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1985 · TV Series · TV-PG · 30 min
★ 7.2(43)unSUB Rating
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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.
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Details
- Years
- 1985–1990
- Release date
- 1985-09-14
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.8/10 (43 votes)
Themes
- washington dc, usa
- housewife
- female friendship
- friendship
- middle class
- motherly love
- neighbor
- apartment building
- sitcom
- african american
- best friends
Cast & crew
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
- CB
Curtis Baldwin
as Calvin Dobbs
Barry Sobel
as Dylan McMillan
Countess Vaughn
as Alexandria DeWitt
Paul Winfield
as Julian C. Barlow
Directed by Gerren Keith, Oz Scott
Created by Michael G. Moye
Episodes5 seasons · 116 episodes
Season 122 episodes
- S1E1Honesty30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Mary's Brother30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Family Hero30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4The Refrigerator30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5Do You Love Me?30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Pilot30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7The Sidewalk Sale30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8A Letter to the President30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9Pity the Poor Working Girl30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E10Football Widow30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E11A Daughter is a Precious Thing30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E12The Big Piano Play-Off30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E13Mary's Christmas30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E14The Bed of Rose's30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E15Brenda's Last Date30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E16A Young Man's Fancy30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E17We the People30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E18Redecorating Blues30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E19Fifty Big Ones30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E20Slam Dunked30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E21Pick Six30mDisney+Hulu
- S1E22Young Man with a Job30mDisney+Hulu
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1The Wheel of Misfortune30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E2Mary Nightingale30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E3Washington Affair30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E4The Great Manhunt30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E5The Temptations30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E6Pillow Talk30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E7Come Into My Parlor30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E8Father's Day30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E9Author, Author30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E10Matchmakers30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E11The Handwriting on the Wall30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E12A Matter of Choice30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E13Got a Job30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E14Far From the Tree30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E15Toyland30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E16The Audit30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E17A Good Citizen30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E18Happy Twentieth30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E19The Fourth Time Around30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E20Rich Kid30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E21The Working Game30mDisney+Hulu
- S2E22Check Snub30mDisney+Hulu
Season 324 episodes
- S3E1Men's Club30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E2Low Noon30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E3There Goes the Building30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E4And Baby Makes Three30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E5Bull's Eye30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E6Teach Me Tonight (1)30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E7Teach Me Tonight (2)30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E8See You in Court30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E9The Honeymoon's Over30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E10Rapture30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E11The Facade30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E12The Talk Show30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E13Snowbound30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E14Shall We Dance?30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E15The Sing-Off30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E16Sweet Sixteen30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E17The Roommate30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E18The Big Deal30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E19The New Neighbors30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E20Blues30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E21The Butler Did It30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E22My Aching Back30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E23Country Cousins30mDisney+Hulu
- S3E24Best Friends30mDisney+Hulu
Season 424 episodes
- S4E1The Whiz Kid30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E2Hide the Star30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E3A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E4Double Your Pleasure30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E5Brother from a Sister City30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E6And the Survey Says . . .30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E7A Yen for Lester30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E8Looking Back30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E9The Night They Arrested Santa Claus30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E10The Real Decoys30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E11Play it Again, Stan30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E12A Class Act30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E13The Prince30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E14Babes in the Woods30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E15A Date to Remember30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E16Mary's Cookies30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E17For Richer, For Poorer30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E18The Class of '8930mDisney+Hulu
- S4E19Trial and Error30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E20The Bet30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E21No, My Darling Daughter30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E22House Number30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E23Jackee30mDisney+Hulu
- S4E24For Sale30mDisney+Hulu
Season 524 episodes
- S5E1Take My Diva . . . Please!30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E2Tenants, Anyone?30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E3A Pampered Tale30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E4The Fight of the Century30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E5How the West Was Fun (1)30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E6How the West Was Fun (2)30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E7Video Activity30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E8Flying Down to Leo's30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E9Reunion Blues30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E10The Perfume Game30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E11War is Heck30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E12Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E13There Go the Clowns30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E14Come the Revolution30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E15Where Do We Go From Here?30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E16Play Christy for Me30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E17Knock It Off30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E18Do Not Pass Go (1)30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E19Do Not Pass Go (2)30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E20You Gotta Have Art30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E21Gone Fishing30mDisney+Hulu
- S5E22Nightmare on 22730mDisney+Hulu
- S5E23The Class of '9030mDisney+Hulu
- S5E24No Place Like Home30mDisney+Hulu