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?
Pilot but they say can you get rid of the black guy? they did not feel cosbee would work. sydney refused. he stuck with cosby on that. this time, no element of surprise, no car crashes. he won an emmy for that. the series won a golden globe in 1967. certainly i think it say landmark moment but then you think how much time passed from the time he had that role and a notion of equal billing between the two, you know, it took forever to get back to that again. also, white america had to acknowledge that something had changed. not just on television but in america. immediately after i spy 1966 was called the year of the negro on television.
can you get rid of the black guy? (chuckles) they didn t feel cosby would work. sydney sheldon refused. he really stuck with cosby on that. and it proved to be right. - this time, there s no element of surprise, no car crashes. - [hannah] cosby won an emmy for that portrayal. and the series went on to receive a golden globe in 1967. - certainly, i think it was a landmark moment. what s frustrating, is then you think about how much time passed from the time that he had that role, before there was the notion of equal billing, right? between the two, it took forever to get back to that again. - also, white america had to acknowledge that something had changed, not just on television, but in america. and immediately after i spy, 1966 was called the year of the negro on television. you had shows like star trek, and you had uhura, this black woman on this mission