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33055, RE: no, *these* are terrible examples:
Posted by suave_bro, Fri Jun-03-05 08:56 AM
>Yes. Those complaints were about a lack of black
>representation in serious network dramas. Thus it was
>competing against shows like ER and Chicago Hope, not those
>garbage UPN sitcoms.

- okay im going to explain this one more time, if your brain cant register it then i will have to leave it be: the show was targeted specifically for BLACK. PEOPLE. ER, chicago hope are not. black people dont want to watch hospital dramas even when they deal with "black" issues (that show tackled the DL brotha issue on there long before oprah did), we want to laugh and watch UPN...

>PulpHustler's post explains in explicit detail how it is the
>media's fault.

- well that is just where we disagree.