I don’t agree with that at all. The Jeffersons and especially Good Times were considered to be shows for a black audience. They did have a significant white audience, but they were not considered to be programs directed for a universal audience.
It really wasn’t until “The Cosby Show” where a show with a majority black cast had appeal with white people as much as it did with black people.
I am generalizing. All in the Family? We had 3 channels and the Jeffersons was on one of them. I watched it. Now, we have so many choices in media, I can stay in my bubble and never watch a RomCom again (until my MIL visits).
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy it. But it feels like we have lost the cohesiveness in our media that brings us together. Remember the last episode of MASH? Practically the whole country watched that.
I don’t agree with that at all. The Jeffersons and especially Good Times were considered to be shows for a black audience. They did have a significant white audience, but they were not considered to be programs directed for a universal audience.
It really wasn’t until “The Cosby Show” where a show with a majority black cast had appeal with white people as much as it did with black people.
I am generalizing. All in the Family? We had 3 channels and the Jeffersons was on one of them. I watched it. Now, we have so many choices in media, I can stay in my bubble and never watch a RomCom again (until my MIL visits).
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy it. But it feels like we have lost the cohesiveness in our media that brings us together. Remember the last episode of MASH? Practically the whole country watched that.