Newsense As we can see we have some bourgeoisie reviewers rating this show. Lets put it like this: if you like watching shows where black people act like minstrels watch UPN till you too stupid to remember your own name in the morning. The Parent' Hood was a commendable effort by Robert Townsend. It was an attempt to deal with issues involving a black family in particular. I still have fond memories of this show because it touched on certain subjects that none of these corny overrated Black s**tcoms would talk about now plus it was pretty funny. Back when a selective few black shows touched on subjects they were rejected for being preachy. Critic are morons and the critics here are proof of that. You guys calling the show preachy need to pat yourselves on the back. You are responsible for the decline of quality in Black sitcoms as well as Black Cinema. You should be proud of yourself(if your stupid a** can even understand the concept of pride) Every time a Black show or movie with any decency comes out here comes the idiot squad to discredit them. These neurotic zombies never let up and thanks to their incessant whining quality shows are canceled while chittlin circuit tripe(like that cheap Sex and The City knockoff) last 6-7 seasons. Incredible.PS: Be very wary of the reviewer Anthony Rupert. This guy is a self-loathing pompous a** that never misses an opportunity to tell you that he is a Black man with a white wife(even though nobody asked him about his color or the color of his wife or even that he was married for that matter!). Me and a few friends from Amazon.com counted a total of 20 times in 20 different reviews where he mentions his color and his White wife. A Real wacko and I pity his wife if she doesn't get sickened by his sheer lunacy.

Mary Morphine An obvious WB version of The Cosby Show, except this show spent too much time preaching about cliché morals that have been told a thousand times on shows like Full House and The Cosby Show. Too many morals and not enough comedy. The parents are unlikeable (the mother is a snob and the father is too uptight) and the children are unlikeable too. Since the family members spent too much time getting into the typical trouble that leads to that big moral speech at the end, they didn't have enough time to be funny so they added flat boring neighbors to make the show bearable. TV shows like this didn't last because at the end of the day, we watch TV to be entertained, not to be preached to. And though family shows such as The Cosby Show and Full House preached, they were still charming at the same time.

chukyt This is the most untalented cast of characters I've ever seen! Nobody on this show could act, especially Kenny Blank who was eventually taken off the show. And what was especially annoying was Robert when we would go into his day-dreaming. Complete garbage!

dgordon-1 For some reason I really liked this show. Robert Townsend and the rest of the cast made this a show that was entertaining. Though it was compared with "The Cosby Show", it was more of a downsized & watered down version of it. The characters didn't have as much depth as "The Cosby Show" did, but the show had a charm of it's own. Sort of a WB charm, (meaning you know that it probably has a really low budget so you don't expect too much type of charm.) This show just seemed to leave the air with little fanfare. Even though it didn't get rave reviews, I was sorry to see this show get cancelled.