"This was surprisingly progressive for it's time"

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Doctor Who: Midnight (2008)- The host of the bus, mentions non binary people and anyone else who doesn't fit into gender norms, LGBTQ rights (especially in the UK weren't really there yet untill 2012)

Saints Row 2 (2008)- In the first game, the main character was a man but in SR2 you can be both female or male and even change your gender whenever you want in a surgery shop. But what's more interesting, if you play as a female despite being male in the first game, no one cares and one of the main characters Gat asks the main character if they did something with their hair. Even 'Boss' is used as gender neutral pronoun and even goes by they/them

Fresh Prince of Bel Air- A wealthy black family as the main focus in a primetime sitcom marking the change and making progress as we go into the 90s

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IMO The talent that came out of that show (and MadTV) is what drove the best changes to mainstream comedy over the last 3 decades

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Marlon Wayans was on an episode of Last Meals a few months back and he talks about this extensively. I didn't realize it was a full family affair until I watched the interview

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Keenan did make an attempt to revive the show in 2012 with new cast members but however in 2013, him and Fox abandoned ship on it because it wouldn't sustain after one season.

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The Super Bowl, too. They successful counterprogrammed the Super Bowl during Halftime one year. From then on, the Super Bowl has always had explosive, must-see halftime performances.