Who Has The Best Unlimited Free Black Sitcom Downloads

The History Of Black Sitcoms

So, what are black sitcoms? A television situation comedy with a cast that is comprised of mainly black actors and/or comedians best describes what a black TV sitcom is. As a matter of fact, many of the most successful sitcoms on TV were the black sitcoms that aired during the 70's and 80's. Popular black sitcoms like Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons received rave reviews continued to be successful for many years after their pilots were aired on television. In 1972, during Sanford and Son's premier, ads were taken out stating that Red Foxx, the star of Sanford and Son, was NBC's answer to All in the Family's, Archie Bunker.

Speaking of All in the Family, one of televisions most successful sitcoms of all time had one of TV's most successful spin-offs of all time, a black television sitcom called The Jeffersons. The Jefferson's would end up being the longest running black sitcom in television history, lasting for 11 years. Norman Lear who adapted Sanford and Son as well as All in the Family from BBC TV shows also created the characters of George and Louise Jefferson to be Archie Bunker's neighbours in All in the Family. But when George Jefferson's dry cleaning business became more successful they moved to a posh Manhattan apartment which is how The Jefferson's began. This black sitcom revolved around the home life and their relationships with the Jefferson's live-in housekeeper and neighbors.

Where To Download Free 70's Sitcoms

If you remember back in time about 3 decades or more, I bet you can recall a great many 70's sitcoms that were very successful. As a matter of fact, several of the more successful 70's sitcoms are playing on television today. Here is a short list of 70's sitcoms that might be playing on your TV as you read this: Welcome Back Kotter, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Laverne & Shirley and Good Times to name just a few funny TV shows from that era.

Happy Days, which brought back the 50’s generation into everybody’s living room was a major success with one of televisions most memorable characters (Fonzi). Every week this 70’s sitcom brought us into the Cunningham household where many of us got to grow up with the naïve Richie Cunningham as well as characters like Arthur Mozzarella (The Fonz), Ralph Malph, Potsie Webber and Lavern & Shirley before they got their own popular TV sitcom.