CNN History of the Sitcom June 4, 2024 05:49:00
[drumming] jacqueline coley: which was not something you saw on a show like the cosby show. rochelle: chris! get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. disgusting... cedric: fox network had come on and did really well with black sitcoms, and so then the wb and upn uh, at the time were coming on and they start to diversify and grow that audience. aramide tinubu: they are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up into that point. jacqueline coley: and so these shows kind of set the stage for the diversity in the family sitcom that can be seen ...