Transcripts for CNN See It Loud The History of Black Television 20240604 04:05:00

- even though the "twilight zone" didn't showcase black characters for the most part in that series, by 1967, it does change and we're seeing more black performers and characters on the network schedule. - you gotta go all the way back to eartha kitt when she came on and took over the role of cat woman. - this is cat woman. - in 1967, she's playing a reimagined version of a white character played by julie newmar. - you'll never have another cat woman like that. i don't think anybody else's tongue works like that. i don't care what you say. - purrr-haps. - grrr, not gonna happen. (purring) (chuckling) - it was so amazing because all of a sudden there's a black woman that is fighting batman. wait a minute. - with eartha kitt's appearance on "batman",

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