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Dragged out of the country. you think i want that? >> in the 2010s, sitcoms became increasingly aware of all of the horrible inequalities that our society was built atop. >> its emilio, right? >> i will find a way back to you and our baby after a short time in chihuahua -- the city, not the dog. [ laughter ] >> and some of these shows have gotten back to the idea of race and class and the ways that all of these issues intersect. >> its friday night family dinner time. come on, lets go. this meat...

Get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. disgusting. >> fox network had come on and done well with black sitcoms so the wb and upn at the time were coming on, and they started to diversify and grow that audience. >> they are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up until that point. >> so these shows kind of set the stage for the diversity in the family sitcom that can be seen on television today. >> welcome, wongs, im rick. the length and ...

>> the one with the prom video where rachel realizes that ross has always loved her. >> bye! okay, chip! >> oh, dear. >> i cant believe you did that. >> yeah, well. >> all the most memorable moments in the sitcoms are the ones where they touched on something beyond the comedy. >> and it made for really great television that a lot of people wanted to watch. literally everyone in america. >> i, ross. >> take thee, emily. >> take thee, rachel. >> weve really been on a ride with ross and rachel. our...

>> what that [bleep] do? or do it dont do? >> oh, no, it do. it definitely do. >> for the first time maybe, a lot of white people are learning that, like, theres a lot of different ways to be a black woman. theres a lot of different ways to be a millennial black woman. there are a lot of different ways to be. >> this is my favorite bit. >> "fleabag" was just a revelation. >> hi. >> hey. >> it felt dangerous. >> and ill be sure to treat you like a nasty little [bleep]. >> sitcoms dont usually fee...

It really pushed a lot of barriers around talking about sex and relationships in ways that sitcoms certainly didnt do. >> so, how big was it? >> fresh pepper? >> my guiltiest pleasure was "sex and the city". >> you men have no idea what were dealing with down there. teeth placement and jaw stress and suction and gag reflex. honey, they dont call it a job for nothin. >> i felt a little naughty watching it. >> okay, ladies, take note. >> but at the time, shows that often center black women were st...

>> "good times" was not only to show the problems but show the love of a minority family. >> were staying in a used car lot of love. >> in 20 years we only turned out one clunker. >> the idea of white families seeing things on an episode of "good times" that they could relate to their own experience, that is a power that cannot be duplicated with hours of conversation. >> it showed how sitcoms werent afraid to discuss social issues that had formerly been taboo. ♪ this is it ♪ >> when you get...

You know, im a pretty open-minded guy, so why dont you stop by the shop sometime? >> okay. >> lgbtq representation in sitcoms is important because were all in this together. you cant leave that out anymore. >> id like to begin with a fact. a simple yet shocking fact. it is this. homosexuals, lesbians are threatening to pervert an entire generation of our american children. >> the history of lgbtq characters in sitcoms is actually very similar to the history of lgbtq people in america. they were ...

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