Townsend Television is an American sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 television show that aired on Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 on Sunday nights from September 12, 1993 to December 26, 1993.

Overview

Each episode featured stand up comedy from star Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer.-Biography:Townsend was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Shirley and Robert Townsend. Raised by a single mom of four children on welfare, Townsend overcame his adversities to be at the top of the entertainment business...

. There were also musical numbers and comedy sketches, including spoofs of movies and commercials, performed by the regulars and guests.

Regulars

• Robert Townsend
• John Witherspoon
  John Witherspoon (actor)
  John Witherspoon is an American comedian and actor who has had roles in over 28 movies and 20 television shows. Mostly known for the "Friday" series, he has been acting for over three decades and starred in shows such as Hollywood Shuffle , Boomerang...
  
  
• Barry Diamond
• Paula Jai Parker
  Paula Jai Parker
  Paula Jai Parker is an American actress and comedian. She is best known of her roles as Lexus in Hustle & Flow, Joi in Friday, and as the voice of matriarch Trudy Proud on the Disney Channel animated sitcom The Proud Family....
  
  
• Roxanne Beckford
  Roxanne Beckford
  Roxanne Beckford Hoge is an American actress who was born and raised in Jamaica. She has acted in numerous television series and played small roles in movies, including Bewitched Something's Gotta Give , and Father of the Bride Part II . Her husband is Bob Hoge who is also an actor...
  
  
• Darrel Heath
• Lester Barrie
  Lester Barrie
  Lester Barrie is an LA based stand-up comedian and Christian preacher.From 2006 until early 2009, he co-hosted Spread the Word with Andre Russell on Inglewood based 102.3FM KJLH on Sunday nights. He also hosted one season of BET's Comic View in 1999. He is a native of Chicago, IL and graduate of...
  
  
• Biz Markie
  Biz Markie
  Marcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989...
  
  
• The Paul Jackson Orchestra
• The Russel Clark Dancers