The Parent 'Hood
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| The Parent 'Hood | |
|---|---|
| Image:TheParentHoodCast.jpg The cast of The Parent 'Hood | |
| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | Pamela Grant Tracey Ormandy Warren Hutcherson |
| Starring | Robert Townsend Suzzanne Douglass Ashli Amari Adams Curtis Williams Reagan Gomez-Preston Cory King (1997-2000) Kenny Blank (1995-1997) Kelly Perine (2000) Faizon Love (1995-1998) Tyrone Burton (1997-2000) |
| Country of origin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| No. of episodes | 90 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 Minutes (with commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | The WB |
| Original run | January 18, 1995 – July 25, 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime (1988-1991) |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired from 1994 until 2000 on The WB. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglass. The Parent 'Hood, along with The Wayans Bros., were the first two programs to air on The WB.
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[edit] Synopsis
The series is about an African American family in Harlem, New York City named the Petersons. Robert Peterson (Robert Townsend) is a college professor at New York University, and his wife Jerri (Suzzanne Douglass) is a law student. They try to balance their lives, their work, and their four children at the same time. The four kids span the ages from teens to toddlers. The oldest two, 16-year-old Michael (Kenny Blank) and 15-year-old Zaria (Reagan Gomez-Preston), are reaching that age where they're eager to spread their wings and are ready to experiment with each other and avoid being seen with their not quite cool parents. Nicholas (Curtis Williams) is a bright eyed 8-year-old who is quickly discovering the joys of mischief. 4-year-old Cece (Ashli Adams) is the darling of the family. Offering his own offbeat point of view is Robert's childhood buddy, Wendell (Faizon Love).
Robert's love for his kids - combined with his vivid imagination (prompting frequent fantasy sequences) and impulsive energy - propels him to do extraordinary things on their behalf as he continually dreams up untraditional solutions to traditional family problems.
[edit] The later seasons
The show took a different turn at the beginning of the 1997-1998 season. Michael (Blank) was written out of the series with his absence was explained as him going off to college. With his oldest son at college, Robert allows a troubled teenager from juvenile hall to live with him and his family. T.K.'s (Tyrone Burton) father was an ex-convict, and his mother (Bern Nadette Stanis) was a drug addict who left him on the street. Jerri was the only person who didn't give up on T.K., and welcomed him into her home, even though Robert did not think it was a good idea.
In the 1997-98 fourth season finale, T.K. gets into a fight with several thugs (Tyrese Gibson appears in a non-speaking role), and Robert tries to talk him out the situation. Robert and T.K. leave and the thugs fire the gun, ending the episode on a cliffhanger. The show's final season was placed on hiatus after the cliffhanger episode, and did not return until May 23, 2000, a year after the season finale aired. In the last couple of episodes in the fifth season, Jerri has finally had enough of T.K.'s mischief and has him removed from the house, but before he moves out of the house, T.K. and the family checks up on Robert, who has fallen into a coma. While in a coma, Robert meets a guardian angel named Max (Barry Sobel) and convinces Robert to change his mind about the shooting and T.K. Robert finally awakes from the coma and for the rest of the season, Robert is seen in a wheelchair (confirming that he is now paralyzed).
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Cast
- Robert Townsend as Robert Peterson
- Ashli Adams as CeCe Peterson
- Curtis Williams as Nicholas Peterson
- Kenny Blank as Michael Peterson (Season 1-3)
- Tyrone Burton as T.K. Anderson (Season 4-5)
- Suzzanne Douglass as Jerri Peterson
- Reagan Gomez-Preston as Zaria Peterson
- Faizon Love as Wendell Wilcox (Season 1-4)
- Kelly Perine as Kelly Peterson (Season 5)
[edit] Syndication
Episodes currently air in syndication on TBS[1] during the early morning hours. The series also airs on TV One.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Schlosser, Joe. "BS buys Moesha, Parent 'Hood. (Turner Broadcasting System buys off-network rights to television programs)", Broadcasting & Cable, 2007-07. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
- ^ TV One List of programs
