TV series
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Overview
A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
Details
- First air date
- 1985-09-14
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 116 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- Columbia Pictures Television, Embassy Television, Embassy Communications, ELP Communications
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins
- Hal Williams as Lester Jenkins
- Alaina Reed Hall as Rose Lee Holloway
- Jackée Harry as Sandra Clark
- Regina King as Brenda Jenkins
- Helen Martin as Pearl Shay
- Curtis Baldwin as Calvin Dobbs
- Barry Sobel as Dylan McMillan
- Countess Vaughn as Alexandria DeWitt
- Paul Winfield as Julian C. Barlow
- Stoney Jackson as Travis Filmore
- Lynn Hamilton as Emma Johnson
Creators and crew
- Michael G. Moye - Creator
- Gerren Keith - Director
- Oz Scott - Director
- Al Gordon - Writer
- Tracy Gamble - Writer
- Richard Vaczy - Writer
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