- we were trying to figure out if we could have it all. all my black girlfriends were wondering that, too. we wanted it all. we wanted it all. (upbeat music) (bernie whistles) - give me a chance. (men laugh) i ll take wb. i ll take upn. i ll take usa. - by the early 2000s, networks are only looking for big name black comedians to headline their shows. - when you talk about the bernie mac show, you get a slice of life, of african american life. - yeah, my sister s on drugs. what am i supposed to do? allow these three kids to go to some foster home? - you don t know what you re getting yourself into. - i didn t wanna come into america s living room. i wanted to bring america into mine. this is my house. - bernie had a very clear idea of the kind of show he wanted. bernie mac goes, you know, reggie? of all the people in hollywood, you get bernie mac. - ma am, don t do that. this is my car. i m trying to tell you something. - my goal working on the show as a director, as a producer w
- by the early 2000s, networks are only looking for big name black comedians to headline their shows. - when you talk about the bernie mac show, you get a slice of life, of african american life. - yeah, my sister s on drugs. what am i supposed to do? allow these three kids to go to some foster home? - you don t know what you re getting yourself into. - i didn t wanna come into america s living room. i wanted to bring america into mine. this is my house. - bernie had a very clear idea of the kind of show he wanted. bernie mac goes, you know, reggie? of all the people in hollywood, you get bernie mac. - ma am, don t do that. this is my car. i m trying to tell you something. - my goal working on the show as a director, as a producer was to make sure bernie mac stayed bernie mac. (horn blows) (upbeat funky music) - i don t mean to toot my own horn, america, but bernie mac s genius. - i m overwhelmed, as you see. - the first time in the more than 200-year history
bounce, full of energy and a zest for life. but things could have been very different for bryn. poor bryn came into us because of circumstances where he was left unsupervised with a child. an incident happened which involved the child then being injured by him. he was unsupervised. so there s never a full understanding of what exactly happened. but the owners were very worried. you know, they had a young child, they didn t know what to do. they took him to a vet s for advice and and a number for advice and a number of options were there considering euthanasia for him. luckily, dogs trust stepped in and found him a foster home. but, sadly, bryn s story is not a one off. last year, 8,000 people were admitted to hospital with a dog bite injury, and new data shows that more than 90% of dog bites on children happened at home by dogs known to them. despite this, 84% of parents told dogs trust that they leave their children and dogs together unsupervised. we have seen an increase
the dogs trust has found that 84% of parents leave their children alone with dogs and says that most people are bitten by an animal that s known to them. celestina 0lulode reports from oxford. bounce, full of energy and a zest for life. but things could have been very different for bryn. poor bryn came into us because of circumstances where he was left unsupervised with a child. an incident happened which involved the child then being injured by him. he was unsupervised. so there s never a full understanding of what exactly happened. but the owners were worried. you know, they had a young child, they didn t know what to do. they took him to a vet s for advice and a number of options were there considering euthanasia for him. luckily, dogs trust stepped in and found him a foster home. but, sadly, bryn s story is not a one off. last year, 8,000 people were admitted to hospital with a dog bite injury, and new data shows that more than 90% of dog bites on children happened at home