In the House | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Winifred Hervey |
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Quincy Jones III Theodore Miller |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 76 (list of episodes) |
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Producer(s) | Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. Teri Schaffer Hicks Michelle Jones Werner Walian |
Running time | 22 mins. (approx) |
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Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1999–present) |
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Original release | April 10, 1995 – August 11, 1999 |
In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season, where it remained for an additional two seasons until it was canceled again in May 1998; the final fifth season aired again on NBC from August 3–11, 1999.In the House starred LL Cool J and Maia Campbell.
Marion Hill (LL Cool J) is a former professional football player with the Los Angeles Raiders. Because of his financial predicament, Marion is forced to rent out most of the rooms in his house to newly divorced single mother Jackie Warren (Debbie Allen) and her two children, Tiffany (Maia Campbell) and Austin (Jeffery Wood).
After the second season, the series was retooled, becoming more adult oriented. Jackie and Austin both moved back East while Tiffany stayed with Marion to finish high school. Joining the cast for the third season was former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro as Dr. Maxwell "Max" Stanton and In Living Color cast member Kim Wayans as Tonia Harris. Both Maxwell and Tonia helped Marion manage the Los Angeles sports clinic he owns, then Kim leaves after Season 4, and Tiffany leaves after only two episodes in Season 5.
The show aired in off-network syndication during the 1999–2000 season, the series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local UPN's affiliation WWOR-TV until it was replaced by The Jamie Foxx Show reruns in fall 2000, and on TV One from 2004–2008. On June 13, 2016 BET airs reruns of the show in the earlier months on the weekdays in random times. Soon, this show reruns only in the overnight hours from 2:30AM to 4:00AM on Fridays until the week of August 29 to September 2, 2016. The Series now reruns on Centric as of late December 2016.