"My Wife and Kids" (2001) TV series 2001-2005

Creators:

Don Reo
Damon Wayans

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

28 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Michael Kyle longs for a traditional life, but his day-trader wife Janet, gangsta rap-worshipping son Michael Jr., and brooding daughters Claire and Kady make his dream just that ... a dream.

Plot Keywords:

Affection | Sofa | Black Family Love | Adolescence | Married With Children

Awards:

10 wins & 36 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 30	1:00 PM	ABCF	Poker Face	#5.6
Mon. Nov. 30	1:30 PM	ABCF	The Proposal	#5.7

Cast

Damon Wayans	...	Michael Kyle (123 episodes, 2001-2005)
Tisha Campbell-Martin	...	Janet 'Jay' Kyle / ... (123 episodes, 2001-2005)
George Gore II	...	Michael Kyle Jr. / ... (123 episodes, 2001-2005)
Parker McKenna Posey	...	Kady Kyle (123 episodes, 2001-2005)
Jennifer Freeman	...	Claire Kyle (111 episodes, 2001-2005)
Noah Gray-Cabey	...	Franklin Aloysius Mumford / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2005)

Also Known As:

My Wife & Kids (USA) (alternative spelling)
Wife and Kids (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

The Season 5 finale, "The 'V' Story", ended with an intense cliffhanger, but was not intended to be the final episode. However, the show's cancellation was announced the day before the episode's premiere, and this came to be the series finale.

Quotes:

Michael Kyle, Jr.: Last thing I heard her say was 'Junior, turn off those power rangers and go to bed.'
Michael Kyle: When did she say that?
Michael Kyle, Jr.: About five years ago.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "De wereld draait door: (#4.63)" (2008)

The New Cosby for the millennium

First,he was one of the members of FOX's "In Living Color";Second,after the success of "In Living Color",he went on to star in his own short-lived sitcom called "Damon",which co-starred his Living Color alumnus David Alan Grier(which was also on FOX),and from there he has quite frankly done it all until he stuck gold with this series in which some critics are calling it "The New Cosby Show" for the next millennium and its one of the best things to come about on television in quite some time now.

The Actor:Damon Wayans. The Show:"My Wife and Kids" on the ABC Network. This is a family oriented sitcom that is extremely funny and downright hilarious. Here you have the exact same formula that was applied from 'Cosby'....a highly successful suburban African-American family which consists of a hard working dad(Wayans),his lovely successful lawyer wife(played by Tisha Campbell-Martin-aka 'Gina Payne' from the series Martin),his doofus but sometimes downright cool son(played by George Gore,III-aka 'G' from the series New York Undercover),their boy crazy fashion designer daughter(played by Jennifer Freeman,and was also played during the show's first season by an unknown young actress at the time),and their adorable cute as a button baby daughter(played by Parker Posey,whom some critics are calling it her as quote,'The New Rudy').

The show has a lot of good family values and its the one of the shows you don't wanna missed cause you'll never know what to expect and with this family anything goes. During some of the episodes you may see some very special guests pop-up occassionally like for example folks from a variety of shows including rare sequences from Kim Wayans as the aunt or Kim Whitley(of BET's 'Oh Drama!')as one of their next door neighbors. It's about time that they brought back family oriented shows that centers around the everyday activities of black families especially those that focus on positive issues and etc......

But overall,the show is hilarious and gut busting funny and lets give Damon Wayans a round of applause for putting a decent show back on top! Let's hope that the executives over at ABC don't give up on this show. Besides,anything is better than that boring Drew Carey which the network took off Wednesday nights and gave this show the time slot.