Sister Sister & The Golden Age of the Black Sitcom

From Kenan and Kel to Moesha, the nineties is often considered to be the ‘Golden Age’ of black sitcoms as TV networks tried to recreate the success of The Cosby Show. But quickly after the new millenium, many of these shows began to disappear and sitcoms centring black lives became close to impossible to find. In this episode of The TV That Changed Me, Beth speaks to journalist Micha Frazer-Carroll about how rewatching Sister, Sister in lockdown led her to investigate what happened to the black TV shows of her youth. Links we chatted about  Sister, Sister is back. In praise of the Nineties black sitcom boom Credits Produced by: Beth Watson Edited by: Beth Watson Music by: Iora Find us on the interweb Micha Frazer-Carroll: @Micha_Frazer on Twitter Beth Watson: @b.wott on Instagram & @bwatson19 on Twitter  The TV that Changed Me: @tvchangedme on Instagram & @tvchangedmepod on Twitter