Netflix has just acquired the streaming rights to a ton of iconic, beloved, culture-making Black sitcoms from the '90s and '00s, including Moesha, Sister, Sister, and Girlfriends. This is just the latest (and perhaps biggest) acquisition of Black content the streaming giant has made in recent memory. The news also reinforces Netflix's commitment to making space for Black stories in movies and TV on their service. In addition to Shadow and Act's report on Netflix's recent acquisition, a handful of stars who starred in the sitcoms coming to the streamer helped announce the news on Netflix'…
As Bojack Horseman said during the "Free Churro" episode of his titular show, "The first rule of a sitcom is that things can't change and people can't be happy." In order to keep the show going from season to season, the story has to reset at the beginning of each new season, no matter what kind of big changes the characters go through in the previous season. Rick and Morty has mostly followed this rule: Though aliens have invaded the planet and Rick has gone to prison in the past, things usually go back to normal in the …
The sitcom has been a staple of American TV since its inception. Whether it's I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners, or The Office and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, audiences have always been drawn to TV shows that poke fun at things we all experience in our daily life. Within the history of sitcoms, there's also a decades-long tradition of American cartoons taking the sitcom tropes and mixing them with the endless potential of the animation genre. Whether it's the many Fox animated shows like The Simpsons, or boundaries-pushing shows like Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, …
Netflix paid a dumptruck full of money to Steve Carell and The Office creator Greg Daniels to create something like The Office that would be exclusive to the streaming giant, and they've returned with Space Force, a new workplace comedy that Netflix hopes will win over fans of Carell's previous sitcom. The plot, per Netflix: A decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force, four-star general Mark R. Naird (Steve Carell) is thrown for a loop when he finds himself tapped to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the US Armed Forces: Space Force. Skeptical …
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