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Reality television. and it had a huge impact on the family sitcom. >> everything was reality shows back then. the sitcom was pronounced dead again. chris lloyd and i said, whats the new way to do a family show? what if we shoot a documentary-style -- and instead of focusing on one family? what if we focused on multiple families? >> dad. >> what happened? >> luke just shot me. >> we want to portray the characters as real. >> i didnt mean so. >> are you okay? >> no. the little bitch shot me. >> la...

Jenna: mmm? rainn wilson: all the great sitcoms are about family. debra: so wonderful! kelsey grammar: its one of the great, great accomplishments of the modern age. [opening] michael: what have we always said was the most important thing? george: breakfast...? michael: family. george: family, right... dan levy: family is key to the sitcom. dre: mama!! randall park: its something that we all can relate to. dre and mom: shake shake shake! tracy morgan: youre in these peoples homes for years. your...

And it just went through the ceiling. we didnt just usher in black shows. we were the foundation for all the sitcoms for the next 25, 30 years. - it just led the way to other sitcoms like "good times." ♪ good times ♪ anytime you need - breakfast is ready if you hungry! - "good times" is one of my favorite sitcoms because i didnt realize i was watching a sitcom. - give me one good reason why you married me. - you was pregnant. - that aint nothing to joke about. suppose one of the kids that he...

- "moesha" was something that i wanted to do because i wanted to see a story about a black teenage girl, and i did not see that on tv. - she dont know who i am by now. she better ask somebody! - [unison] baby! - "moesha" was my first staff writing job. it was a groundbreaking time. it was a place where we all belonged. it was a place that you could actually launch a dream. - they introduced nikki parker on the last episode of "moesha," which was the pilot for "the parkers." on this slot, it was ...

- we had never seen a show with such unapologetically black, smart, sexy, fun women on television before. - damn, he fine! (audience laughs) - oh, and good technique. - and big feet. (audience laughs) - they were "friends" before there was the sitcom "friends." - "living single" came first. there was an interview with warren littlefield who, at the time, was running nbc. they asked him, "was there any show that you wish you had bought this year?" and he said, "i wish i had bought living single."...

I am hans. and i am franz. and we just want to pump you up! levine: a lot of things that they could do on "saturday night live" they couldnt do on a sitcom. the humor was more daring and more satirical. and it was political. you still have, uh, 50 seconds left mr. vice president. well let me just sum up, on track, stay the course, a thousand points of light. stay the course. governor dukakis, rebuttal? i cant believe im losing to this guy. [ laughter ] [ telephone ringing ] ill get it. oh, geez....

Um, just let me drop off my friend, and then well talk. levine: when we entered the 80s, a lot of one-hour dramas that were light hearted, like "magnum, p.i.," were very popular. [ gunfire ] [ tires squeal ] bianculli: after "m.a.s.h." went off the air, the next season there wasnt a single sitcom in the top 10. first time that had ever happened in tv history. the prevailing feeling was that the sitcom was dead. greenfield: brandon tartikoff, nbc programming chief, says reports of the sitcoms dea...

- "fresh prince of bel-air" became one of these landmark black sitcoms that youre gonna look at 100 years from now saying, "this is one of the ones that changed things," - pssh. - and still is relevant today. (jazzy screams) (audience laughs) - in the 90s, there was one show that epitomized what it was to be young, funny, and black, and that show was "martin." - martin lawrence is a standup comedian, and the "martin" show was based on all of the things that he would talk about onstage. - wassup?...

- some of the hits started coming in that were more like "smallville," "gilmore girls." you only have so many hours you program. something has to give. - and they just canceled us. everybody was just, "oh, were done. thanks." - i will never forgive the cw for what they did to upn. they really had a good run. we did get great writers like mara brock akil and kenya barris out of that. mara went from writing for "moesha" to creating the influential sitcom "girlfriends." - hey, girl. - hey! - the vi...

Host, an occupation thate need is driven by the need for attention. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. bu. t you you have a passion for patriotism and the countryat and family. and thats the only reason why youre doing that. >> gordon odonnell, though, never says no to a camera. i mean, hes been in. tv shows.w hes got his own show. so even the way he wasas deliv delivering that was like i am playing a tv host. and this is incredible. but what theyre doing with joe and the stairs is much of what you do to an a...