The First Family (TV series)
| The First Family | |
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| Genre | Family sitcom |
| Created by | Byron Allen |
| Starring |
Christopher B. Duncan Kellita Smith Jackée Harry Khylin Rhambo Yara Shahidi Sayeed Shahidi Layla Crawford John Witherspoon |
| Theme music composer | Brian Wayy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 36 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Byron Allen Scott Satin Carolyn Folks Jennifer Lucas Kriss Turner |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 20 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Entertainment Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 22, 2012 – April 25, 2015 |
| External links | |
| www |
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The First Family was an American sitcom that debuted in first-run syndication in the United States on September 22, 2012. Created by Byron Allen and produced by Allen's production company Entertainment Studios, the series (along with Mr. Box Office, which debuted the same weekend and is also produced by Entertainment Studios) is the first situation comedy to air in first-run syndication since the 2000 cancellation of Malibu, CA.
The series centers on William Johnson (Christopher B. Duncan), a Democrat who attempts to balance his family life with his wife Katherine (Kellita Smith) and their two sons and two daughters as they adjust to living in the White House, while maintaining his duties as the second African-American and 45th overall President of the United States. William, in turn, also has to deal with other family members, including his father Alvin (John Witherspoon) and his boisterous sister-in-law Pauletta (Jackée Harry), who despite their constant bickering will sometimes partner up for various schemes.
The First Family is primarily syndicated to stations affiliated with The CW and MyNetworkTV and to independent stations for broadcast in weekend primetime timeslots. The series will produce a total of 104 episodes, borrowing a similarly-formatted episode order as several sitcoms produced and distributed by Debmar-Mercury, such as Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Anger Management (though the aforementioned Debmar-Mercury produced programs operated under a syndication model where the programs were sold to cable networks with an initial ten-episode order, and obtained an additional order of at least 90 episodes if the series was successful). The series, which was sold as part of a two-hour comedy block with Mr. Box Office, was initially picked up by stations owned by Tribune Broadcasting, Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations; by May 2012, the program had been sold to stations in markets covering approximately 85% of the United States.
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