In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Television and was taped at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The title of the series was inspired by the NBC announcement of broadcasts being presented "in living color" during the 1960s, prior to mainstream color television. It also refers to the fact that most of the show's cast was black, unlike other sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live, whose casts are mostly white. It was controversial due to the Wayans' decision to portray black humor from a raw and uncut perspective in a time when mainstream American tastes regarding black comedy had been set by shows such as The Cosby Show, causing an eventual feud for control between Fox executives and the Wayans.
| Genre | Variety, Sketch comedy |
| Created by | Keenen Ivory Wayans |
| Starring | see below |
| Theme music composer | Bosco Kante |
| Opening theme | "In Living Color" by Heavy D and Eddie F (seasons 1–2, 5), "Cause That's the Way You Livin' When You're in Living Color" by Heavy D and The Boyz (seasons 3–4) |
| Composer(s) | Tom Rizzo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 127 |
| Executive producer(s) | Joe Davola, Greg Fields, Les Firestein, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Pam Veasey |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Berg, Robert Jason |
| Running time | 22–24 mins |
| Production company(s) | Ivory Way Productions, 20th Television |
| Original network | Fox |
| Audio format | Stereo |
About In Living Color
Created by two of the Wayans brothers, this sometimes controversial sketch show was produced as a response to Saturday Night Live and its mostly white cast.
Achievement of In Living Color
The show won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 1990. Keenen Ivory Wayans left the show in 1992 after FOX repeatedly tried to censor it.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About In Living Color
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Latest information about In Living Color updated on July 28 2021.
