What happened to our good tv shows?

I watch TV One and I keep wondering what happened to the black tv shows? The Martins, Living Single, and Moesha's of the world. For whatever reason everytime I watch them I have this nostalgic feeling. Does anybody have a favorite black show from the 90's?

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Permalink Reply by Suburban Soulgirl on July 4, 2009 at 11:58am

I agree with your assessment, there's barely any good quality tv shows across the board these days...Most of them lack the creativity, originality and finesse that the old school shows had.

I do miss living single though...that show was the bomb!

Rosenda said:

A lot of the good "white" shows suck too, Hidaya. I don't think it's a lack of good Black oriented shows, I think it's a lack of good ANYBODY'S shows. Gotten too predictable and copycat and boring and manufactured and pre packaged, and that's including the actual actors/actresses/storylines. There is some cool stuff out there but you gotta look for it. I think there are better shows on the cable networks too.

I used to really enjoy Living Single and The Martins but I also liked Night Court and Fraser even more. Good writing, good stories, great actors and actresses. Hidaya, have you seen No 1 Ladies Detective Agency? Awesome! See, it's on a cable station, that's my point, they seem to have more pull of creative stories and qualified talent to pull from too.

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Permalink Reply by AfroCuban on November 10, 2010 at 1:04pm

LIVING SINGLE! Classic. Great writing (when the credits are, um, of writers of color) and ensemble acting.
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