cnnheroes.com now. this week, on an all new episode of history of the sitcom we take a look how different sitcoms tackle race and representation over the years. we must set higher goals. we must set higher goals. in the 1970s, carmichael was one of the black panthers and some of his panthers into the office. there is three guys that want to see the cgarbage man. they said you got this poor black family on good times. all black people aren t poor like that. this is a real misrepresentation. we have a black family next door, and then we decided move them on up. patrick dpoegomez is here wie now the executive editor of entertainment week weekly. we see norman leary.
veteran flight attendant donna o neil says more like her should take this class to deal with the type of passenger becoming too common. ready, move! i don t ever want to have to use any of this, but, you know, if i had to, i certainly feel much more confident. reporter: cnn, sunrise, florida. i would not mess with her. thanks for that report, pete. there s still plenty ahead. first, a programming note. how has the role of race, diversity, and inclusion changed in the modern day sitcom over the years? the next brand-new episode of history of the sitcom attempts to answer that question. watch the premiere tomorrow tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™
convincing job. i love i did a bunch it was so fun. i want to say thank you so much. thank you, brianna. i was going to say like you re not hung over. next time let s try. let s lean into that. the end of our show. it s our friday, kate. anything goes for us. absolutely, brianna, i ll send you this hat. kate, thank you so much. you re the best. seriously, thank you. yeah, don t drink on the job. yeah. good lesson for everyone. kate flannery, a huge thank you to you. you are the best. thanks for joining us today as we re trying to talk about this great new episode of the history of the sitcom. that will be sunday night at 9:00 eastern only on cnn. talk about somebody who came to play. that was fun. that was really fun. so, up next, just released music from the vault of the one and only prince.
we re going to have to leave it there, john. sorry, margaret gets the last word. you re probably used to that. i m used to that. we ll let you have the first question next time around. thanks for joining me. catch margaret on pbs firing line. a quick note about the january 6th committee. wolf blitzer has special coverage of tuesday s hearing at 9:00 a.m. here on cnn. president biden making calls today trying to reach a deal on infrastructure as one of the deal s brokers teases that they are incredibly close to getting there. we ll take you live to the white house when we come back. first, a quick programming note. when it comes to the sitcom, there s one thing we can all agree upon. the workplace has some horrible bosses. from michael scott in the office to jack of 30 rock, find out the inspiration to some of your favorite characters on the next new episode of history of the sitcom tonight at 9:00 only here on cnn.
all right. in the sitcom world, the workplace is an endless source of comedy from murphy brown to the office, veep, 30 rock. the next brand-new episode of history of the sitcom looks at iconic characters who were working for laughs. here s a preview. i want to get out of here. boy, do i hate to start a day like this. hal lyndon is the bob newhart of that office surrounded by all the craziness. lenny is my other personality. you have the same address? the workplace comedy is great because all the characters come in and they re not related. so they don t have something in common. turned out to be a diverse cast which was, i guess,