The Gregory Hines Show

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|genre = Sitcom

|creator = Nat Bernstein
Mitchel Katlin

|writer = Elaine Aronson
Michael Carrington
Lance Crouther
Ron Darian
Sy Dukane
Michael Feldman
Elin Hampton
Ali LeRoi
Denise Moss
Alex Reid
Kriss Turner

|director = Bob Delegall
Andrew D. Weyman

|starring = Gregory Hines
Wendell Pierce
Robin Riker
Brandon Hammond
Mark Tymchyshyn
Judith Shelton
Bill Cobbs

|theme_music_composer = Rick Cutler

|composer = Gregory Hines

|country = United States

|language = English

|num_seasons = 1

|num_episodes = 22 (7 unaired)

|executive_producer = Elaine Aronson
Nat Bernstein
Sy Dukane
Mitchel Katlin
Denise Moss
Fran Saperstein

|producer = Michael Carrington
Ron Darian
Al Lowenstein
Kriss Turner
Andrew D. Weyman

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|runtime = 26 minutes

|company = Katlin/Bernstein Productions
Darric Productions
CBS Productions
Columbia TriStar Television

|channel = CBS

|first_aired = {{Start date|1997|9|15}}

|last_aired = {{End date|1998|2|27}}

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The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997, before airing on September 19, 1997, as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup. It ended its run on February 27, 1998, with 15 episodes aired out of the 22 that were produced.

Background

The Gregory Hines Show was the only show on the Block Party lineup that was not produced by Warner Bros. Television or Miller-Boyett Productions. Compared to the Miller-Boyett series, The Gregory Hines Show was markedly more mature in its themes; Leslie Moonves, incoming head of CBS at the time, described the inclusion of the show in the block as an effort to target the whole family, and executives at Miller-Boyett were fully pleased to have the show in the block, as TGIF, the block for which they had previously produced shows for the ABC-TV network, was quickly shifting into a teen-oriented block that did not fit their style.{{cite news|title= He's A Goober But CBS Has A Lot Riding On Urkel TV| url= https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/07/18/hes-a-goober-but-cbs-has-a-lot-riding-on-urkel-tv/| work=Orlando Sentinel| author=Hal Boedeker| date=July 18, 1997| access-date=October 18, 2012}}

Premise

The series starred Gregory Hines as Ben Stevenson, a publishing agent and widower raising 12-year-old son Matty (Brandon Hammond). A year and a half after his wife's death, Ben decides to resume his social life and begin dating again. He soon realizes that he has a lot to re-learn about women, just as his son is learning about them for the first time. Ben and Matty had previously had no trouble talking about anything, but now even the simplest conversation has become complicated, especially when the topic is the women in their lives. Now and then Ben receives advice from his brother Carl (Wendell Pierce), his widowed father James (Bill Cobbs), as well as his co-worker Alex (Mark Tymchyshyn), Alex's ex-wife, Nicole (Robin Riker) and his assistant Angela (Judith Shelton).

Cast

Gregory Hines as Ben Stevenson
Wendell Pierce as Carl Stevenson, Ben's younger brother
Robin Riker as Nicole Moran, Ben's co-worker
Brandon Hammond as Matthew "Matty" Stevenson, Ben's son
Mark Tymchyshyn as Alex Butler, Ben's other co-worker and Nicole's former husband
Judith Shelton as Angela Rice, Ben's assistant
Bill Cobbs as James Stevenson, Ben's widowed father

Episodes

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|Title = Pilot

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Mitchel Katlin & Nat Bernstein

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|9|15}}

|Viewers = 14.14{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385768/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 15–21, 1997)|date=September 24, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Basketball Jones

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Michael Feldman

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|9|19}}

|Viewers = 7.79

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Flirting with Disaster

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Elaine Aronson

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|9|26}}

|Viewers = 8.66{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41307958/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 22–28, 1997)|date=October 1, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = Epilogue to a Kiss

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Kriss Turner

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|10|3}}

|Viewers = 8.41{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41301856/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Sept. 29–Oct. 5, 1997)|date=October 8, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = Boys' Night In

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Alan Kirschenbaum

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|10|10}}

|Viewers = 7.77{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41385682/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 6–12, 1997)|date=October 15, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = Catcher on the Train

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|10|17}}

|Viewers = 8.20{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41309132/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 13–19, 1997)|date=October 22, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Sofa, So Good

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Michael Carrington

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|10|24}}

|Viewers = 7.44{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41386271/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 20–26, 1997)|date=October 29, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Eight and a Half Months

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Denise Moss & Sy Dukane

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|10|31}}

|Viewers = 7.48{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41295054/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 27–Nov. 2, 1997)|date=November 5, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = The Man Called Uncle

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|11|14}}

|Viewers = 8.18{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41313879/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 10–16, 1997)|date=November 19, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Three's Not Company

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Kriss Turner

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|12|15}}

|Viewers = 11.01{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41315246/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Dec. 15–21, 1997)|date=December 24, 1997|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = To Volunteer is Human

|DirectedBy = Bob Delegall

|WrittenBy = Michael Feldman

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|1|9}}

|Viewers = 9.80{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41373787/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 5–11, 1998)|date=January 14, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = Love Thy Neighbor

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Michael Carrington

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|1|16}}

|Viewers = 10.01{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41371569/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 12–18, 1998)|date=January 21, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = James Stevenson Stands Alone

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|1|23}}

|Viewers = 9.12{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41308151/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 19–25, 1998)|date=January 28, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = Carpe Diem

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|Viewers = 8.86{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41302921/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 26–Feb. 1, 1998)|date=February 4, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = Per Chance to Dance

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|Viewers = 6.63{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41373362/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 23–March 1, 1998)|date=March 4, 1998|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}

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|Title = Wahunthra

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|WrittenBy = Sy Dukane & Denise Moss

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|Title = Get Smarter

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|Title = Anita the Hun

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|EpisodeNumber = 19

|Title = Sister-in-Law, Sister-in-Law

|DirectedBy = Andrew D. Weyman

|WrittenBy = Elaine Aronson

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|EpisodeNumber = 20

|Title = Mug the One You're With

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|WrittenBy = Sy Dukane & Denise Moss

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|Title = Ben-Her

|DirectedBy = Bob Delegall

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|EpisodeNumber = 22

|Title = I'll See You All in Health

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References

External links

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Category:1990s American black sitcoms

Category:1997 American television series debuts

Category:1998 American television series endings

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:Television shows set in Chicago

Category:Television series by CBS Studios

Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television

Category:CBS sitcoms