Best of both worlds

摘要

If it weren't for Pete Aronson, The Bernie Mac Show might not be on television today. When Aronson arrived at Regency Television, a joint venture of New Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios, he was looking to do a "smart black comedy." After seeing Bernie Mac on HBO's The Chris Rock Show, he called Larry Wilmore, whom he knew from working on The PJs at Touchstone Television. Coincideritally, Wilmore had recently submitted a script idea to Regency. When Aronson described the show he wanted to do and said he knew just the person to star, Wilmore told him about his script and said he already had someone in mind.