"Moesha" (1996) TV series 1996-2001

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Henry Chan

Writers:

Jasmine Love (writer) (episode)
Charles D. Martin (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown

Release Date:

23 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

"Moesha" is a sitcom (which, in later years, took more of a dramatic turn) that follows the life and...

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | Smart | African American | Girl | Multicultural

Awards:

3 wins & 29 nominations

Cast

Brandy Norwood	...	Moesha Mitchell / ... (127 episodes, 1996-2001)
William Allen Young	...	Frank Mitchell (127 episodes, 1996-2001)
Marcus T. Paulk	...	Myles Mitchell (127 episodes, 1996-2001)
Lamont Bentley	...	Hakeem Campbell / ... (127 episodes, 1996-2001)
Shar Jackson	...	Niecy Jackson / ... (122 episodes, 1996-2001)
Sheryl Lee Ralph	...	Dee Mitchell (112 episodes, 1996-2001)
Yvette Wilson	...	Andell Wilkerson / ... (105 episodes, 1996-2000)
Countess Vaughn	...	Kimberly Ann Parker (83 episodes, 1996-1999)
Fredro Starr	...	Q (53 episodes, 1996-2000)
Ray J	...	Dorian 'D-Money' Long / ... (48 episodes, 1996-2001)

Runtime:

30 min | 30 min (127 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Big Ticket Television

Trivia:

There are four different versions of the theme song.

Quotes:

Cop: Calm down.
Frank Mitchell: Don't you tell me to calm down, I pay your salary!
Cop: Then I need a raise.

Movie Connections:

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

This Was Not A Realistic Sitcom!

Brandy Norwood was a much better actress on "Thea." Ray J was a much better actor on "The Sinbad Show." And Countess Vaughn was a much better actress on "227." This show was annoying the first episode. Dee shouldn't have been so mean to Moesha! She was just Moesha's step mother. And the show got worse a little later during the first season when Moesha turned down a brand new Saturn because she wanted a jeep. (Spoiled Brat!) But the show really started getting crazy when Shar Jackson became a regular and Kim stopped trying to talk to Hakeem every episode. When they made Ray J. a regular on the show, the show became too crazy. Ray J. would do something horrible and get in trouble every episode. Then Frank admitted that he was D Money's dad. The show became out of control with guest appearances of Lil Bow Wow as D Money's 1/2 brother. It was so out of control that Sheryl Lee Ralph left the show. Of course Moesha was still conceited. But what made this show end so horribly was the fact that the show ended with a cliffhanger! Who was pregnant? Who kidnapped Miles? Countess Vaughn left for "The Parkers" just in time! RIP Lamont Bentley!