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 (1995-01-18) – July 25, 1999 (1999-07-25)

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), 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).

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

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 upper middle class apartment brownstone in Manhattan. 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

Main article: List of The Parent 'Hood episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			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)

External links

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