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*The Parent 'Hood*
The Parent 'Hood
Genre	Family sitcom
Created by	Robert Townsend; Andrew Nicholls; Darrell Vickers;
Starring	Robert Townsend; Suzzanne Douglas; Kenny Blank; Reagan Gomez-Preston; Curtis Williams; Ashli Amari Adams; Bobby McGee; Carol Woods; Faizon Love; Tyrone Dorzell Burton; Kelly Perine;
Theme music composer	Monty Seward
Composers	Christopher Tyng; Kenny Blank;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	90 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Robert Townsend; Andrew Nicholls; Darrell Vickers; Dennis Rinsler; Marc Warren; Loretha Jones; Warren Hutcherson;
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	Highest Common Denominator Productions (Season 1); The Townsend Entertainment Company (Seasons 2–5); Warren & Rinsler Productions (Seasons 2–4); Warner Bros. Television;
Original release
Network	The WB
Release	January 18, 1995 –; July 25, 1999

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The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 18, 1995, to July 25, 1999. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas. Originally to be titled Father Knows Nothing (a parody of the title of the 1950s sitcom Father Knows Best),^[1] the series was one of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original two-hour Wednesday night lineup that helped launch The WB (along with The Wayans Bros., Unhappily Ever After, and the short-lived Muscle).^[2]

From November 2021 to 2023, The Parent 'Hood streamed several episodes on HBO Max.^[3]

Premise

The series revolves around a former Black English professor, Robert Peterson, who must cope with fatherhood after his wife, Jerri decides to return to the working field to their four children which they share in their brownstone townhouse in an upper middle class Manhattan neighborhood. Robert quickly learns that he needs to rule his house with an iron fist as he realizes the world his kids are growing up in was different from how he grew up.

Cast

Robert Townsend as Robert Peterson
Suzzanne Douglas as Geraldine "Jerri" Peterson
Kenny Blank as Michael Peterson (seasons 1–3)
Reagan Gomez-Preston as Zaria Peterson
Curtis Williams as Nicholas Peterson
Ashli Amari Adams as Cecilia "CeCe" Peterson
Bobby McGee as Derek Sawyer (season 1)
Carol Woods as Mrs. Wilcox (season 1)
Faizon Love as Wendell Wilcox (seasons 2–4, main; season 1, recurring)
Tyrone Dorzell Burton as T.K. Anderson (seasons 4–5)
Kelly Perine as Kelly Peterson (season 5)

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	13	January 18, 1995 (1995-01-18)	May 17, 1995 (1995-05-17)
2	22	September 6, 1995 (1995-09-06)	May 15, 1996 (1996-05-15)
3	22	September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08)	May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18)
4	22	September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07)	May 17, 1998 (1998-05-17)
5	11	May 30, 1999 (1999-05-30)	July 25, 1999 (1999-07-25)

References

^ Coe, Steve (August 15, 1994). "It's Comedy for WB Network". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
^ "Robert Townsend Gives Positive View of Black Family on The Parent 'Hood". Jet. January 29, 1996.
^ "HBO Max Acquires Season 2 Of 'David Makes Man', Five '90s-Era WBTV Sitcoms". Deadline Hollywood. November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

External links

The Parent 'Hood at IMDb
The Parent 'Hood at epguides.com

[1] Coe, Steve (August 15, 1994). "It's Comedy for WB Network". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.

[2] "Robert Townsend Gives Positive View of Black Family on The Parent 'Hood". Jet. January 29, 1996.

[3] "HBO Max Acquires Season 2 Of 'David Makes Man', Five '90s-Era WBTV Sitcoms". Deadline Hollywood. November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

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+| starring             = {{Plainlist|
+* Robert Townsend
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+* [[Kenny Blank]]
+* [[Reagan Gomez-Preston]]
+* Curtis Williams
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+* Bobby McGee
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+* [[Faizon Love]]
+* Tyrone Dorzell Burton
+* [[Kelly Perine]]
+}}
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+}}
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-| executive_producer   = Robert Townsend <small>(entire run)</small><br>Andrew Nicholls &<br>Darrell Vickers <small>(season 1)</small><br>[[Dennis Rinsler]]<br>[[Marc Warren (TV producer)|Marc Warren]] <small>(seasons 2-4)</small><br>Loretha Jones <small>(seasons 4-5)</small><br>[[Warren Hutcherson]] <small>(seasons 5)</small>
+* Robert Townsend
+* Andrew Nicholls
+* Darrell Vickers
+* [[Dennis Rinsler]]
+* [[Marc Warren (TV producer)|Marc Warren]]
+* Loretha Jones
+* [[Warren Hutcherson]]
+}}
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+* [[Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers|Highest Common Denominator Productions]] (Season 1)
-| distributor          = [[Warner Bros. Television|Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution]]
+* [[Townsend Entertainment|The Townsend Entertainment Company]] (Seasons 2–5)
+* Warren & Rinsler Productions (Seasons 2–4)
+* [[Warner Bros. Television]]
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-'''''The Parent 'Hood''''' is an American [[sitcom]] television series that aired on [[The WB]] from January 18, 1995 to July 25, 1999. The series starred [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]] and [[Suzzanne Douglas]]. Originally to be titled ''Father Knows Nothing'' (a parody of the title of the 1950s sitcom ''[[Father Knows Best]]''),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105131034/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15671161.html It's comedy for WB Network], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'' (via HighBeam Research), August 15, 1994.</ref> the series was one of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original Wednesday-night two-hour lineup that helped launch The WB network (along with ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'', ''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'', and the short-lived ''[[Muscle (TV series)|Muscle]]'').<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VzsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=suzzanne+douglas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiou4TvmfnLAhXI4yYKHX8LAkc4ChDoAQglMAI#v=onepage&q=suzzanne%20douglas&f=false Robert Townsend Gives Positive View Of Black Family On The Parent 'Hood - JET Magazine - January 29, 1996]</ref>
+'''''The Parent 'Hood''''' is an American [[sitcom]] television series that aired on [[The WB]] from January 18, 1995, to July 25, 1999. The series starred [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]] and [[Suzzanne Douglas]]. Originally to be titled ''Father Knows Nothing'' (a parody of the title of the 1950s sitcom ''[[Father Knows Best]]''),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coe |first=Steve |date=August 15, 1994 |title=It's Comedy for WB Network |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15671161.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105131034/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15671161.html |archive-date=2012-11-05 |website=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> the series was one of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original two-hour Wednesday night lineup that helped launch The WB (along with ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'', ''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'', and the short-lived ''[[Muscle (TV series)|Muscle]]'').<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 29, 1996 |title=Robert Townsend Gives Positive View of Black Family on The Parent 'Hood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VzsDAAAAMBAJ&dq=suzzanne+douglas&pg=PA24 |magazine=Jet}}</ref>
+From November 2021 to 2023, ''The Parent 'Hood'' streamed several episodes on [[HBO Max]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/hbo-max-david-makes-man-martin-jamie-foxx-show-hangin-with-mr-cooper-1234865327/|title=HBO Max Acquires Season 2 Of 'David Makes Man', Five '90s-Era WBTV Sitcoms|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 1, 2021|access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref>
-==Summary==
-The series is about the Petersons, an upper-middle-class black family in [[Harlem]], New York City. Robert Peterson ([[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]]) is a college [[professor]] at [[New York University]] and his wife Jerri ([[Suzzanne Douglas]]) is a [[legal education|law student]], and they are trying to balance their lives, their work, and their four kids. The eldest two, 16-year-old Michael ([[Kenny Blank]]) and 15-year-old Zaria ([[Reagan Gomez-Preston]]), are eager to spread their wings, experiment, and avoid been seen with their not-quite-cool parents. Nicholas ([[Curtis Williams]]) is a bright-eyed 8-year-old who has discovered the joys of mischief. 4-year-old Cece (Ashli Amari Adams) is the darling of the family. Robert's childhood buddy Wendell ([[Faizon Love]]) offers his own unique viewpoint. 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 nontraditional solutions to traditional family problems.  Many critics from news organizations such as the [[Associated Press]] and ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'' often referred to the show as ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' of the 1990s.
-===Cast changes===
+== Premise ==
+The series revolves around  a former Black English professor, Robert Peterson, who must cope with fatherhood after his wife, Jerri decides to return to the [[Job|working field]]  to their four children which they share in their [[brownstone|brownstone townhouse]] in an [[upper middle class]] [[Manhattan]] neighborhood. Robert quickly learns that he needs to rule his house with an iron fist as he realizes the world his kids are growing up in was different from how he grew up.
-Throughout its 5-season run, each season brought cast changes, some unexplained. [[Carol Woods]], who played Mrs. Wilcox, the housekeeper and Wendell's mother, left the series after the first season, along with Bobby McGee, who played one of Robert's childhood friends. [[Faizon Love]], a recurring character in season one, became a regular in season two. At the end of the third season, [[Kenny Blank]], who played Michael Peterson, left the series; at the beginning of the next season his character was explained to be off at college. Blank's departure also saw the exits of [[Nigel Thatch]], who had played Zaria's militant but loveable boyfriend Shakeim, and [[Tasha Scott]], who was Zaria's friend and the lead singer in Michael's band. Season three ended with an unexplained cliffhanger, with Shakeim starting Morehouse College early-admission and Skye ([[Shyheim]]), another member of Michael's band, confessing his feelings for Zaria. Shakeim decides to stay and attend NYU in the fall instead; as Zaria and Skye discuss it, Shakeim walks into the room and Zaria runs upstairs. Tyrone Dorzell Burton was introduced as streetwise kid T.K. in the season-four premiere, which focused on him and his situation. '' [[Hollywood Insider]]'' reported that WB was cancelling the series in May 1998, leaving another cliffhanger, but the network gave the series a last-minute 13-episode renewal for midseason. Faizon Love left at that time and [[Kelly Perine]] was brought on as Robert's brother Kelly.
+==Cast==
-===The later seasons===
+* [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]] as Robert Peterson
-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 explained as him going off to college, and a troubled teenager from [[juvenile hall]], T.K., joined the household. T.K.'s father ([[Richard Lawson (actor)|Richard Lawson]]) was an ex-convict, and his mother ([[Bern Nadette Stanis]]) was a drug addict who literally 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. During this season, more teenage storylines were employed including domestic abuse, peer pressure and Robert reaching out to many of T.K.'s street friends trying to help them change their lives; one character, "Boo" (played by the rapper [[Da Brat]]), gets her high-school diploma thanks to Robert and T.K.
+* [[Suzzanne Douglas]] as Geraldine "Jerri" Peterson
+* [[Kenny Blank]] as Michael Peterson (seasons 1–3)
-In the 1997-98 fourth-[[season finale]], T.K. gets into a fight with several thugs (including [[Tyrese Gibson]]), and Robert tries to talk him out the situation. Robert and T.K. leave and the thugs fire a gun, ending the episode on a [[cliffhanger]]. The show's final season was placed on hiatus after this episode and didn't return until May 30, 1999, a year after the season finale aired. In the fifth season's first episodes, Jerri has finally had enough of T.K. due to the shooting, but before he moves out of the house, he and family check on Robert, who has fallen into a coma; in the coma, Robert meets [[guardian angel]] Max ([[Barry Sobel]]), who convinces Robert to change his mind about the shooting and T.K; when Robert awakens, all is forgiven. In later episodes, T.K. tries to get his act together and sees his mom again; he decides he wants to move back in with her, but she relapses back into substance abuse and the Petersons tell T.K. their home is always open to him. In the last episode, which was not produced or written as the last episode, Jerri and Robert renew their wedding vows and the cast dances a ''[[Soul Train]]'' line into the final commercial break.
+* [[Reagan Gomez-Preston]] as Zaria Peterson
+* Curtis Williams as Nicholas Peterson
+* Ashli Amari Adams as Cecilia "CeCe" Peterson
+* Bobby McGee as Derek Sawyer (season 1)
+* [[Carol Woods]] as Mrs. Wilcox (season 1)
+* [[Faizon Love]] as Wendell Wilcox (seasons 2–4, main; season 1, recurring)
+* Tyrone Dorzell Burton as T.K. Anderson (seasons 4–5)
+* [[Kelly Perine]] as Kelly Peterson (season 5)
 ==Episodes==
 {{main|List of The Parent 'Hood episodes}}
 {{:List of The Parent 'Hood episodes}}
-==Cast==
-*[[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]] as Robert Peterson, a college professor and strict-disciplinarian father. He is modeled after The Cosby Show's Cliff Huxtable.
-*[[Suzzanne Douglas]] as Geraldine "Jerri" Peterson, a law student and mother of four kids. She is modeled after Clair Huxtable from ''The Cosby Show''.
-*[[Kenny Blank]] as Michael Peterson (seasons 1–3)
-*[[Reagan Gomez-Preston]] as Zaria Peterson
-*[[Curtis Williams]] as Nicholas Peterson
-*Ashli Amari Adams as Cecilia "CeCe" Peterson
-*Bobby McGee as Derek Sawyer (season 1)
-*[[Carol Woods]] as Mrs. Wilcox (season 1)
-*[[Faizon Love]] as Wendell Wilcox (seasons 2–4, main; 1, recurring)
-*Tyrone Dorzell Burton as T.K. Anderson (seasons 4–5)
-*[[Kelly Perine]] as Kelly Peterson (season 5)
-==Syndication==
-In September 1999, ''The Parent 'Hood'' began in off-network syndication, with [[Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution]] handling its syndication. At the same time, [[Chicago]]-based national cable [[superstation]] [[WGN America|WGN]] began airing reruns of it, with the series airing until 2002 (when its broadcast syndication run also ended); both [[WGN-TV|the local Chicago feed]] and the national superstation feed of WGN aired ''The Wayans Bros.'' in first-run form from 1995 to 1999, when WGN aired WB programming nationally to make The WB available to markets where a local affiliate did not exist (''The Parent 'Hood'' is one of four WB series to air on WGN in first-run and syndication form; ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'', ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'' and ''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'' are the others). Episodes aired on [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] from 2002 to 2007 as well as [[TV One (U.S. TV network)|TV One]]. In January 2015, [[Bounce TV]] began airing reruns of the series. In September 2018, Episodes began to air on the [[Starz]] Channel.
 ==References==
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 * {{IMDb title|id=0112115}}
-* {{Tv.com show|the-parent-hood-1995|The Parent &#39;Hood}}
 * {{Epguides|id=ParentHood}}
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+[[Category:The WB sitcoms]]