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The series gained international prominence for its bold move and its all-time high ratings gained by airing a live, special episode as a counterprogram for the halftime show of U.S.

The series won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 1990. It was immensely popular in its first two seasons, capturing more than a 10-point Nielsen rating in the third and fourth seasons, ratings faltered as the Wayans brothers fell out with Fox network leadership over creative control and rights.

The show launched the careers of Carrey, Foxx, Davidson, Grier, Keymáh, Inaba and Lopez, and is credited with bringing the Wayans family to a higher level of fame as well. Additionally the show introduced Carrie Ann Inaba and Jennifer Lopez as members of In Living Color's dance troupe The Fly Girls, with actress Rosie Perez serving as choreographer. The show also starred the rising stand-up comic/actor Jim Carrey alongside previously unknown actor/comedians Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh. Other members of the Wayans family-Damon, Kim, Shawn, and Marlon-had regular roles, while brother Dwayne frequently appeared as an extra. It was controversial due to the Wayans' decision to portray black humor from the ghetto in a time when mainstream American tastes regarding black comedy had been set by more upscale shows such as The Cosby Show, causing an eventual feud for control between Fox executives and the Wayans. 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. 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. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television and was taped at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from Ap to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program.

Jim carrey fire marshall bill in living color art show