Kim Coles

Because it was played on Fox, I think that season, playing on... And so we created like some sketches or some... So the break was this halftime show with this... Everybody tuned in for that, even more so than the show.

Because it was played on Fox, I think that season, playing on... And so we created like some sketches or some... So the break was this halftime show with this... Everybody tuned in for that, even more so than the show.

Yeah. And shows were created that were, that spoke to that audience. And that audience felt as if they had a place they could go that was just for them.

Yeah. And shows were created that were, that spoke to that audience. And that audience felt as if they had a place they could go that was just for them.

That came out of that time.

That came out of that time.

And then the strategy changed. And I remember when Living Single got canceled, a new network president was brought in and he decided that he wanted to take it a different direction. And it didn't work right away. It didn't work at all because now you're like wreck it, scratch, scrap. We're going to go in a different direction. It's like, no, we built this.

And then the strategy changed. And I remember when Living Single got canceled, a new network president was brought in and he decided that he wanted to take it a different direction. And it didn't work right away. It didn't work at all because now you're like wreck it, scratch, scrap. We're going to go in a different direction. It's like, no, we built this.

Red Fox.

Red Fox.

I hear what you're saying about, you know, then you segregate and you give it a title and you're right. It then marginalize or categorizes it as one thing. You're right. I don't think Sanford and Son was ever called a black show. But I think that something happened when those that title came. started being used, I think our communities began to go, we have ownership on this. This is our show.

I hear what you're saying about, you know, then you segregate and you give it a title and you're right. It then marginalize or categorizes it as one thing. You're right. I don't think Sanford and Son was ever called a black show. But I think that something happened when those that title came. started being used, I think our communities began to go, we have ownership on this. This is our show.

We have the, you know, to this day when people go, I still watch Living Single, you belong to us. So I think there's, there's one part that's setting aside and there's a part that then becomes, we, we get, you're, you're special because you belong to us.

We have the, you know, to this day when people go, I still watch Living Single, you belong to us. So I think there's, there's one part that's setting aside and there's a part that then becomes, we, we get, you're, you're special because you belong to us.

I do think there was a place we returned, but we know that the Cosby show, you know, here's the thing about the Cosby show and and Will Smith show is that we know that it had a wide, wide audience and we know that we had a wide, wide audience. So someone determined, call it a black show. I think that that meant that black folks got to go. This is uniquely ours.

I do think there was a place we returned, but we know that the Cosby show, you know, here's the thing about the Cosby show and and Will Smith show is that we know that it had a wide, wide audience and we know that we had a wide, wide audience. So someone determined, call it a black show. I think that that meant that black folks got to go. This is uniquely ours.

However, I understand that you're talking black. NBC, bigger budgets. You have Bill Cosby, who at the time, one of the biggest, biggest, biggest ever, right? And then you've got Fox, who my complaint about Fox is that yes, they had a strategy, but they also didn't put the money into the show. So we didn't have the same anything that the network shows had. Here's what Fox would do though.

However, I understand that you're talking black. NBC, bigger budgets. You have Bill Cosby, who at the time, one of the biggest, biggest, biggest ever, right? And then you've got Fox, who my complaint about Fox is that yes, they had a strategy, but they also didn't put the money into the show. So we didn't have the same anything that the network shows had. Here's what Fox would do though.

It was really interesting. So you had to have a certain number of hours on per week in order to be considered a network. So they were the fourth network when it was convenient for them. Like, oh, we're the fourth. We're coming in. We're the baby. We're the brand new network.

It was really interesting. So you had to have a certain number of hours on per week in order to be considered a network. So they were the fourth network when it was convenient for them. Like, oh, we're the fourth. We're coming in. We're the baby. We're the brand new network.