Any show where the main star or stars are teenagers/young adults gets long in the tooth when they basically have to find excuses to keep the parents involved. Their family was rich so why was Ashley working at a fast food joint? Also, why didn't Will get a basketball scholarship? Also, why the fuck did Nicky go from two months old, to 4 years old for that one episode, to another older kid episodes later? Why the hell were Ashley, Carlton, and Hillary three different skin colors? As a black person, that always bothered me. Actually that last one is hilarious considering they switched out Vivians. Anyway, that show was not great for continuity.
No idea why this post caught my attention, but I mean black people can come out looking any kind of way. Phil was light skinned and while Viv was jet black, I could see them having kids that looked that. I look my own brother and I. His skin tone is Carlton tier, I'm pretty close to Hil or Phil's color. If you really want some variance, look at the Cosby show. It was much less believable. Malcolm Jamal Warner and Lisa Bonnet being siblings with Phylicia Rashad and Bill Cosby as their parents? Nah.