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of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. >> but we just moved it over here. >> dont question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. >> the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. >> we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. >> you see my daughter glo...

Because i was a backward kid. george lopez: and then its just over and hes gone. he committed suicide in january of 1977. jim mckaines: he dies at age 22 with the world literally at his feet. patrick gomez: it was heartbreaking for the latinx community, and i think weve realized you cant put that pressure on one person to represent an entire minority group. george lopez: to see somebody that... that changes you; that gives you a purpose. i wanted to be a comedian because of him. ed: ill miss you...

Anything was funny. margaret: mom, dont wait up for me. randall park: i hadnt ever seen an asian-american family on a sitcom so in a lot of ways, we learned lessons of how to tell a story about people who are traditionally underrepresented. margaret: im very, very proud that it broke ground and it gave an amazing push to a generation experiencing this great success now. jessica: if you try to suspend our son because of this, we will sue everyone in this school. eddie: hey, its the american way r...

♪ daniel fienberg: atlanta is part of this new wave of auteur driven comedy. man: where your ancestors from? congo? ivory coast. earn: i dont know, this spooky thing called slavery happened and my entire ethnic identity was erased. troy patterson: the premise is that earn, played by donald glover, has dropped out of princeton university and is back home in atlanta trying to manage his cousin to rap stardom. earn: i just dont scare people like you man. niggas know i drink juice and shit... alfr...

[soul music] isabella gomez: i think everything changes when you give a voice to a community that hasnt had one. ♪ lorraine ali: ramy could not have happened, before streaming. we had two decades, people being terrified of muslims. all of a sudden, theres a sitcom and people are laughing. ramy: i dont have to find a muslim girl. ive actually been seeing this girl chloe for a little bit, and its going- friend: no, are you out of your mind? white girls suck, bro. you cant keep dating them. one t...

Of myself. i lost an incredible amount of weight in a very, very short time and it affected my health in a damaging way. i could not even think about whether anything was funny. >> i had never seen an asian- american family on a sitcom, so in a lot of ways we learned lessons of how to tell a story about people who are traditionally underrepresented. >> i am proud that program. it gave an amazing push to a generation experiencing this great success now. >> if you try to suspend my son because of ...

♪ its not unusual to be loved by anyone ♪ beretta smith shomade: and so when fox comes around and says, how can we gain audience? oh, black people. so they initiate a series of shows that target an audience that had not been targeted. malcolm venable: martin lawrence is this increasingly mega popular comedian on the scene. martin lawrence: i know big bird been out of business but what the fuck is up? jacqueline coley: if you want to just compare martin and the fresh prince, martin in no way ...

>> people forget that carlton was one of the first black nerds on screen, showing that there are other ways to be black. >> its not unusual to be loved by anyone! >> so when fox comes on and says how can we gain an audience, well, black people. they initiate a series of shows that target an audience that had not been targeted. >> martin lawrence is this increasingly mega popular comedian on the screen. >> if you want to compare martin at the fresh prince, martin in no way ran away from blackness...

To manage his cousin to rap stardom. earn: i just dont scare people like you man. niggas know i drink juice and shit... alfred: fuck that! earn: dammmn! man: i can write you a cheque. alfred: nigga, do i look like a bank? i dont take fucking cheques! troy patterson: the question is, is atlanta a great sitcom. cop 1: willie! you coming out? cop 2: wait! troy patterson: or has it so pushed the boundaries of what a sitcom can be that we need to coin a new genre term altogether to describe it? [soul...

If you dont get back to work! >> the american sitcom had had a disruption in the early 1970s with on the family and mary tyler moore. >> we go to cant we just get along? >> it was a dream! two kids in the get adopted by a rich white man. >> the white savior narrative in different strokes is the basis of the whole series. >> it was about love and understanding and respect for each others cultures. >> of course gary coleman is this cherub little black child who is making us laugh. >> arnold, to co...