Brush up on your TV history this February with a great throwback binge. From ‘70s spin-offs to ‘90s comedies, there are so many beloved Black sitcoms to choose from… And lucky for us, they’re streaming right now!
Inspired by student life at HBCUs, The Cosby Show spin-off follows Denise Huxtable and her college life in Virginia.
Everybody Hates Chris – Hulu, Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi
Inspired by Chris Rock’s childhood experiences, a teenager attempts to survive his dysfunctional family and his all-white school in the 1980’s.
Family Matters - HBO Max, Hulu
The Winslow family deals with various misadventures caused by their clumsy neighbor, Steve Urkel.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – HBO Max
This beloved ‘90s sitcom follows a teenager from Philadelphia who is sent to live with his auntie and uncle in a Bel-Air mansion.
The lives and loves of four best friends living in early aughts Los Angeles.
Television’s first African American two-parent family sitcom focuses on a lower-middle-class family living on the southside of Chicago.
Half & Half – Netflix, Pluto TV
The lives of two estranged sisters suddenly cross paths when they become neighbors in the same San Francisco apartment building.
Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper – HBO Max, FreeVee
A larger-than-life high school teacher and basketball coach shares a house with two female housemates.
The Jeffersons – Amazon, Pluto TV, Tubi
One of the most successful spin-offs in TV history (from All in the Family)! A family “moves on up” to a luxury apartment building and develops close relationships with the other tenants.
Before Friends, there was Living Single. Follow six twenty-somethings who share personal and professional experiences in a Brooklyn brownstone.
A wise-cracking radio personality tries to keep his attitude in check as he deals with his girlfriend Gina, friends, and work associates.
“Mo to the, E to the…” Brandy stars as Moesha Mitchell, a teenager juggling school, relationships, and holding her family together.
The Parkers – Netflix, Pluto TV
A mother decides to go back to school and get her degree – at the same junior college as her daughter.
Identical twins Tia and Tamera Mowry star as twins separated at birth who come together as teenagers.
The Bernie Mac Show – Hulu, Peacock
Loosely based on Bernie Mac’s comedy acts, a stand up comedian and his wife suddenly become parents when they take custody of his sister's three children.
Brothers and total opposites, Shawn and Marlon, share an apartment in Harlem with dreams of money and success.
