Son, why are black tv shows so effin' bad?

[Ziggiy]

If some of the shows ya'll loved in the 90's came on today, nikkas on here would shyt on them too. Especially living single, no way a show with all those black women dealing with relationship issues would get love on here in 2013.

Living Single was actually an excellent show. I think a show like that would get love today as being a refreshing take on single black women and relationships. Every character on that show was successful, intelligent, as well as had great cast chemistry and comedic timing

 

[flea]

I remember bobby Bonilla on an episode of living single. I was a proud Latino that day

 

[the next guy]

me and my aunt talk about this alot.........its because black shows try to be black


fresh prince
martin

etc........ were just great shows that had black actors

Bingo. Anyone can watch wayans bros and fresh prince and in the house. No one wants to watch house of payne because its targeted towards a very specific demographic.

 

[Flay Mayweather]

they had to appeal to the cac audience or be cancelled.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

I gotta agree with this...but, I think this is kinda the reason, too.

Now imma say this, and I wanna make sure i'm not misunderstood...if Martin and Wayans Bros. was on TV today, do y'all think they would've went as long as they did? I know some uptight folks who have said those shows were just buffoonery. I thought it was just naturally funny, but it seems like people don't wanna make shows like that anymore...

Yea man. I loved Martin and The Wayans Bros. They were just so effortlessy cool, funny, cutting edge, and really well put together.

*reminscing about the time when A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation" was the theme song for The Wayans Bros. before Omar Epps' theme was used.*

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Television in general is awful. There are only a few shows that I actually watch these days.

I haven't watched TV on my own for more than hours at a time in a frequent period for over five years. I haven't owned a TV in that same time frame. It's a waste of time.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Black people are always critical of their own

but cant see the same in other races


the average tv show is fukking horrible

esp. comedies
white or black


and all these reality shows filled with whites are horrible, just like the black reality shows


shyt is funny how, black people loved that wack ass Entourage shyt on HBO for years and it was straight corny

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Black people are always critical of their own

but cant see the same in other races


the average tv show is fukking horrible

esp. comedies
white or black


and all these reality shows filled with whites are horrible, just like the black reality shows


shyt is funny how, black people loved that wack ass Entourage shyt on HBO for years and it was straight corny

I co-sign this. It's all crap.

 

[VICVALLIN]

It's not just "black tv shows" that's terrible, it's fukking all shows. I rarely watch TV, and when I do, I'm apalled people sit and watch these scripted reality tv shows. Bruh I had to stay at a hotel not too long ago, they even got reality tv shows on fukking animal planet. It's disgusting.

they got reality shows on the weather channel now. that's a 100 times worse imo.

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

Like what is this shyt Gabrielle Union in? Why is The Game so cotdamn bad? Who signed off on Have And Have Nots thinking it wad a good idea to have a black girl be a conniving whore while her mother cleans a white family's house?


I wanna say fukk "black TV" so damn bad.

yeah, i kinda noticed that

its probably because you are spoiled on other forms of media, and most artist turned actors get movies funded.

also a lot of those movies/shows are depricating...

 

[Canada Goose]

My TV never comes on til like Monday Night RAW. Y'all non wrestling fans be missin out

No they don't.

Wrestling is in 2013, I could honestly see if this was the 90s up until the mid 2000s when wrestling had a quality product, but today?

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

If some of the shows ya'll loved in the 90's came on today, nikkas on here would shyt on them too. Especially living single, no way a show with all those black women dealing with relationship issues would get love on here in 2013.

A show anchored by a woman like Queen Latifah, would def get love.

wait someone beat me to it:

people wouldn't hate on living single off the fact queen latifah gets love and get total respect. Plus them sistas actually can act and not be ghetto 24/7 in there roles

Church.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

because great comedy is honest and reflective, which means that genuine black comedy would have to be rooted in the black experience, something white america is not interested in being an audience to.

 

[Mr.Black]

Most tv shows are "reality" shows now anyway, you can do anything and somebody will stick a camera in your face and hail it as exciting and full of drama, I mean how the fukk do you have a show based on fukking meter maids?

 

[Danny Up]

Living Single was actually an excellent show. I think a show like that would get love today as being a refreshing take on single black women and relationships. Every character on that show was successful, intelligent, as well as had great cast chemistry and comedic timing

These nikkas hate everything "black". Every sitcom on TV has successful black characters. And these nikkas hate Yet, they slurp the shyt out of dumbass "Martin".