Best Black Sitcoms of the 90's
My list of the best Black Sitcoms of the 90's. Feel free to share or disagree.
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- CreatorAndy BorowitzSusan BorowitzStarsWill SmithJames AveryAlfonso RibeiroA streetwise, poor young man from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his aunt, uncle and cousins in their Bel-Air mansion.
- CreatorJohn BowmanTopper CarewMartin LawrenceStarsMartin LawrenceTisha CampbellThomas Mikal FordSassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
- CreatorYvette Lee BowserStarsQueen LatifahKim ColesErika AlexanderFollows the lives of several single male and female roommates and friends in 1990s Brooklyn, New York.
- CreatorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsKeenen Ivory WayansJim CarreyKelly Coffield ParkThe Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show.
- CreatorKim BassStarsKenan ThompsonKel MitchellKen ForeeKenan and Kel: two best friends who live in Chicago are always dragged down by Kenan's get rich quick schemes while orange soda-loving buddy Kel is dragged along but tends to mess things up.
- CreatorBill CosbyStarsLisa BonetKadeem HardisonJasmine GuyA group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
- CreatorBrian RobbinsPhil BeaumanAlonzo BrownStarsRondell SheridanAngela MeansMeagan GoodFollows a boy who has come to live with his cousin and his family. Both of them get into all sorts of funny situations.
- CreatorRalph FarquharSara Finney-JohnsonVida SpearsStarsMo'NiqueDorien WilsonCountess VaughnNikki and Kim Parker attend Santa Monica college to earn their college degrees.
- CreatorDanny KallisBrian SuskindStarsTahj MowryJohn Marshall JonesJason WeaverA 10-year-old genius goes from elementary school to high school.
- CreatorLeslie RayDavid Steven SimonMarlon WayansStarsShawn WayansMarlon WayansJohn WitherspoonThe wacky escapades of brothers Shawn and Marlon Williams, along with their wise but eccentric father.
- CreatorSara Finney-JohnsonVida SpearsStarsBrandy NorwoodWilliam Allen YoungMarcus T. PaulkA teenager struggles to come to terms with everything life throws at her.
- CreatorKim BassGary GilbertFred ShaffermanStarsTia MowryTamera Mowry-HousleyJackée HarryTia Landry and Tamera Campbell are twins separated at birth who learn of each other's existence and come together as teenagers.
- StarsArsenio HallBurton RichardsonMichael WolffArsenio Hall hosts this hip, late-night talk show.
- CreatorWilliam BickleyRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsReginald VelJohnsonJaleel WhiteDarius McCraryThe Winslow family deals with various misadventures, many of them caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel.
- CreatorCalvin Brown Jr.Ilunga AdellStarsArthur Reggie IIIRalph Woolfolk IVJimmy Lee NewmanAlfie and Dee-Dee experience how life affects them with different aspects each day, such as learning life lessons.
- CreatorBentley Kyle EvansJamie FoxxStarsJamie FoxxGarrett MorrisGarcelle BeauvaisJamie King is an aspiring actor from Terrell, Texas, who has come to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. To support himself, he works at his family's hotel.
- CreatorWinifred HerveyStarsSteve HarveyCedric The EntertainerMerlin SantanaA former funk star named Steve Hightower enlists as a high school music teacher away from his original career in Chicago.
- CreatorDave CaplanMichael JacobsBrian LaPanStarsSinbadT.K. CarterErin DavisDavid (Sinbad) is a single foster father for Zana and LJ, and he's very new to the game. He learns as much from the children as they learn from him.
- CreatorJeff FranklinStarsMark CurryHolly Robinson PeeteSandra QuartermanAmerican comedy with a larger-than-life teacher and his housemates.
- CreatorStan DanielsStarsCharles S. DuttonElla JoyceRocky CarrollCharles Dutton plays a married garbage man who proves by his actions and his altruistic ways that though he collects refuse for a job, his life and relationships total more than mere garbage.
- CreatorKathleen MintonKit LaybourneMaria Perez-BrownStarsVanessa BadenRon DaiseNatalie DaiseThe series follow an African-American family on Gullah Gullah Island learning about life along with their friends, neighbors and their pet pollywog named Binya Binya.
- CreatorWinifred HerveyStarsLL Cool JMaia CampbellAlfonso RibeiroA once-famous football player must rent part of his house to support himself. A single mother and her two kids are the latest tenants. He also owns a sports clinic that he barely manages to run with help from his friends.
- CreatorBernie KukoffStarsThea VidaleAdam JeffriesJason WeaverThea is a tough, no-nonsense widow raising four children while holding various low-paying jobs.
- CreatorJoel MadisonStarsMalcolm-Jamal WarnerEddie GriffinKaren Malina WhiteApparently, opposites do attract. Malcolm and Eddie are as different as one can imagine, but they're best friends who manage to be roommates as well as co-workers without killing each other.