stayed bernie mac.ernie mac's genius. - i'm overwhelmed, as you see. - the first time in the more than 200-year history of this country, an african american will be the chief executive. how far we have come. - america has changed to the point now where "black-ish" is telling these unapologetically black stories. they have that freedom because we have changed as a culture. - [andre] sometimes i feel like a bit of an oddity. - and if you look to your left, you'll see the mythical and majestic black family. - it talks about the so called post-racial version (laughs) of being black. - the whole show begins, saying, "we moved to a white neighborhood, but we still got to hold on to our culture." - this is our culture. - this ain't our culture. we black, not african. africans don't even like us. - dad, can i go? - there was a lot of conversation about what to call it. "black-ish" was the preferred title, and the creator kenya really supported and felt like sets off a little bit of a firestorm, and you get peop

stayed bernie mac.ed, as you see. - the first time in the more than 200-year history of this country, an african american will be the chief executive. how far we have come. - america has changed to the point now where "black-ish" is telling these unapologetically black stories. they have that freedom because we have changed as a culture. - [andre] sometimes i feel like a bit of an oddity. - and if you look to your left, you'll see the mythical and majestic black family. - it talks about the so called post-racial version (laughs) of being black. - the whole show begins, saying, "we moved to a white neighborhood, but we still got to hold on to our culture." - this is our culture. - this ain't our culture. we black, not african. africans don't even like us. - dad, can i go? - there was a lot of conversation about what to call it. "black-ish" was the preferred title, and the creator kenya really supported and felt like sets off a little bit of a firestorm, and you get people talking about it. you've got a m

stayed bernie mac. mac's genius. - i'm overwhelmed, as you see. - the first time in the more than 200-year history of this country, an african american will be the chief executive. how far we have come. - america has changed to the point now where "black-ish" is telling these unapologetically black stories. they have that freedom because we have changed as a culture. - [andre] sometimes i feel like a bit of an oddity. - and if you look to your left, you'll see the mythical and majestic black family. - it talks about the so called post-racial version (laughs) of being black. - the whole show begins, saying, "we moved to a white neighborhood, but we still got to hold on to our culture." - this is our culture. - this ain't our culture. we black, not african. africans don't even like us. - dad, can i go? - there was a lot of conversation about what to call it. "black-ish" was the preferred title, and the creator kenya really supported and felt like sets off a little bit of a firestorm, and you get people ta

>> the bernie mac show was inspired by bernie mac's real- life stand-up about how he took in his wife's when she had drug problems. >> you always cry! you got to be a man! >> i don't want to be a man! >> it really push the envelope of being a father. >>'s show lead to more modern- day storytelling and identifying the black comedians can tell these kinds of stories. >> by the time everybody hates chris debuted in 2005, chris rock was a massive star. >> everybody hates chris is a funny recalling of both chris rock's childhood in 1980s brooklyn. >> my father always knew whatever the cost! >> that is $1.90 in the trash! >> with an all-black show in the home and chris getting busted to an all-white school. >> was it really that bad? much like rock 'n roll, school shootings were also invented by blacks and stolen by the white man. >> in 2006, upn merged with the wb to become what we now know as the cw. >> it just decided not to do sitcoms anymore, and that cut out all the black programming. >> it is something that fox did earlier. you start your network based on black sitcoms and then when yo

latoya ferguson: the bernie mac show was inspired by bernie mac's real-life stand up about how he tooknie: boy, you gotta stop being soft here, you always crying, you gotta be a man! child: i don't wanna be a man! cedric: it really pushed the envelope of being a father in a in a crazy world. bernie: yeah but she think we old country club rich, old money rich, shh.. we just nigga rich. bernie: what? cedric: bernie's show led to more modern day storytelling, and identifying that, black comedians can tell these kind of stories. mr. abbott: so you're... chris. chris: yes sir. abbott: i'm mr. abbott, your guidance counsellor. aramide tinubu: by the time everybody hates chris debuted in 2005, chris rock was a massive star. beretta smith shomade: everybody hates chris is a funny recalling of chris rock's childhood in 1980's brooklyn. chris: my father always knew what everything cost. dad: that's $1.09 in the trash... that's two dollars on fire! todd bridges: it was an all black show in the home, and chris got bussed to an all white school. chris: was the junior high school across the street r

. >> bernie mac, steve harvey. >> laughter is human. joining us right now, a senior writer for cnn's digital entertainment section. we're talking about "see it loud" and i can't even speak that loud right now. we're going to talk more about the influence of comedy and so much and television and movies. i want to take the opportunity, this ongoing strike that is industrywide with sag actors joining writers who have been striking and georgia is a huge movie and television industry. it, too, is being impacted in a very big way. what are creators, actors, writers telling you? >> people are really worried because it affects so much more than people are thinking. people think about the top tier, you know, movie stars and tv stars and say they're wealthy, just going for more money but they don't make as much money as people think. and they're making now less money because of less residuals. they're worried about a.i. and up should be worried about a.i. coming for your job as well. that's one thing that fran drescher has done a really great job

jacqueline coley: we saw black family sitcoms like martin, like the bernie mac show, those sitcoms showeday something else? [drumming] jacqueline coley: which was not something you saw on a show like the cosby show. rochelle: chris! get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. disgusting... cedric: fox network had come on and did really well with black sitcoms, and so then the wb and upn uh, at the time were coming on and they start to diversify and grow that audience. aramide tinubu: they are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up into that point. jacqueline coley: and so these shows kind of set the stage for the diversity in the family sitcom that can be seen on television today. man: welcome huangs, i'm rick. nee hau. the length and depth of my bow expresses my deep appreciation. louis: um, i think that's more of a japanese thing. but um..thank you rick. at denny's, we're celebrating baconalia. with new creations starring black label® thick cut cherrywood bacon. ready to satisfy your bacon obsession? at denny's... it's diner time. a

jacqueline coley: we saw black family sitcoms like martin, like the bernie mac show, those sitcoms showeday with dolls. can we play something else? [drumming] jacqueline coley: which was not something you saw on a show like the cosby show. rochelle: chris! get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. disgusting... cedric: fox network had come on and did really well with black sitcoms, and so then the wb and upn uh, at the time were coming on and they start to diversify and grow that audience. aramide tinubu: they are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up into that point. jacqueline coley: and so these shows kind of set the stage for the diversity in the family sitcom that can be seen on television today. man: welcome huangs, i'm rick. nee hau. the length and depth of my bow expresses my deep appreciation. louis: um, i think that's more of a japanese thing. but um..thank you rick. ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists photographing thousands of miles of remote coral reefs. that can be analyzed by ai in real time. ♪ so

now everybody knows bill bellamy, adele givens, bernie mac, steve harvey, eddie griffin.) made me mad as hell, i said, "don't ask me no damn question like that! i ain't never had no pumpkin pie." kick it! (audience laughing) (upbeat music) - you know the women of "def comedy jam" hold a special place in my heart because they are like the women of gangster rap. they had to really make room in such a toxically masculine space. that is not an easy thing to do. - when you get that nfl contract and you get that nba contract, who do you marry? you marry bambi, you run the other way, you should have been (beep) with a country hoe, such as myself, from arkansas. you woulda got your (beep) sucke and biscuits from scratch up in that mother. (audience laughing) - at about the same time as "def comedy jam," snl was looking for another great black sketch artist because eddie murphy left and chris rock was super young and he wasn't quite ready at the time. he eventually left and became much bigger after snl. - "honey, it'll be aight if you just say you did it." you start thinking, "i g

. >> bernie mac, steve harvey. >> def comedy jam was a black comic's paradise. >> laughter is healingtainment writer lisa res pers france joins us now. as we saw in that clip, some of the biggest names in tv comedy have been black comedians, red fox, rich pryor, eddie murphy, dave chappelle. why has comedy been such a successful way to make a mark in television? >> because historically black performers have faced all types of barriers getting taken seriously in hollywood. so they had to use comedy as a way to even get into the industry. if you can make people laugh, if you can tickle their funny bone, then you can get people's attention. and that's what unfortunately a lot of stars in the past and some stars today have had to do in order to break into the business. >> and who's breaking ground in tv today? who do you have your eyes on? >> well, you know, it's funny because there's so many. i don't want to start naming names because i don't want people to flame me on social media. but, you know, i mean robin thede's black lady sketch show, you see lots of the new generation on there. n

now everybody knows bill bellamy, adele givens, bernie mac, steve harvey, eddie griffin., "does this (beep) taste like pumpkin pie?" (audience laughing) made me mad as hell, i said, "don't ask me no damn question like that! i ain't never had no pumpkin pie." kick it! (audience laughing) (upbeat music) - you know the women of "def comedy jam" hold a special place in my heart because they are like the women of gangster rap. they had to really make room in such a toxically masculine space. that is not an easy thing to do. - when you get that nfl contract and you get that nba contract, who do you marry? you marry bambi, you run the other way, you should have been (beep) with a country hoe, such as myself, from arkansas. you woulda got your (beep) sucke and biscuits from scratch up in that mother. (audience laughing) - at about the same time as "def comedy jam," snl was looking for another great black sketch artist because eddie murphy left and chris rock was super young and he wasn't quite ready at the time. he eventually left and became much bigger after snl. - "honey, it'll

there was like everybody hates chris was on, the bernie mac show, things like that, and i think this,by show, in a way. and what you, said in a different world with grown-ish. i think it is all been very intentional, and that representation, i think, has really had an impact. like i was saying earlier, people coming up to on the streets, saying they've seen a grown-up. but i've also had people come up to me and tell us that we've made conversations easier to have with their family. and i think one of the very important things about grown-ish is that it kind of shows everybody, not everybody in the black community thinks the same. we have a lot of people different viewpoints and different ideas, and it creates conversation, even within families. i think those social dynamics really speak to people when they are able to resonate with different characters that my align with how they feel, and create conflict, and start those conversations. >> shock, are people on that black folks are in fact, not, monolithic. >> exactly. >> i do want to talk a little bit about what you do off screen bit

it was like everybody hates chris, bernie mac show, things like that.like you said, our modern cosby show in a way. and like you said, a different world with grown-ish. i think it all has been very intentional. and that representation i think has really had an impact, like i was saying earlier, people coming up to me on the streets saying they have seen me grown-up. i also had people come up to me and tell us that we have made conversations easier to have with their family. i think one of the very important things about grown issues that it kind of shows everybody but not everybody in the black community thinks the same. we have a lot of different viewpoints and different ideas. creates conversation -- able to resonate with the front characters in line with how they feel. create conflict and start those conversations. >> shocker. people learn that black folks are not in fact monolithic. >> exactly i know. >> i do want to talk a little bit about what you do off screen. you teamed up with tom, a -- climate change, right? people with color living with soci