His wife Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross from UPN’s long-running sitcom Girlfriends) is a surgeon, and their four kids seem a lot less self-conscious about their living situation than dear ol’ Dad is. Former Kangaroo Jack victim Anthony Anderson (who also serves as executive producer) is Andre Johnson, an ad exec who’s the head of an affluent black family living in an upscale neighborhood. Remember those decades when there were sitcoms starring 100% nonwhite families? It’s about time someone brought that back. I watched the pilots for both a while back and procrastinated doing anything with my notes…until now. In this corner, a onetime almost-movie star who has his own Food Network show! In that corner: a former SNL writer with some standup comedy experience! These two sitcoms have almost nothing in common, not even their ratings.
