SCRATCHIN' AND SURVIVIN': Hustle Economics and the Black Sitcoms of Tandem Production

The 1970s were a golden age for representations of African American life on TV sitcoms, and nearly all of the Black sitcoms were created by one company, Tandem Productions. Sebro draws parallels between the drama at Tandem and the plots on their sitcoms as real and fictional African Americans strategized to get their fair share. Photos.