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Color By Fox: The Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television by Kristal Brent Zook (1999)

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  • Jasmine Guy, Sinbad, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Lou Myers, Cree Summer, and Glynn Turman in A Different World (1987)

    1. A Different World

    1987–1993144 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.1 (8.6K)
    A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
    CreatorBill CosbyStarsLisa BonetKadeem HardisonJasmine Guy
  • Sherman Hemsley in Amen (1986)

    2. Amen

    1986–1991110 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.8 (2.5K)
    Rev. Reuben Gregory, finds dealing with the headstrong, opinionated, and unethical Deacon Ernest Frye--who works as a lawyer when not tending to church business--won't make his job easy.
    CreatorEd. WeinbergerStarsSherman HemsleyClifton DavisAnna Maria Horsford
  • Don LaFontaine and John Walsh in America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988)

    3. America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back

    1988–2021776 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.2 (2.4K)
    True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals.
    StarsJohn WalshDaniel David SimDon LaFontaine
  • Buddy Ebsen, Max Baer Jr., Donna Douglas, and Irene Ryan in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

    4. The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962–1971274 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.3 (12K)
    A nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.
    CreatorPaul HenningStarsBuddy EbsenDonna DouglasIrene Ryan
  • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

    5. Beverly Hills, 90210

    1990–2000292 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.5 (40K)
    Follows the lives of a group of friends living in the wealthy and privileged Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles, California as they transition from high school and into college and then into the adult world.
    CreatorDarren StarStarsJason PriestleyShannen DohertyLuke Perry
  • The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

    6. The Bill Cosby Show

    1969–197152 epsTV Series
    6.1 (1K)
    Chet Kincaid, gym teacher at an inner-city Los Angeles high school, deals with students, Principal Langford and counselor Marsha Peterson. He lives with his mother Rose, brother Brian, and sister-in-law Verna, who focus on his social life.
    CreatorsBill CosbyEd. WeinbergerMichael ZagorStarsBill CosbyJoyce BulifantOlga James
  • Living in Captivity (1998)

    7. Living in Captivity

    1998– 8 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.8 (17)
    Successful DJ Curtis and his pregnant wife Tamara integrate the upscale community of Woodland Heights. They make friends with Italian couple Lisa and Carmine plus attorney Becca and her novelist husband Will, who are in a mixed-religion marriage. Everyone gathers at the local grocer to gossip and make outrageous comments.
    CreatorTom PalmerStarsDondré T. WhitfieldKira Arne' VericaLenny Venito
  • Color Adjustment (1992)

    8. Color Adjustment

    19921h 26mUnrated
    7.4 (436)
    Analyzes the evolution of television's earlier, unflattering portrayal of blacks from 1948 until 1988, when they are depicted as prosperous and as having achieved the American dream, a portrayal that is inconsistent with reality.
    DirectorMarlon RiggsStarsRuby DeeSteven BochcoDiahann Carroll
  • The Cosby Mysteries (1994)

    9. The Cosby Mysteries

    1994–199518 epsTV-PGTV Series
    4.6 (337)
    Guy Hanks is a criminologist who works for the New York Police Department. After winning the lottery, he retires. But feeling bored, he occasionally returns to help his friends, Detective Adam Sully and M.E. John Chapman, in tough cases.
    CreatorsDavid BlackWilliam LinkStarsJames NaughtonBill CosbyYasiin Bey
  • Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Cosby Show (1984)

    10. The Cosby Show

    1984–1992197 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.4 (38K)
    The goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.
    CreatorMichael LeesonStarsBill CosbyPhylicia RashadMalcolm-Jamal Warner
  • Def Comedy Jam (1992)

    11. Def Comedy Jam

    1992–200890 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.0 (676)
    A stand-up comedy series from Russell Simmons showcasing legendary comedians including Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey, Martin Lawrence, DL Hughley, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and more.
    StarsMartin LawrenceKid CapriD.L. Hughley
  • Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)

    12. The Dick Van Dyke Show

    1961–1966158 epsTV-GTV Series
    8.4 (13K)
    The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.
    CreatorCarl ReinerStarsDick Van DykeMary Tyler MooreRose Marie
  • Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

    13. Diff'rent Strokes

    1978–1986181 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.7 (13K)
    The misadventures of suave Park Avenue millionaire Phillip Drummond, his teenage daughter Kimberly, and their current housekeeper Edna Garrett who adopted the two pre-teenage sons of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
    CreatorsJeff HarrisBernie KukoffStarsGary ColemanTodd BridgesConrad Bain
  • Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)

    14. ER

    1994–2009331 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (74K)
    The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.
    CreatorMichael CrichtonStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyJulianna Margulies
  • Reginald VelJohnson, Jaimee Foxworth, Telma Hopkins, Rosetta LeNoire, Bryton James, Darius McCrary, Jo Marie Payton, Jaleel White, and Kellie Shanygne Williams in Family Matters (1989)

    15. Family Matters

    1989–1998215 epsTV-GTV Series
    6.6 (31K)
    The Winslow family deals with various misadventures, many of them caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel.
    CreatorsWilliam BickleyRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsReginald VelJohnsonJaleel WhiteDarius McCrary
  • Blair Brown, Dylan Baker, Adrian Pasdar, Grace Phillips, John Slattery, and Regina Taylor in Feds (1997)

    16. Feds

    19977 epsTV Series
    5.3 (43)
    An ensemble drama about the lives and litigation's of staffers at a federal prosecutor's office in Manhattan, New York.
    CreatorsMichael S. ChernuchinDick WolfStarsBlair BrownAdrian PasdarDana Reeve
  • Fortune Hunter (1994)

    17. Fortune Hunter

    1994–199613 epsTV Series
    7.6 (109)
    Former British agent Carlton Dial recovers stolen property for Intercept Corporation, using gadgets. He's assisted by nerdy partner Harry Flask from headquarters.
    CreatorSteve AspisStarsMark FrankelJohn HoffmanKim Faze
  • Frank's Place (1987)

    18. Frank's Place

    1987–198822 epsTV Series
    8.5 (562)
    A professor from Boston runs his late father's New Orleans restaurant.
    CreatorHugh WilsonStarsTim ReidRobert HarperDaphne Reid
  • Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)

    19. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    1990–1996148 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.9 (150K)
    A streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
    CreatorsAndy BorowitzSusan BorowitzStarsWill SmithJames AveryAlfonso Ribeiro
  • Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

    20. Friends

    1994–2004235 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (1.2M)
    Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
    CreatorsDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa Kudrow
  • Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)

    21. Frontline

    Episode: 

    Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?

    (1995)
    1983– 1h 30mTV-MATV Episode
    In last forty years, Rupert Murdoch has gone from publisher of a marginal newspaper in Adelaide, Australia.
    DirectorsWilliam CranJim GilmorePaul JudgeStarsGarth AncierKen AulettaPat Bowlen
  • George (1993)

    22. George

    1993–19949 epsTV-GTV Series
    4.6 (50)
    An American sitcom starring George Foreman as a retired boxer who runs an after-school program for troubled kids. The series aired from November , 1993 to January 19, 1994 on the ABC network.
    CreatorNorma Safford VelaStarsGeorge ForemanSheryl Lee RalphCrystal Cooke
  • Alex Datcher, Scott Grimes, Sherman Hemsley, Bianca Lawson, Joseph Maher, and Dorien Wilson in Goode Behavior (1996)

    23. Goode Behavior

    1996–199722 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.5 (68)
    A man is released on parole under one condition: he must stay under house arrest in care of his son who hadn't spoken to him in years. The son is not too crazy about this idea at all and son's shocked wife and teen daughter even less so.
    CreatorsBrian PollackMert RichBob IllesStarsSherman HemsleyDorien WilsonAlex Datcher
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)

    24. Happy Days

    1974–1984255 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.4 (22K)
    In Milwaukee Wisconsin, hardware store owner Howard Cunningham, his wife Marion, and their children Richard and Joanie live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.
    CreatorGarry MarshallStarsRon HowardHenry WinklerMarion Ross
  • Alexandra Wentworth, Chris Browning, Dann Florek, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Hendershott, Steve Hytner, Phill Lewis, Rose Marie, Joe Rogan, Mike Starr, and Sholom Gelt in Hardball (1994)

    25. Hardball

    19949 epsTV Series
    6.0 (99)
    The Pioneers is a baseball team that struggles to stay out of last place, annoying crusty owner Mitzi . Happy is the team manager which includes new pitcher Dave, egotistical Frank, and Arnold, the debonair 2nd baseman.
    CreatorsKevin CurranJeff MartinStarsBruce GreenwoodNeal BoushellMike Starr

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