these days.
 

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lol threadstarter has to be a young dude so I won't judge him.

I was a kid in the 90s with no cable :mjcry: so I watched every single black show they put on TV including the reruns. Diffrent Strokes, What's Happening (Now), Good Times, Gimme a Break, Amen..classic shyt
 

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lol threadstarter has to be a young dude so I won't judge him.

I was a kid in the 90s with no cable :mjcry: so I watched every single black show they put on TV including the reruns. Diffrent Strokes, What's Happening (Now), Good Times, Gimme a Break, Amen..classic shyt

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They should burn in hell for this list:scust:

Everybody knows Cosby or Martin is #1....And while folks talk about Fresh Prince falling off,Martin fll off after season 3 too.

How they gon mention Different World but not put it on the list over empire?Guess you gotta consider this is the best black shows according to white people....if that's the case,I didn't need all they damn commentary about what these shows meant to black people,just say what these shows meant to white people.

@satam55 bay area legend Mark Curry did kill his role as Mr Cooper,dude kept me rolling.....but with that said I don't remember a single CLASSIC episode...I remember his appearances on the Jamie Foxx show and Martin more:laff:....Part of that might be the fact its not one of the shows that stays in sindication....But its othe shows that's not in syndication,or shows that's in syndication that I don't watch, but I still remember episodes of it.

And fukk the world for acting like Moesha and The Parkers never existed....both those shows was better than "My Wife and Kids":childplease:? shout out to South Central too,if only there was more time:banderas:
 

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They should burn in hell for this list:scust:

Everybody knows Cosby or Martin is #1....And while folks talk about Fresh Prince falling off,Martin fll off after season 3 too.

How they gon mention Different World but not put it on the list over empire?Guess you gotta consider this is the best black shows according to white people....if that's the case,I didn't need all they damn commentary about what these shows meant to black people,just say what these shows meant to white people.

@satam55 bay area legend Mark Curry did kill his role as Mr Cooper,dude kept me rolling.....but with that said I don't remember a single CLASSIC episode...I remember his appearances on the Jamie Foxx show and Martin more:laff:....Part of that might be the fact its not one of the shows that stays in sindication....But its othe shows that's not in syndication,or shows that's in syndication that I don't watch, but I still remember episodes of it.

And fukk the world for acting like Moesha and The Parkers never existed....both those shows was better than "My Wife and Kids":childplease:? shout out to South Central too,if only there was more time:banderas:

Martin fell off after season 4 breh. Give it one more year lol
 

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as a 90s baby who saw fresh prince and martin first before any of the rest i cant say i fukk with cosby or different world at all...nvr thought either one of them was funny, they were "good shows" for black folks and all but when it came to actually making me laugh they just didnt do it. Even now that im older and can relate more they still dont make me laugh :manny:....now as for family matters that show is straight up garbage in every way, its corny and hella annoying so the fact that its on the list but not my wife and kids or jamie foxx show or wayans brothers or steve harvey show or everybody hates chris or shyt even malcolm & eddie just makes no sense to me :pachaha: and u got empire on this list!! and its like 2 seasons in!! :dahell::wtf::mindblown: i give whoever did the list props for putting living single on there but :camby: puttin empire on it
 

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:martin: at no "My Wife & Kids".




Brehs y'all think "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" should made the list? Whenever we talk about black sitcoms on The Coli nobody EVER brings up that show.

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Nah homie. Shyt is okay but nah

What about "Sister, Sister"? I also feel "One on One" should've made Honorable Mention.

Also. No and no :russ:

You cape for those but you haven't seen Cosby or a different world? Come on homie

Now if you said 227 or roc I'd be with you

Yeah "Undercovers" & "Kevin Hill" are 2 short-lived 1-season shows I've recently watched with black leads/diverse casts that would've fit in much better nowadays.


Please tell me you agree with me that the first 3 seasons of "The Game" that aired on The CW is worthy of an Honorable Mention.
 

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Please tell me you agree with me that the first 3 seasons of "The Game" that aired on The CW is worthy of an Honorable Mention.

Breh, I was starting my junior year of college when the game started. I wasn't into that shyt and I'm still not :russ: Not many 20 year old men were running to their dorm rooms to watch the game :manny: So on principle, i guess i need to say...no?
 

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I love Fresh Prince and its a great show. But I feel like theres a lot of revisionist history around it. People forget that the show kinda fell off after the 3rd season. Like after Will and Carlton went to college people didn't care that much about it. Matter of fact it was supposed to be canceled after Season 4 when Will went back to Philly.

Martin was more talked about with (black) people, Different World, even Living Single was a bigger deal after the first couple of seasons of Fresh Prince...

At least thats how I remember it...
Yeah I didn't watch the Fresh Prince until it was in syndication
 
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