In the House (TV series)

For the British sitcom, see Cleopatra (band).
In the House
Genre Sitcom
Created by Winifred Hervey
Starring
Theme music composer Quincy Jones III
Theodore Miller
Composer(s)
  • Anthony Hale, Jr (1995–96)
  • Theodore Miller(1996–98)
  • Kurt Farquhar (1999)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 76 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Bob Burris
  • Gary Hardwick
  • Winifred Hervey
  • Quincy Jones
  • Michael Ware
  • David Salzman
Producer(s) Walter Allen Bennett, Jr.
Teri Schaffer Hicks
Michelle Jones
Werner Walian
Running time 22 mins. (approx)
Production company(s)
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1999–present)
Release
Original network
  • NBC (1995–99)
  • UPN (1996–98)
Original release April 10, 1995 – August 11, 1999

In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season, where it remained for an additional two seasons until it was canceled again in May 1998;[1] the final fifth season aired again on NBC from August 3–11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J and Maia Campbell.

Synopsis

Marion Hill (LL Cool J) is a former professional football player with the Los Angeles Raiders. Because of his financial predicament, Marion is forced to rent out most of the rooms in his house to newly divorced single mother Jackie Warren (Debbie Allen) and her two children, Tiffany (Maia Campbell) and Austin (Jeffery Wood).[2]

After the second season, the series was retooled, becoming more adult oriented. Jackie and Austin both moved back East while Tiffany stayed with Marion to finish high school. Joining the cast for the third season was former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro as Dr. Maxwell "Max" Stanton and In Living Color cast member Kim Wayans as Tonia Harris. Both Maxwell and Tonia helped Marion manage the Los Angeles sports clinic he owns, then Kim leaves after Season 4, and Tiffany leaves after only two episodes in Season 5.[3]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
16April 10, 1995 (1995-04-10)May 15, 1995 (1995-05-15)NBC
220September 18, 1995 (1995-09-18)May 13, 1996 (1996-05-13)
322August 26, 1996 (1996-08-26)May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)UPN
422August 25, 1997 (1997-08-25)April 7, 1998 (1998-04-07)
56August 3, 1999 (1999-08-03)August 11, 1999 (1999-08-11)NBC

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air connection

In the House and Fresh Prince were both executive produced by Winifred Hervey, David Salzman and Quincy Jones. During the second season's first episode, Alfonso Ribeiro and Tatyana Ali appeared as their Fresh Prince characters (Carlton and Ashley Banks) in the crossover episode "Dog Catchers". Later that season, James Avery (Phillip Banks) appeared as a mediator in the episode "Love on a One-Way Street".

Lark Voorhies, who appeared as Mercedes Langford, Maxwell Stanton's (Alfonso Ribeiro) girlfriend turned wife, also played Cindy, a character who was romantically involved with Ribeiro's Fresh Prince character, Carlton Banks. In the Season 4 episode "My Pest Friend's Wedding", James Avery and Daphne Maxwell Reid (Vivian Banks) guest starred as Dr. Maxwell Stanton's parents. Both Avery and Reid portrayed the parents of Ribeiro's Fresh Prince character. Joseph Marcell, who played the wisecracking Geoffrey Butler on Fresh Prince, also appeared as an officiating minister in the same episode.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Notable guest stars

U.S. television ratings

Season TV Season Network Ratings Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 1995 NBC #44[4] 11.1[4]
2 1995–1996 NBC #59[5] 9.4[5]
3 1996–1997 UPN #189[6] 3.3[6]
4 1997–1998 UPN #152[7] 2.8[7]
5 1999 NBC N/A N/A

Awards and nominations

Year Award Result Category Recipient
1996 Young Artist Awards Nominated Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten – Television Jeffery Wood
Best Performance by a Young Actress – TV Comedy Series Maia Campbell
NAACP Image Awards Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series John Amos
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series LL Cool J
Outstanding Comedy Series
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1997 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series LL Cool J
1998 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series LL Cool J
Won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Alfonso Ribeiro
1999 Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Alfonso Ribeiro
1997 Emmy Award Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series Art Busch (For episode "Curse of the Hill House")

Syndication

The show aired in off-network syndication during the 1999–2000 season, the series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local UPN's affiliation WWOR-TV until it was replaced by The Jamie Foxx Show reruns in fall 2000, and on TV One from 2004–2008. On June 13, 2016 BET airs reruns of the show in the earlier months on the weekdays in random times. Soon, this show reruns only in the overnight hours from 2:30AM to 4:00AM on Fridays until the week of August 29 to September 2, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Jenny Hontz (1998-05-21). "UPN shakes up fall sked". Variety. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Debbie Allan LL Cool J win laughs in new TV show 'In the House.'". Jet. 1995-04-25. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  3. ↑ Whetstone, Muriel L. (October 1996). "Cosby is back, but Black-oriented shows decline". Ebony. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  4. 1 2 "Complete TV Ratings 1994–1995". Fbibler.chez.com. 2002-07-26. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  5. 1 2 "Complete TV Ratings 1995–1996". Fbibler.chez.com. 2002-07-26. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  6. 1 2 "Complete TV Ratings 1996–1997". Fbibler.chez.com. 2002-07-26. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  7. 1 2 "Final Ratings for '97–'98 TV Season". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1998-05-25.
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