sometimes you need a second opinion. [coughs] good to go. yeah, i think i ll get a second opinion. all these walls gotta go! ah ah ah! i d love a second opinion. no. i m going to get a second opinion. with innovation refunds, there s no upfront cost to find out. so why not check like i did for my small business? take the first step to see if your small business qualifies for the erc. hustleman: yow, check it out, hustleman is in the house malcolm venable: the mid -90s was a golden era for black sitcoms. michael schneider: as fox went with predominantly african-american casts, you had new networks in the wb and upn. that then took that playbook and went with it tia: dad. tamar: mom? tia and tamara: that girl has my face! latoya ferguson: sister sister was on the wb. the wayans brothers. mara brock akil: when the black sitcom was emerging on the upn and the wb you are so joyful, excited,
storytelling, and identifying that, black comedians can tell these kind of stories. mr. abbott: so you re. chris. chris: yes sir. abbott: i m mr. abbott, your guidance counsellor. aramide tinubu: by the time everybody hates chris debuted in 2005, chris rock was a massive star. beretta smith shomade: everybody hates chris is a funny recalling of chris rock s childhood in 1980 s brooklyn. chris: my father always knew what everything cost. dad: that s $1.09 in the trash. that s two dollars on fire! todd bridges: it was an all black show in the home, and chris got bussed to an all white school. chris: was the junior high school across the street really that bad? [gun shots] [screaming] chris: much like rock and roll, school shootings were also invented by blacks and stolen by the white man. tinubu: and then, of course in 2006 upn merged with the wb to become what we now know as the cw.
- 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
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funny recalling of both chris rock s childhood in 1980s brooklyn. my father always knew whatever the cost! that is $1.90 in the trash! with an all-black show in the home and chris getting busted to an all-white school. was it really that bad? much like rock n roll, school shootings were also invented by blacks and stolen by the white man. in 2006, upn merged with the wb to become what we now know as the cw. it just decided not to do sitcoms anymore, and that cut out all the black programming. it is something that fox did earlier. you start your network based on black sitcoms and then when you get enough viewers, you make