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Plot Summary:
Follow Ella and Curtis Payne through the ups and downs of retirement in Florida. A “House of Payne” spin-off.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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All About the Washingtons (2018)
Plot Summary:
The wife of a legendary rapper launches her own career, which puts his life into a tailspin.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: children's program, sitcom
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Born Again Virgin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jenna, a 34 year-old up-and-coming blogger, decides to become celibate when she finds her body count is starting to trump her age. Using her blog as encouragement for her newly adapted sex diet and also as a sounding board for her girlfriends' often amusing "sexcapades," Jenna is determined to make the blog a success and transform her friends in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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The Comedy Get Down (2017)
Plot Summary:
A comedy series about what really happens behind the scenes of a massive stand-up comedy tour.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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Ladies of the Law (2018)
Plot Summary:
An examination of love, life, and litigation through the eyes of four gorgeous go-getters running their own personal injury law firm in Inglewood, California.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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Here We Go Again (2016)
Plot Summary:
The number 16 is cursed, not sweet, for women in the Walker family, according to single mother Maddy Walker. She is convinced in the existence of the "Walker women's curse" because she was born when her mother Loretta was 16, and Maddy gave birth to her daughter, Shante, at the same age. Maddy refuses to allow Shante to follow that pattern as her dreaded 16th birthday approaches. At the teen's sweet 16 party, things get complicated when Maddy, who is dating Cedric, sees her high school flame --Shante's father Victor-- and old feelings resurface, which lead to a romantic encounter. The moment of weakness results in Maddy learning, at the age of 32, that she has once again become pregnant by Victor. As the family encounters the highs and lows of the surprising pregnancy, they discover that starting over might not be as bad as they had anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Mann & Wife (2015)
Plot Summary:
"Mann & Wife" is a new original Bounce TV series starring David and Tamela Mann as newlyweds Daniel and Toni Mann. The show revolves around the newly married couple and their blended family, each with two children from previous marriages. Daniel, a police officer from Atlanta, and Toni, a school teacher from Dallas, along with their kids all move into Daniel's house in the Atlanta suburbs and have to adjust to their new lives together.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Out All Night (1992)
Plot Summary:
Out All Night is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to July 9, 1993 for one season. The series stars Patti LaBelle, and was created by Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz, and Rob Edwards.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Family Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Stallworths, a working class African American family, scratch off a lottery ticket and jump to middle class overnight.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom
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The Rich & The Ruthless (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Rich and The Ruthless, the only black owned daytime drama, is operated by tight fisted, debonair, self-made, Augustus Barringer. When greedy studio executives tell him the show is getting booted off the sound stages after 20 years, he is ready to fight back to stay on the air, even if it means filming his quirky soap opera out of his sleek Hollywood mansion or moving the company to Jamaica!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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Johnson (2021)
Plot Summary:
Life-long best friends, all with the same last name of Johnson navigates love, friendship, heartbreak and personal growth together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Sparks (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996 to March 2, 1998. The series stars James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, and Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the every day lives of a family of lawyers running a family owned law practice. Reruns of the show aired on BET in the late-1990s.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Boomerang (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follow the lives of Jacqueline Boyer's son and Marcus and Angela Graham's daughter as they try to step out of their parents' shadows and make a legacy of their own. Based on the 1992 American romantic comedy film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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In the Cut (2015)
Plot Summary:
A well-renowned barber meets the son he never knew he had, thirty years after his birth. Work, love and life collide as they adjust to life as a new family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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Julia (1968)
Plot Summary:
Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role. Previous television series featured African American lead characters, but the characters were usually servants. The show stars actress and singer Diahann Carroll, and ran for 86 episodes on NBC from September 17, 1968 to March 23, 1971. The series was produced by Savannah Productions, Inc., Hanncar Productions, Inc., and 20th Century-Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed series title was Mama's Man. The series was also unique in that it was among the few situation comedies in the late 1960s that did not use a laugh track; however, 20th Century-Fox Television added them when the series was reissued for syndication and cable rebroadcasts in the late 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, telenovela
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Zatima (2022)
Plot Summary:
Zac and Fatima take a huge step to strengthen their bond, but new friends and past actions interfere with their blossoming relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min
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House of Payne (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella. The show premiered in syndication on June 21, 2006, and new episodes were broadcast exclusively on TBS from June 6, 2007, until August 10, 2012. While primarily a comedy sitcom, House of Payne was known for featuring dark themes and subject matter, such as substance abuse and addiction. It also had elements of slapstick. The storyline of the show is serialized, with many references to past episodes, creating a continuing story arc. House of Payne aired more episodes than any other television series with a predominantly African American cast, surpassing The Jeffersons, Family Matters and The Cosby Show.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, realistic, not serious
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The Last O.G. (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ex-felon is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for good behavior after a 15-year stint and returns to his newly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, satirical, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, hood
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The Soul Man (2012)
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R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the music charts when he gets the calling to go from soul singer to soul saver. Relocating to St. Louis with his wife, Lolli and his daughter, Lyric to take over the preaching duties in his father's church, his family is not exactly eager to give up the fabulous superstar life for a humble one.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Marlon (2017)
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A loving (but immature) father is committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. While his misguided fatherly advice, unstoppable larger-than-life personality and unpredictable Internet superstardom might get in the way sometimes, for Marlon, family really always does come first - even if he's the biggest kid of all.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, mumblecore, witty, sitcom, situational comedy
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She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take on Spike Lee's film, in 10 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, sensual, queer cinema
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In the House (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season, where it remained for an additional three seasons until it was canceled on August 11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J and Maia Campbell.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sweet, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Neighborhood (2018)
Plot Summary:
The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, entertaining, sitcom, feel good, captivating
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Malcolm & Eddie (1996)
Plot Summary:
Malcolm & Eddie is an American television sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on the UPN Network, and ran for four seasons, airing its final episode on May 22, 2000. This series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin in the lead roles. The program was produced by TriStar Television in its first three seasons and by Columbia TriStar Television in its final season.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Living Single (1993)
Plot Summary:
Living Single is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone. Throughout its run, Living Single became one of the most popular African-American sitcoms of its era, ranking among the top five in African-American ratings in all five seasons. The series was produced by Yvette Lee Bowser's company, Sister Lee, in association with Warner Bros. Television. In contrast to the popularity of NBC's "Must See TV" on Thursday nights in the 1990s, many African American and Latino viewers flocked to Fox's Thursday night line-up of Martin, Living Single, and New York Undercover. In fact, these were the three highest-rated series among black households for the 1996–1997 season.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black cinema
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The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, black cinema
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227 (1985)
Plot Summary:
227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series stars Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins. It was produced by Embassy Television from 1985 to 1986 and by Embassy Communications from 1986 until 1988; then ELP Communications through Columbia Pictures Television produced the series in its final two seasons.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black cinema
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South Side (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two recent community-college graduates get stuck working at Rent-T-Own in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood and work to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom, black comedy, dark comedy
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Rel (2018)
Plot Summary:
A successful comic tries to put his life back on track after his marriage falls apart.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Carmichael Show (2015)
Plot Summary:
From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom inspired by Jerrod's relationships with his say-anything, contrarian father, his therapist-in-training girlfriend, his ever-hustling brother and his mother who is always, always, always right with Jesus. Taking the next step and moving in together, Jerrod and his girlfriend, Maxine (Amber West), are your average young couple trying to make it in the city. They’re smart, motivated and looking to build a fulfilling life together. The only thing standing in their way is family. Between Jerrod's larger-than-life brother, Bobby (Lil Rel Howery), and his smothering and passionate parents (David Alan Grier, Loretta Devine), Jerrod and Maxine are put to the test navigating the boundaries of romance, family and sanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Plot Summary:
A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed by a core cast of black women.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: satirical, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, sketch comedy