That's My Mama
| That's My Mama | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Dan T. Bradley Allan L. Rice (developed by Stanley Ralph Ross) |
| Starring |
Clifton Davis Theresa Merritt Jester Hairston (Season 1) DeForest Covan (Season 1) Lynne Moody (Season 1) Ted Lange Teddy Wilson Lisle Wilson (Season 2) Joan Pringle (Season 2) Helen Martin (Season 2) |
| Theme music composer | Allan Blye Chris Bearde Gene Farmer (1974-1975) Lamont Dozier (1975) |
| Composer(s) |
Jack Eskew (1974-1975) Lamont Dozier (1975) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Allan Blye (1974-1975) Chris Bearde(1974-1975) David Pollock (1975) Elias Davis (1975) |
| Producer(s) | Walter N. Bien Gene Farmer |
| Running time | 25 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Blye-Beard Productions (season 1) Pollock/Davis, Inc. (season 2) Columbia Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 4, 1974 – December 24, 1975 |
That's My Mama is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 4, 1974 until December 24, 1975. There are 39 episodes of this series. That's My Mama was never a ratings success. It was not one of the top 30 most-watched U.S. programs in the Nielsen ratings for either the 1974–75 or 1975–76 television seasons. As a result, the series ended on Christmas Eve of 1975.
Set in a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the program revolved around the character Clifton Curtis (played by Clifton Davis), a man in his mid-20s who worked as a barber at Oscar's Barber Shop, the family barber shop he had inherited from his late father. While Clifton enjoyed being a bachelor, his loving, but tart-tongued and opinionated mother Eloise "Mama" Curtis, played by Theresa Merritt, wanted him to settle down and find a nice wife. Additional characters – such as Clifton's two best friends—Earl, played by Teddy Wilson, an easy-going mailman and Junior, played by Ted Lange, a suave and good-humored ladies' man—came and went over the course of a typical day at Oscar's Barber Shop. Other characters included Tracy, Clifton's little sister, played by Lynne Moody and later by Joan Pringle and her husband, Leonard, played by Lisle Wilson, as well as local seniors Josh and Wildcat, played by DeForest Covan and Jester Hairston. Clifton Davis and Hairston would work together again years later in the hit sitcom, Amen.
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