The Gregory Hines Show
| The Gregory Hines Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Nat Bernstein Mitchel Katlin |
| Written by | Elaine Aronson Michael Carrington Lance Crouther Ron Darian Sy Dukane Michael Feldman Elin Hampton Ali LeRoi Denise Moss Alex Reid Kriss Turner |
| Directed by |
Bob Delegall Andrew D. Weyman |
| Starring |
Gregory Hines Brandon Hammond Wendell Pierce Mark Tymchyshyn Robin Riker Bill Cobbs Judith Shelton |
| Theme music composer | Rick Cutler |
| Composer(s) | Gregory Hines |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Elaine Aronson Nat Bernstein Sy Dukane Mitchel Katlin Denise Moss Fran Saperstein |
| Producer(s) | Michael Carrington Ron Darian Al Lowenstein Kriss Turner Andrew D. Weyman |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Katlin/Bernstein Productions Darric Productions CBS Productions Columbia TriStar Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 15, 1997 – February 27, 1998 |
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 that were produced.
The Gregory Hines Show was the only show on the Block Party lineup that was not produced by 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, was quickly shifting into a teen-oriented block that did not fit their style.
The series starred Gregory Hines as Ben Stevenson a Publishing agent and widower taking care of 12-year-old son Matty (Brandon Hammond). Following a year and a half after his wife's death, Ben decides to resume back into his social life, with dating women. Ben soon realizes that he has a lot to re-learn about women just as his son is learning about them for the first time. Even though Ben and Matty hardly had any trouble talking about anything before, now even the simplest conversation has become complicated, especially when the topic is the women in their lives. Now and then Ben would receive advice from his brother Carl (Wendell Pierce), his 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).
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