The REAL Top 5 Black Sitcoms of All Time

So I’m cruising through the Black Nerd Problems break room, living my best life: got my too-big sweatpants on with a “Ask Me About My Black Feminist Agenda” t-shirt. Hair is turban’d. Gold earrings flashing. Kindle is heavy with new books to read. I’m just here for a cuppa coffee and a donut, then it is back to the reading couch for me. While picking out my favorite (old-fashioned cake), I hear Bartley saying over his powdered donut: “Moesha was one of the top 5 best Black Sitcoms of all time.”

Of all time? I don’t think those words mean what you think they mean, my young friend. So I went back to the Lost Library and started writing. My Office Here are the ground rules: Black sitcom. Not currently in Production. And when I say “Black” I mean a sitcom that starred Black people engaging in the usual situational comedy hijinks. I’m not including anything that was really a vehicle for white folks to be white, but with significant Black characters — so Different Strokes, Webster, etc. are all right out. In chronological order, here are your REAL Top 5 Black Sitcoms of all Time! [title type=”h2″]The Jeffersons (1972-1985)[/title] This was a tight race here in the OG category. There were a number of contenders, Good Times and Sanford & Son top among them. But I feel like, in terms of long-term hilarity, Louise and George Jefferson take the cake. The theme song? THE THEME SONG!?!

Classic. A little funky but mostly the epitome of 70s style, with the memorable lyrics which were…