The First Family

I'm not exactly sure how I came upon this garbage on a Sunday afternoon, but this show is an absolute train wreck. I feel guilty for leaving it on, for fear of raising the number of viewers by one. Complete juvenile "comedy", canned laughter, down right terrible. And as usual with all the black comedies these days, all the non-blacks on the show are portrayed as complete idiots. If the opposite were to happen, it would start a race riot. But that's a whole different topic. The fact remains, this show lasting two seasons according to IMDb proves that there are just too many channels with time to fill, no matter how bad the programming.

Byron Allen really need to hire some writers or call in some favors from some friends. Because this was kind of ridiculous. I tried to support this all black show but I became a noise at the lame jokes and ridiculous situations. Jackie Harry was wasted, He could have asked her to help write some of jokes. I think she probably would have did a better job. She was not the only wasted actor there is a stellar cast with great potential. I really wish more I could have been done with this show. At this point I'm being forced to write stuff because of the character requirement I really don't have anything else to say.

Couldn't get much worse with these actors and actresses.

The plots are simply a was of good time. Don't waste your time! Bring back quality TV!

Could we do more with a popular subject? Lines weren't present day lingo.

Have the standards dropped that low?

Quality of Cable TV is better than networks.

Some lessons need to be learned.

Stories about the White House families should have a sense of normal people.

But not in normal situations.

Please listen to the viewers!

This has to be the laziest show ever made, and that's saying something considering we live in a world with House of Payne and Meet the Browns. At least those shows have somewhat comprehensible plot lines and structured characters... the people on this show are pitiful in their attempts at anything remotely related to acting or storytelling. It makes me wonder how low all-black sitcoms will go in the future, because there's obviously no end in sight and no one behind the cameras saying "this is awful." Sitcoms with black families, such as Family Matters and The Cosby Show were lovable. They were also historic. The reason? They didn't ram it down your throat that the characters were black, and that's how it should be. Shows like The First Family are the exact opposite. They exist only to inform you that the people involved are black people, talking like black people, dealing with black people problems and doing black people things. The derogation of white characters is also something that needs to be addressed. How can a race of people who were repeatedly insulted in television and film turn around and do it to another race? That's hypocrisy on a whole new level. The fact that it's being done in this day and age and that it's allowed is mindblowing. If it were the other way around the show would have been off the air before it had a chance to post its ratings.

Garbage like this shouldn't be supported, by anyone. It's lazy, racist and unfunny.

If a white man (or South Asian or East Asian or Amerindian or Hispanic or Pacific Islander) had created this he'd have been lynched as a racist. Forget about the idiotic and insulting white, East Asian and South Asian stereotypes, it trumpets and celebrates ridiculous black stereotypes on steroids.

And yes, the scripts, sets, and most of the acting suck. The one thing to be said for the show is that this fictional first African-American First Family would - despite the race jokes, canned-laughter and stereotyping that makes What's Happening Now? look like The Color Purple - it would still be infinitely preferable to the actual one that inspired it, and the fictional President William Johnson - or arguably even actor Christopher Duncan - a vastly better president than BO.