Fox replaces 'Rewind' with 'Living Single' series
In a last-minute scheduling decision for the fall season, Fox Broadcasting has pulled the new comedy "Rewind" from the lineup, replacing it with "Living Single," a fifth-season series that was being produced for a midseason time slot early next year. Fox's Thursday night lineup will be unveiled Sept. 11, with "Living Single" at 8, followed by the new comedy "Between Brothers" and the...
'Living Single' Is Living Large on Fox
Despite Criticism Over Male-Bashing and Sexual References, the Show Has Found an Audience
The table reading for the latest script of Fox's "Living Single" was under way, and the mood among the cast, producers and writers of the situation comedy was jubilant, almost celebratory.For a while, at least, the fact that a prominent news magazine had just singled out "Living Single" as a prime example of the flood of urban-oriented shows that perpetuate negative stereotypes didn't seem to matter.As the cast,...
THE CAST OF 'LIVING SINGLE' MAKES A STANDARD SITCOM FRESH FOX IS COUNTING ON TWO URBAN COMEDIES TO CRACK OPEN SUNDAYS
They've got sunshine on a cloudy day.And that's because the four lively, do-right women of "Living Single" have a sassy, outspoken attitude about men, love and life. They're sort of the flip side of "Martin," an ebony estrogen report for the '90s, or a quicker, hipper "Designing Women.""Living Single," which debuts at 8:30 tonight on Fox...
Living Single: By any name, `Single' a turkey
Whenever a network hastily changes the name of a new series -- in this case, only a few weeks before airing -- that usually spells trouble and an early ax.Such a merciful fate surely awaits "Living Single," formerly "My Girls," which by any name doesn't figure to last long. Simply put, it's awful.An alleged comedy dealing with four black women who work together at a struggling high-fashion magazine and share each...
HENTON FINDS A NEW COMEDY SITUATION CLEVELAND NATIVE LANDS ROLE IN 'THE HUGHLEYS.' CANCELLATION OF 'LIVING SINGLE' STILL PUZZLES HIM
Asked why he decided to take a role on the upcoming ABC comedy The Hughleys, John Henton said, "Well, basically, my last show was canceled."The Cleveland native spent the last five TV seasons playing Overton Wakefield Jones on the Fox comedy Living Single. He's still angry about the bumpy course of the series' final season, when Fox took it off the air, brought it back for 13 episodes, then dropped it for good. "It was very...