Award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour, Geoff Bennett, joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Black Out Loud: The ...

Geoff Bennett, co-anchor of PBS Newshour, joins TODAY to share his new book “Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to ‘90s Sitcoms,” about Black comedians’ pivotal ...

The South Jersey-born co-host of PBS NewsHour discusses Bill Cosby, the Fresh Prince, Richard Pryor, Quinta Brunson, and his ...

Atlanta was at the center of this cultural moment. Groundbreaking shows like ‘Living Single’ and ‘A Different World’ proved to be transformative. "A Different World" was a pivotal Black sitcom of the ...

In the 1990s, a remarkable wave of Black sitcoms and sketch comedy reshaped American television. Shows like “In Living Color” and “Living Single” reflected a wide range of Black life and helped ...

Though Black families had been watching television for years, it wasn't until the '70s that Hollywood felt comfortable enough to portray them in their own shows. Some of the best sitcoms of the '70s, ...

The 1990s became a launchpad for modern television, with numerous series gaining worldwide popularity on a scale never seen before. The relatively slow-moving shows of the previous decades were ...

What sparked the explosion of Black sitcoms in the 1990s, and why didn't it last? Those are some of the questions PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett explores in his new book, "Black Out Loud: The ...