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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 this we will sue everyone in this school. >> it is the american way, right? >> you know about that. ...

♪ 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 ran away from its blackness. he hosted a black radio show... martin: what up? jacqueling coley: ...h...

>> people forget that carlton was one of the first black nerds on screen, showing that there are other ways to be black. >> it's 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. he hosted a black radio show. he had gina, his live-in girlfriend. it was the blending of sketch ...

To manage his cousin to rap stardom. earn: i just don't 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 don't 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 music] isabella gomez: i think everything changes when you give a voice to a community that hasn'...

If you don't 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 can't 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 other's cultures. >> of course gary coleman is this cherub little black child who is making us laugh. >> arnold, to collect unemployment you have to stop