our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
- who the hell are you anyway? - who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. - [ernie] then we became lead actors. - we don t run. okay, we stick together and we fight. - get out of my house. you are afr- - drama is where all of the conflict happens. - [tisha] scandal is my favorite drama. - how many times have i told you, you have to be what? - everything about it, the twist, the turns, the acting. - twice as good. - twice as good as them to get half of what they have. - i love queen sugar, david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that s being depicted. - definitely, new york undercover. - waiting for the cops. you stupid? turn around. malik yoba, it was a positive role. it was a great thing to see someone who looks like you, very much a pivotal moment of growing, and trying to figure out who i was. - american drama, it almost doesn t. it doesn t exist without black people now. (upbeat music) (smooth jazz music) - [hank] hey, you looking for somebody?
Television landscape was kind of defined by these big, tent pole shows, these big, giant dramas. - you re out of this operation, tubbs, as of now. - there is no operation without me, crockett. - after we have bill cosby s sauve, alex scott on i spy, we get ricardo tubbs on miami vice who s played by philip michael thomas, who s smooth, swaggering, had fashion sense that eclipsed alex scott on i spy. and these characters, were about 20 years apart, but they were definitely speaking to one another. - i remember miami vice as a fashion show, (laughs) more so than anything else. cause the pastels, the collars and everything. he was the black guy that white dads were afraid of the daughters bringing home. they personified coolness. and i think that went a long way again in making different types of black characters, acceptable to an audience. (suspenseful music)
Ridiculous. 1980s, the decade of excess, the television was big giant dramas. you are out of this operation, tubbs, as of now there is no operation without me, crockett we have bill cosby now we get tubbs on miami vice smooth, swaggering, fashion sense that, you know, eclipsed alex scott on i spy the characters were 20 years apart but speaking to one another. i remember it has a fashion show more and more than anything else. you know, the pastels, the collars, he was the black guy that white dads were worried their daughters would bring home. that was coolness and it went with making different types of