True Colors (TV series)
| True Colors | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Michael J. Weithorn |
| Written by | Peter Freedman Gregory Allen Howard Jeffrey Joseph Michael J. Weithorn |
| Directed by |
Peter Bonerz Stan Lathan Arlene Sanford Rob Schiller Carol Scott John Sgueglia |
| Starring |
Frankie Faison (Season 1) Cleavon Little (Season 2) Stephanie Faracy Claude Brooks Brigid Conley Walsh Adam Jeffries Nancy Walker |
| Theme music composer | Lennie Niehaus |
| Composer(s) | Gordon Lustig |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael J. Weithorn |
| Producer(s) | Faye Oshima Belyeu |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hanley Productions 20th Century-Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 2, 1990 – April 12, 1992 |
True Colors is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 2, 1990 to April 12, 1992 for a total of 45 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn, and featured an interracial marriage and a subsequent blended family.
Set in Baltimore, Ronald Freeman (Frankie Faison) is a widowed African-American dentist who marries Ellen Davis (Stephanie Faracy), a divorced white kindergarten teacher who was one of his patients. Ron has two sons from his first marriage, 17-year-old earnest conservative Terry (Claude Brooks) and daydreaming 14-year-old troublemaker Lester (Adam Jeffries), while Ellen has a teenage daughter, studious, cause-driven Katie (Brigid Conley Walsh). Ellen's ex-husband, Leonard (played in guest appearances by Paul Sand), who is accepting of her second marriage, would occasionally visit her while attempting to get his life back on track. Although the series did focus on race issues, most episodes focused on the family adjusting to their new living situation and the three children going through adolescence.
Another source of contention for the family was Ellen's divorced mother, Sara Bower (Nancy Walker), who also had moved into the household. Sara disapproved of her daughter's marriage, although in a more subdued manner than previous bigoted TV characters confronted with race relations (Archie Bunker, et al.), nor was it ever explicitly stated that she disapproved of her new son-in-law on account of race. Despite her wry jokes centering on the occasional pains she had in her life, Sara possessed spunk, had an active dating life, and even in time, formed a good relationship with Lester, who thought that his step-grandmother was quite hip. One hint towards her outlook was when Ron removed an abscess tooth of hers, to which her attitude changes at being relieved of so much pain. Sara then praises Ron as a genius and becomes generous towards her grandchildren.
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