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James"Thunder"Early · 02-07-2005, 03:48 PM

It all has to do with money. BET could have bought the rights to a few episodes of any of the sitcoms other posters mentioned. they just aired stuff they had rights to and stuff they could get from the other Viacom channels. I think they should have ran marathon of a mixture of the best black sitcoms and short-lived black sitcoms, like Baby, I'm Back and the old Bill Cosby Show from 1969.

factsoflife · 02-08-2005, 12:10 AM

Another great black sitcom: Living Single.

GARFIELDKOOL · 02-08-2005, 11:43 AM

I think they should have programmed every black sitcom beginning with Sanford and Son all the way to at least the most recent successful black sitcom. If I'm correct, it is My Wife and Kids and The Bernie Mac Show. I started with Sanford and Son because that was the first black orientated sitcom. It paved the way for the rest.

Pavan · 02-08-2005, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

I think they should have programmed every black sitcom beginning with Sanford and Son all the way to at least the most recent successful black sitcom. If I'm correct, it is My Wife and Kids and The Bernie Mac Show. I started with Sanford and Son because that was the first black orientated sitcom. It paved the way for the rest.

That would be impossible and very costly for BET. This marathon was possible because two of the shows they air were scheduled air on the network and the other two were borrowed from sister net Nick@Nite.

02-07-2005, 03:48 PM	#16
James"Thunder"Early Whoever's In New England Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 23, 2004 Location: The Apollo Posts: 7,087	It all has to do with money. BET could have bought the rights to a few episodes of any of the sitcoms other posters mentioned. they just aired stuff they had rights to and stuff they could get from the other Viacom channels. I think they should have ran marathon of a mixture of the best black sitcoms and short-lived black sitcoms, like Baby, I'm Back and the old Bill Cosby Show from 1969.
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02-08-2005, 12:10 AM	#17
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,741	Another great black sitcom: Living Single.
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02-08-2005, 11:43 AM	#18
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	I think they should have programmed every black sitcom beginning with Sanford and Son all the way to at least the most recent successful black sitcom. If I'm correct, it is My Wife and Kids and The Bernie Mac Show. I started with Sanford and Son because that was the first black orientated sitcom. It paved the way for the rest.