To those who watched Fresh Prince when it was on air....
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WaveCapsByOscorp™
2021 Grammy Award Winner
It was pretty big. I can’t say I caught it all the time when they first aired but I do remember, like other posters mentioned, that NBC Monday night line up with Fresh Prince, then Blossom.
if I wasn’t watching it, I probably flipped thru it a couple of times during their spot...
if I wasn’t watching it, I probably flipped thru it a couple of times during their spot...
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All Star
Stop lying man. Seinfeld wasn't big till much much later seasons. The first 3 seasons of Seinfeld most ppl didn't watch. Wasn't till later it become a cult fav and then a pop tv show hit.
Kilgore Trout
Banned
So what? Fresh prince was still seen as a kids/ family show.
It didn’t really compete with the adult shows on.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
fresh prince has gotten bigger in syndication, but i dont know where yall grew up where this wasn't big/must-see black TV. it was cosby/different world, then we segued into this, in living color, and martin (living single and NY undercover - fox thursdays) as the next wave of big black shows. those were shows everyone in my family watched, not just me and my bros. after martin went off, that's when we got more black sitcoms that seemed to appeal less to people my parent's age (baby boomers) and when we got more gen x/older millennial targeted shows on shyt like UPN - moesha, in the house, wayans bros, jamie foxx show, etc
what black shows ever are? cosby show was the only black sitcom that seemed to have big crossover appeal (or at least notoriety) to non black viewers. white sitcoms by proxy of their population are always going to be bigger
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
you're not making an apples to apples comparison. mid/late 80's - very early 00's was the pinnacle of black entertainment - all forms: radio, magazines, tv, film, music, books, poets, HBCU reelvance. when you ask a question like this, it's not about comparing it to universal/white shows. things were huge within our community. fresh prince, martin, living single, NY undercover those were THE shows to fukk with/know about/discuss in the black community. you can't expect them to have the wide resonance of white shows.
there is no cultural cohesion/segmentation anymore. everyone flocks to "mainstream" shows, which is why you get token diversity. the black shows today have become even more niche, they once appealed to the entire black community, that's not the case anymore. which is why blackish doesn't create the same impact/cohesion as shows i previously named did back in the 80's/90's. edit: plus the fact there is no incentive to watch when it airs, i've seen all episodes of blackish, but it's due to end of season binges
and you're tripping, modern family is (was) huge and definitely reinvigorated the family sitcom - shyt like the goldbergs, blackish, etc wouldn't exist had it not been for the wild success of modern fam.
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
nah, both were great to me back then, but i easily watch fresh princes reruns over martin to this day. some aspects of martin didn't age well or just aren't as funny anymore. fresh prince still feels relevant
Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
That show was part of what made the 90's, the 90's.
The episode they went to Vegas and danced to Apache had us dying and folks doing the dance at PE the next day
Dilltastic VolWon(derful)
All Star
You haven’t seen the entire series?
What year were you born Breh?
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Yeah you right. MNF was on abc
I watched every episode blossom too lol. Too poor to have cable so we just had the basic