"The Parent 'Hood" (1995) TV series 1995-1999

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Creators:

Andrew Nicholls
Robert Townsend
Darrell Vickers

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

18 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

African American

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Curtis Williams	...	Nicholas Peterson (40 episodes, 1995-1999)
Robert Townsend	...	Robert Peterson (36 episodes, 1995-1999)
Suzzanne Douglas	...	Jerri Peterson / ... (33 episodes, 1995-1999)
Reagan Gomez-Preston	...	Zaria Peterson (31 episodes, 1995-1999)
Ashli Adams	...	CeCe Peterson / ... (29 episodes, 1995-1999)
Kenn Michael	...	Michael Peterson (26 episodes, 1995-1997)
Tyrone Burton	...	T.K. Anderson (22 episodes, 1995-1999)
Faizon Love	...	Wendell Wilcox (17 episodes, 1995-1998)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

The Townsend Entertainment Company

Movie Connections:

Referenced in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)

'90s Version of "Cosby"

For some reason I really liked this show. Robert Townsend and the rest of the cast made this a show that was entertaining. Though it was compared with "The Cosby Show", it was more of a downsized & watered down version of it. The characters didn't have as much depth as "The Cosby Show" did, but the show had a charm of it's own. Sort of a WB charm, (meaning you know that it probably has a really low budget so you don't expect too much type of charm.) This show just seemed to leave the air with little fanfare. Even though it didn't get rave reviews, I was sorry to see this show get cancelled.