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Title: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Lazarus on May 07, 2026, 07:19:37 PM
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Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Ulysses on May 07, 2026, 07:20:59 PM
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Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: penny. on May 07, 2026, 07:23:05 PM
Quote from: Lazarus on May 07, 2026, 07:19:37 PM(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHvZi5lWMAYHYVF?format=jpg&name=large)
Idk about the order but a really solid list tbh.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 07:43:22 PM
Living Single >>>>>> Fresh Prince

'The Parkers' should be higher. Glad to see 'The Game' and 'Insecure' perched.

I knew 'Martin' would be high up on the list, as it should be.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: I. Hate. Monica. on May 07, 2026, 07:49:43 PM
The Cosby show is so overrated imo
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: penny. on May 07, 2026, 07:56:10 PM
When you have rankings like this, it's important to note that they're not necessarily ranked by enjoyability/funniness. It also incorporates how trailblazers and groundbreaking these shows were.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: RAY7 on May 07, 2026, 08:00:27 PM
Power is way too high
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: RAY7 on May 07, 2026, 08:02:05 PM
Sister Sister>>>>
that should be higher
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Hatsumomo on May 07, 2026, 08:04:39 PM
Power was terrible lol
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: I. Hate. Monica. on May 07, 2026, 08:13:11 PM
Where the hell is in living color?
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: klappa. on May 07, 2026, 08:51:49 PM
Quote from: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 07:43:22 PMLiving Single >>>>>> Fresh Prince

the fact that they used an AI pic that looks nothing like the cast... a white person made this

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Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: ATLien on May 07, 2026, 08:58:15 PM
Quote from: klappa. on May 07, 2026, 08:51:49 PM
Quote from: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 07:43:22 PMLiving Single >>>>>> Fresh Prince

the fact that they used an AI pic that looks nothing like the cast... a white person made this

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i was def wondering.... like something is off....

with the Cosby show pic

i think what happened was as opposed to picking individual pics, they prompted AI to create the whole collage/graphic. and sometimes you gotta really work with AI to get exactly what u want. not them sayin "fuck it" and putting this up anyway. if u leave AI to its own devices completely without reeling it in it'll give u a mess.

Complex is way too established of a name to be putting out half-done mess. especially when the topic is our iconic shows/beloved Black entertainment legends.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 10:17:33 PM
Quote from: klappa. on May 07, 2026, 08:51:49 PM
Quote from: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 07:43:22 PMLiving Single >>>>>> Fresh Prince

the fact that they used an AI pic that looks nothing like the cast... a white person made this

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Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 10:19:13 PM
I'm crying hhgghhggghgbbbvvvv

Not AI thinking all Black people look alike.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: JCJ on May 07, 2026, 11:58:30 PM
These rankings are a Bow (fool)
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: The definition on May 08, 2026, 04:43:09 PM
Martin should be number 1
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: ATLien on May 08, 2026, 04:58:08 PM
Quote from: The definition on May 08, 2026, 04:43:09 PMMartin should be number 1
i think they were tryna be edgy by givin it to The Wire

but the gorls know whats tea
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Gilgamesh. on May 08, 2026, 05:07:59 PM
Where is Moesha?
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Scott. on May 08, 2026, 05:16:53 PM
Living Single>>>
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: BigDawg on May 08, 2026, 05:56:41 PM
I just saw a clip where Tyreke from Sister Sister auditioned to be a love interest on Moesha before he booked Sister Sister. He did the table read with Bran and bombed it because he was starstruck by her :dead:
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: M-Rocka on May 08, 2026, 06:26:56 PM
Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Sanford & Son being left out of the Top 10 is wild...

227 and The Parkers should be higher

This list is a damn mess. :uhh:
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: I. Hate. Monica. on May 08, 2026, 09:15:59 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 08, 2026, 05:07:59 PMWhere is Moesha?

#19
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: BetterAngels on May 09, 2026, 12:22:08 AM
 Not BMF being on there :plzstop:
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Lazarus on May 09, 2026, 07:28:11 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh. on May 08, 2026, 05:07:59 PMWhere is Moesha?

No.19
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: FUCK Bey on May 09, 2026, 09:43:55 AM
I love that Everybody Hates Piss is high on the list.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: FUCK Bey on May 09, 2026, 09:44:12 AM
Quote from: The definition on May 08, 2026, 04:43:09 PMMartin should be number 1
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: FUCK Bey on May 09, 2026, 09:45:21 AM
Quote from: Kalifornia. on May 07, 2026, 07:43:22 PM'The Parkers' should be higher.
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: FUCK Bey on May 09, 2026, 09:45:46 AM
Quote from: I. Hate. Monica. on May 07, 2026, 07:49:43 PMThe Cosby show is so overrated imo
Insecure too
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: Summertime on May 09, 2026, 10:07:43 AM
The prime for Black American shows were 70s into mid 00s. So there are no "top" Black 50 shows.
The days when the Monday UPN lineup was all Black :wub:
Then Wednesday u had to try to give love to Bernie and Damon since their shows aired at the same time flipping between fox and abc
I love the diversity of story lines my ppl came up with bc when we created our own shows it was better than when Norman Lear did
However Red Foxx and Lawanda on SS was a classic
Title: Re: Complex's Top 50 Black TV Shows
Post by: RAY7 on May 09, 2026, 01:44:09 PM
Quote from: BigDawg on May 08, 2026, 05:56:41 PMI just saw a clip where Tyreke from Sister Sister auditioned to be a love interest on Moesha before he booked Sister Sister. He did the table read with Bran and bombed it because he was starstruck by her :dead:
he did end up on there though
It's an episode where he was dating Niecy and tried to rape Moesha