Blacks on TV

First... Belated -- Merry Christmas. I hope all was well..... and Happy New Year.. Blessings to you and yours..

Now.. Blacks on TV.. This is starting to bother me.. Every morning I search Yahoo! News for some interesting news stories. Today they had an article about the upcoming shows for the spring. They listed shows that will be returning after their winter break, as well as new shows for the spring.

I glanced over the list, twice, and ran across not one black sitcom or series. It was odd because The Game and Everybody Hates Chris both will return with new shows on Jan 9th, but yet the article failed to mention it. In fact, the article failed to mention any black show..

This is really starting to bother me cause about a week ago somebody on eonline did a mock CW awards show. The Game and Everybody Hates Chris [i.e. the black shows] was not among the nominees or winners. It was as if The Game and Everybody Hates Chris didn't even exist.

I am not sure what is going on with this world. You would think some of the top blacks in the entertainment industry would ban together and put more black shows on the air. You would think the top blacks in the news industry would put the word out there about black shows.

Yeah, Tyler Perry is doing it, but if you actually watch his shows... His characters are just white people with a tan. Besides AIDS and prostate cancer, Tyler's shows are filled with white story lines. [Like the way CJ handles his kids.. I mean come on now.. Where the hell is the belt? -- Don't get me wrong, Blacks are not kid beaters, but a lil discipline would be nice] And another one.. That chick Keke Palmer [from Akeelah and the Bee] have a show on Disney called True Jackson VP. Just watch one episode and you will see where I am going with this.

Just to clarify... I know for a fact the Black people are not how they are portrayed on TV. All Black people are not ghetto, uneducated, low-income, etc... But I also know that all Black people are not how they are portrayed by TP and True. And I really hope that they are not trying to say that that is how ideal Black people should act cause they are way off mark..

There used to be a few good black sitcoms, but they all went away with age.. Although I am only one person... I will try to make a difference.

Blacks should not be classified by their stereotypes.. Black people have soul, class, intelligence, and all of the above and it about time that mainstream sees it. If you go by strictly mainstream, Black sitcoms doesn't exist and the ones that does are not up to par.. That image have to be changed..

2009..