BLACK AND ETHNIC SITCOMS HAVE ALL BUT DISAPPEARED
The LA Times‘ Greg Braxton has written an interesting piece on the disappearance of black family sitcoms from network TV since ‘The Cosby Show” back in the eighties. One of the few exceptions is BET’s “Reed Between the Lines.” Braxton points out that despite hundreds of new TV channels and the popularity of “The Cosby Show” – and subsequent series featuring minority families such as “My Wife and Kids,” “George Lopez” and “Ugly Betty” – ethnic families are still a rarity on the small screen today. READ THE REST OF THE STORY
