Top 10 Wayans TV Moments

A history of the Wayans family on TV.

Damon Wayans on SNL - In 1986, Damon Wayans was a featured performer on the hit NBC TV show Saturday Night Live, the first big break for the Wayans family on TV. (Photo: RM Lewis Jr./NBCU Photo Bank)

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Damon Wayans on SNL - In 1986, Damon Wayans was a featured performer on the hit NBC TV show Saturday Night Live, the first big break for the Wayans family on TV. (Photo: RM Lewis Jr./NBCU Photo Bank)

Robert Townsend's Partners in Crime - Damon and Keenen wrote for Robert Townsend's HBO special Partner's in Crime, which also featured Kim, Shawn and Marlon as well as future in Living Color star Tommy Davidson and writer Paul Mooney. (Photo: HBO)

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Robert Townsend's Partners in Crime - Damon and Keenen wrote for Robert Townsend's HBO special Partner's in Crime, which also featured Kim, Shawn and Marlon as well as future in Living Color star Tommy Davidson and writer Paul Mooney. (Photo: HBO)

1987 - Keenen, Damon and their sister Kim all were guest stars on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World.(Photo: Carsey-Werner Company)

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A Different World - In the late '80s Keenen, Damon and Kim all had guest starring roles on the Cosby Show spinoff A Different World, about the fictional HBCU, Hillman College. (Photo: Carsey-Werner Company)

In Living Color - In 1990 In Living Color debuted on Fox. The show was produced and directed by Keenen and featured Damon, Kim, Shawn and Marlon as performers. (Photo: FOX)

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In Living Color - In 1990 In Living Color debuted on Fox. The show was produced and directed by Keenen and featured Damon, Kim, Shawn and Marlon as performers. (Photo: FOX)

The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show - In 1997, Keenen Ivory Wayans had his own late night talk show on Fox that featured monologues, sketches and musical performances. (Photo: FOX)

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The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show - In 1997, Keenen Ivory Wayans had his own late night talk show on Fox that featured monologues, sketches and musical performances. (Photo: FOX)

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John Witherspoon - On The Wayans Bros., John Witherspoon's Pops Williams — with his ill-fitting paisley shirts and large, loud-colored bow ties — guided his sons (played by Shawn and Marlon Wayans) with humor and down home wisdom.(Photo: The WB)

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The Wayans Bros. - Younger brothers Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans had their own sitcom in The Wayans Bros., which also starred veteran Black comedic actor John Witherspoon. (Photo: WB)

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My Wife and Kids - My Wife and Kids came out in 2001 and was produced by Damon Wayans, who also starred on the show. SGW's George Gore also starred on the show and Craig and Damien Dante also did some of the writing. (Photo: Touchstone Television)

1995 - Kim Wayans starred with LL Cool J and Debbie Allen in the sitcom In The House.(Photo: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

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In the House - Kim Wayans starred in the sitcom In the House, which also starred choreographer Debbie Allen, rapper LL Cool J and actress Maia Campbell.  (Photo: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

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Thugaboo - George was the voice of D-Roc in Thugaboo, which was directed and written by Shawn and Marlon Wayans.(Photo: SMK Entertainment)

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Thugaboo - Thugaboo was a cartoon written and produced by Shawn and Marlon Wayans and featured the vocals of SGW's George Gore.  (Photo: SMK Entertainment)

Second Generation Wayans - Today, the nephews of Damon, Keneen, Shawn and Marlon, Craig and Damien Dante Wayans, are the stars of BET's new hit show about making it in Hollywood, Second Generation Wayans. (Photo: BET)

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Second Generation Wayans - Today, the nephews of Damon, Keneen, Shawn and Marlon, Craig and Damien Dante Wayans, are the stars of BET's new hit show about making it in Hollywood, Second Generation Wayans. (Photo: BET)