Deniz Opal on Nostr: Warner Bros backed Yvette Lee Bowser's idea to create a sitcom based on six 20 ...
Warner Bros backed Yvette Lee Bowser's idea to create a sitcom based on six 20 somethings getting by in New York. The show was well received when it was aired in 1993, and Bowser became the first African American show runner of a major TV series.
However within a year Warner Bros had copy pasted her formula to "Living Single", swapped the whole cast out for white actors, and invested globally in "Friends" instead.
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