Michael Grade Management & Representation. Among the artists whom Grade represented were Morecambe and Wise (he successfully negotiated the duo's defection from ATV to BBC2 in 1968) and Larry Grayson. Grade entered the television industry in 1973 when he joined London Weekend Television (LWT) as Deputy Controller of Programmes (Entertainment). During this time he bought the scripts of an Afro-American sitcom "Good Times" which had an all-black cast. Adapted as "The Fosters" (1976–77), it became the first British sitcom to have an entirely black cast. At LWT, Grade worked with both John Birt and Greg Dyke. After he became Director of Programmes
Asian Americans in arts and entertainment has become well known for portraying Dong Nguyen in the Netflix series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt". The first American sitcom starring an all Asian-American family since Margaret Cho's "All American Girl" aired in February 2015, gaining overall critical acclaim among the television series community. Among its cast is Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang and Ian Chen. It is loosely based on food personality Eddie Huang's book, "". The sitcom Dr. Ken featured an Asian American family and aired from 2015 to 2017. Anna May Wong was the first Asian American to have become an international acting star. She became a