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Really didn't realize how blessed we were back then.

You have to understand that “That’s so Raven” actually BROKE barriers on Disney for being the FIRST show to go beyond 100 episodes because Disney only ordered episodes for certain amount. And went on to have spinoffs not like any other Disney show.

Let's be honest, these black shows kept these networks afloat 🤷🏿‍♂️

They don't want to show wholesome shows that gives substance morality and positive messages and black family togetherness.

I always found it weird and kinda cringey at the newer disney channel shows that would have mostly a white cast and one Indian friend in the show.

When I see fun black shows like these I can’t help but think, this is what BET should be doing. BET should be for us, we should be able to go to BET and know that our kids will be able to watch these fun black shows (not just a million reruns of baby boy 🙄). I hate that we have to rely on white networks to show us representation, when we should be doing this for ourselves.

The 90s was a blessed decade.

Nickelodeon was the worst offender when it came to cancelling Black children's sitcoms. I gotta give it to Disney, at least they gave series more time to breathe before ultimately canning them.

That’s so Raven, Kenan and Kel, One on One, The Proud Family, Sister Sister, Just Jordan, Romeo, True Jackson VP, and All That were some of my favorite shows as a kid. 😍

I really feel for today’s kids, they have little to no representation and that is “NOT” a coincidence by any means.

I did notice that alot of the young black sitcoms on Nickelodeon and Disney didn't last long......the only one that last the longest was That's So Raven

These networks have no problem putting out a black reality show with us acting like complete fools.

And now when we do get black representation, especially if it's black female representation, it is ALWAYS a biracial girl. I miss the freaking 90s, man. Getting to turn on my TV and seeing black excellence everywhere. These kids today will never know.

Because these shows were hope for us and they don't want that, it wasn't ratchet, raunchy, or ghetto and it reinforced morals and principles and had so many good examples. They don't want that anymore, look at what they replaced it with... smh.

children these days not into TV like we was, they're into KZfaq.

How we go from positive black sitcoms to Tyler Perry and love &hip hop they didn’t want black people to rise 🤦🏾‍♀️

*Being black was the thing to be in the 90s/early 2000s so they felt like they could market shows to us more than usual but after they made all that money, they was done. They'll throw us a black person here and there in a white show just so we wouldn't complain but that time has come and gone for all black family friendly shows on nick & Disney to be like it was*

That time when your favourite show's theme song was actually a jam all on it's own.

Remember Romeo had a successful show on Nickelodeon in the early 2000’s as well.

I also loved “smart guy” its was cool growing up watching tv shows with characters that weren’t always being a “black stereotype “ But just human beings with different stories.

Taina is on YT... I just finished watching Season 1. Omg TV used to be everything, it has totally went to shit 🤦🏾‍♀️

I can’t imagine The Proud Family on Nickelodeon.

Taina being cancelled broke my heart :(

I didn't realize how good I had it as a child, having all this representation. And no syndication of these shows either 😭!

I found this channel a couple of days ago and I'm hooked. No one really talk about 90's and 2000's black sitcoms anymore.

RIP to Lee Thompson Young aka The famous Jett Jackson 🙏🙏

It always bothered me how Taina got cancelled. That was one of the best shows on Nickelodeon and had so much potential

I’m so sick of “white America” 😔

Man us late 80’s & early 90’s kids had the best TV experience as kids 🙌🏾❤️

I grew up on all these shows. Ironically when they started canceling black sitcoms on kid friendly networks I was entering high school and starting watching more MTV, VH1, and BET. But I did however notice the change in kid shows. There were no longer shows with a black teen as the main character but black teens playing the “token black friend” smh.

I remember those days. They dont like see positive black shows on tv anymore.

The answer as to why they stopped making such material is IT"S TOO POWERFUL lol. I'm an 80's baby and grew up in the era to catch all of this goodness as well as when BET was good too. The powers that be study and research what black ppl respond to and how it affects us at depths and levels we'll never understand. So much positive imagery and reflection of self does wonders for the imagination of what one can achieve at youthful impressionable ages. I'm 33 now and I can say because I've seen this type of black entertainment while growing up I'm a formidable critic of what is advertised as black culture or propped up for us to watch on tv these days. I can't stomach housewives or love and hip hop type material because I've seen better and know there is better. They realized the fatal era to their supremacy by displaying even the smallest bit of positivity. It plants a seed that grows and produces the fruit for change and oh no, they can't have that lol.

We need more shows like everybody hates chris too

Cell phones, computers and the internet killed a lot of shows. Not to mention kids aren't as kiddie as they used to be either. Love this channel ❤️ be blessed.

That Mary J singing clip. Oh Lawd! 😂

Nickelodeon really did the damn thang back in the day. I had a great childhood 💯

Exactly what happened to it nowadays the kids show are pure garbage smh

Victorious was just a white version of Taina.

Proud Family, That's So Raven, Little Bill, that was my stuff 😭

Who remembers that show from back then on Nickelodeon called Allen Strange with that black boy who is an alien?

I agree. I just can't get into Blackish like I did My Brother and Me or Kenan and Kel. Hell, even family sitcoms like Family Matters gave more depth to the children on the show, even Little Richie.

I never realized how privileged I was to grow up in the 90s and 00s, in terms of seeing positive imagery of myself. I hope black kids nowadays can still get that from somewhere. I guess youtube? Are there wholesome, young black youtubers doing anything high quality?

These days you’re more likely to see representation of the LGBT in cartoons than black families

The All That theme song was the business

Wait I just realized, Taina was Victorious before Victorious. They just white-washed it lol.

Megan Good was in a lot of 90s shows low key

I feel like that one show with Victoria Justice was a new attempt at Taina.

We need a Black Netflix ‼️⁉️

Did anyone else used to pretend to be on All That and would jump on the bed to practice their pose? Or was that just me

The question is where are these producers and writer now

I was blessed to grow up during the 90s

We are clearly forgetting about smart guy!!! Can we add that revolutionary show

Networks stopped pretending that they cared... that's what happened...

Man I used to love Taina, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Proud Family and Thats So Raven ! 😭👏🏾

RIP to the good old days😭

I had the BIGGEST CRUSH on Jett Jackson! 😩😂

Us millennials had it good even for a short while, and I'm not sure if our kids will

Dont forget Gullah Gullah Island. That was another black children's TV show that we loved.

Amanda Seales from “My Brother and Me” is doing great!

Taina was my show. I had the soundtrack and everything

Anybody remember the Disney Channel movie named “Up, Up and Away”?!!! I swear I had never seen a movie depicting a smart, black family as superheroes before then. My little 8 year old self was SHOOK

You bout to make me cry fo real. Just hearing the My Brother and Me theme just broke me down. Great vid, please keep it up!

I still sing the "Goo Punch" song from My Brother and Me. It feels like it went on for more than 1 season.

How do you feel about the reboot Raven's Home? Personally, I love the return of Raven Baxter to tv, but I also applaud Disney for showing a function "non-traditional" family

I’m so heartbroken that Lee Thompson Young from Famous Jett Jackson committed suicide back in 2013. RIP. ❤️

To rush home from school have a snack and doing homework watching all these shows. They made us feel like we could be anything! Those shows gave us life! Maybe Tyler Perry got a few up his sleeve. Nobody else is pulling black shows🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️ They dont mind putting us on a "reality show " making us act an ass for a dolla tho🤔🤦🏽‍♀️😑

True Jackson ran for 3 seasons and 60 episodes. That's the standard time for Disney/Nickelodeon shows to end with exception of iCarly which ran for 6 seasons cuz if its popularity

1:23 "Nearly 4 decades later".....how is the 90's nearly 40 years ago?

Can you talk about “America’s next top model” problematic and colorist issues?

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS. When I was growing up, black people were the stars of almost all my favorite TV shows. How did we regress?

The most recent representation in Disney that I can think of KC Undercover and Ravens Home

So blessed to have grown up in the 90s. I see what the kids watch now and I feel sorry for them.

I loved the Famous Jett Jackson .

KENAN and KEL theme song STILL SLAPS

I think the real question is "Y arent we doing this for ourselves"?. We are capable of making our own blacks shows. Too many of us are relying on the White Man to give us something we can do already. If we truly want it then we need to do it for ourselves. Promote black love & black creation, simple.

That's so Raven was sooooooo much better then Lizzy Maguire

Best, most original content here on YT on god 💁🏽‍♀️🔥 “All That” intro be hitting tho🤸🏾‍♀️& overall bomb show. All these positive,black shows not only for black kids but black families overall. Good ole days 🏆

I’m not black and I absolutely loved all of these shows! Everyone enjoyed them and it’s sad that there aren’t many black led shows anymore. And they did Taina dirty... I can’t believe they cancelled it at the height of its popularity!

I’m crying watching this. My childhood was everything. It was so amazing as a child to see ppl on tv that looked like me and my fam. All shades of brown not just light skinned ppl. I wonder if my children one day will have that blessing😔😢🙌🏾

Jamming out to the My Brother and Me theme.....this was my childhood. Def miss these days

That's so Raven was LEGENDARY. It was definitely better than Lizzie Maguire lol. And the real tea is that everyone was preferring the black TV sitcoms over the white ones and whites behind the scenes who were running things most likely got jealous and cancelled it all.

I remember all these shows when I was younger. It's a shame we don't have them anymore.

Nick had some more recent “black” kid shows; The Haunted Hathaways and Cousins for Life but of course those got cancelled.

Christina Vidal is finally coming back to television on ABC. Thank God, I missed her for the longest. I just wish "Taina" had a more memorable run & extended seasons. Unfair how Nickelodeon treated the program & "Brothers Garcia", yet put other lameass ones ahead of it. SMH

Who knew the 90s would be our golden age? 😢

Never knew Left Eye appeared on Cousin Skeeter. Learned something new... I need to go rewatch

Now that you mention “tokenism” I did notice it happen a lot growing up and I hated how when a minority would get lead their counterparts where always white or light skin like Ant Farm, KC Undercover and True Jackson VP. But they let ICarly have an all white cast (love that show)

Taina was my jam....SO many good shows on Nick back in the day. Raven made Disney a TON of money. I just wish they would show reruns of some of these shows to keep the legacy alive. These shows can't just disappear into obscurity like that...

I loved suga mama she was the best character on the proud family lol💕

That's so raven was one of my favourite Disney shows 🙌🏾🔥 #childhood 😭🥰

As a mom who grew up in the 90s I have been struggling to find black family friendly shows and family friendly shows period. I actually started playing reruns from the I watched like That’s So Raven and my kids LOVE it so much.

Rest in Paradise Jett Jackson. You might be able to watch these shows on Nick plus streaming service

I LOVED “ Thats so Raven” HER STYLE WAS AMAAZZZINNGGG!! My bf thought so too 😒😂

Cartoon Network has been stepping up their game lately with having nonwhite kids as protagonists. The big one right now is Craig of the Creek, with the titular Craig being black and getting to know his middle class suburban family (Terry Crews is the dad!). It’s also really cute as the premise of the show is that pretty much all the kids in town have this epic LARP session going on by the local creek where they all play fun roles like knight, princess, ninjas, etc. Craig is an explorer and likes to draw maps of places he’s never been before. It’s fun.

Everytime I think about these shows, my hearts breaks because the shows that they have nowadays suck .

This was literally my entire childhood wrapped up in 12 minutes!!! Aww man I miss those days! 🤗 Where is a time machine when you need one... lol

I loved Just Jordan, The Romeo show, True Jackson VP & more it’s sad how these shows didn’t last long & got forgotten

Smart Guy was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I was so sad when it ended.

I'm white and I loved every one of these shows. I miss the 90's.