LIVING SINGLE (1993) Officially Ended After This Happened..
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2023
- LIVING SINGLE (1993) Officially Ended After This Happened..
Living Single, created by Yvette Lee Bowser, premiered on FOX in 1993 and featured an all-Black cast of roommates living in Brooklyn, New York. It was an immediate and "unexpected" hit, according to Entertainment Weekly in 1994. I know you already heard me talk about the image the show presented of black people, but that part really cannot be overemphasized. To put that into proper context, all the jobs of the characters on the show include stockbroker, attorney, and magazine editor, as opposed to the representation of people of color in those days.
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Living single was friends before friends
10× better than friends, it was actually funny & had a cast of talented people.
I was always a Seinfeld person, never got into friends the rival at that time. Living Single was a great show and had great characters and actors..
@@mutongoriaI love Seinfeld and Friends.
I never even watched Friends. I have seen some clips, but I would have much rather had more seasons of Seinfeld. But I loved " Living Single"!
Didn’t they take the concept from this show?
Living Single Was The BOMB 😂
It was
so much so they stole the idea and made a white version called Friends
I wish they reboot it. I loved they were ghetto and rachet. Just 4 classy females that were had great careers. Not degrading themselves.
When ever a Black Television show is successful cancelation is inevitable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New York undercover was another
One of my favorite shows as kid got canceled after one season. "My brother and me."
Plain and simple..peace
Very few Black shows are allowed make it to syndication. The industry tends to drop them right before they reach it. Thus avoiding the long term payout.
Cancellation and theft of the idea.💯
Just wanted to mention Erika Alexander also guest appeared on Black Lightning, which reunited her with Cress Williams aka Scooter. As a fan of Living Single, I was excited to see that connection. Oh, and I was excited to see her and T.C. Carson reprise their Max & Kyle characters on Half&Half tv show.
I was just gonna mention Half and Half. They were always making Living Single references on that show as well, I think because it was the same production company or something. You know, the one with the lady on the windmill?🙂
@@sagittarius420cheefie😂"Woo-hoo" Yvette Lee Bowser
@@B_Millie 👍🤣
Yeah it was nice that they finally got married and were raising their daughter together
And was good to see Sinclair and Overton on Kyla pratts show One on One as her best friend Spirit’s parents
Max still got it going on
She was SOOO fine 💯💯 💯
Her and Regina were my favorite both can still get it max looks better now for some reason
She was always my favorite and Kyle and her always had that good chemistry
Losing Living Single hurt my feelings 😪, especially when they gave The cast of Friends a million dollars 💵 an episode for each of the final 18 shows
And it comes on every single day on TBS(FRIENDS) like that’s crazy 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤬🤬🤬🤬
@toniawaters8488 Living Single comes on TVOne every morning M-F with a evening marathon on Tuesdays. And the show also has an evening marathon M-F on VH1.
@@JAWrightonline When I say lost, I mean the fact that it only ran until 1998.....Re-runs don't count shoot bad shows have re 📺 runs
@@DeeDaKaang1 I was responding to Tonia Waters.
Have a Happy New Year, Kaang.
That's why they ended it!!! So their thing could take off! They didn't have a chance and never do when we get started first!!! They cannot beat us!!
I was very disappointed with how they ended the show in a cliffhanger. It was a huge devastation to the black community.
Right, I'm still glad it got to be a part of our pop culture history though.🙂❤️
That part next to The Fresh Pirnce of Bel-Air it has the greatest theme song of all-time
Well they did have a final episode
@@mhubbert3728 Yeah, but still was a huge let down.
What was the cliff hanger?
I watched Living Single all the time. Even as a white woman the stories and characters were iconic and relatable to me. I loved Kim Cole’s airhead with a big heart.
I mean the totally copy her character on friends, Phoebe.
Oh wow!!!!!!! Lol
In my personal opinion, I feel they were robbed. They stole their show and gave it to the show FRIENDS. This was a great show and it was not recognized. They stole their storyline and this is a shame.
Living Single is just like Friday,It'll Neva get OLD!!!!!!
The Fresh Prince wasn't inspired by Living Single. It was out 3 years prior, and two of the man characters played Wills girlfriend on the show.
Thought so as well. All in all, it was a great time for sitcoms black characters.
I was going to say this too. I don't know how they could have made this mistake.
Queen Latifah and Kim Fields played Will girlfriend's indeed on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
And it didn't premiere in the late 90's. They either didn't really do their research or just let AI make a video by pulling random stuff related to the show.
@@frankjumthis is an AI created video. It’s full of errors
They ended living single because friends needed to be bigger.
Never watched Friends… no one looked like me. I don’t believe they ever had any people of color on the show.
@Msdee321 They had Aisha Tyler on there for a little while in the later seasons and that's pretty much it.
And even then the main role she played was getting passed around by Ross, Joey and a one-off ex-boyfriend who of course, was also white.
Friends was not even remotely funny to me
Living Single will always be better than Friends
EVERY sitcom is better than Friends
Why can't they both be good in their own right. I guess the race wars must continue to satisfy the masses.
@@nikfury8 Not Homeboys in Outer Space...JS...
I like friends more and the stars on friends went further in their career than the actors in living single jmo
@@muttbonejones9822cause they're Jewish that's why. Nobody from the friends cast is funny. Seinfeld either👎
Queen latifah literally said the producer of Friends spoke to her about how envious he was of living single and would make a copy of it when he had the opportunity to do so.
Maxine aged beautifully 😍
Would be nice to bring it back, as older, successful adults
They already did that....
It's called the golden girls
This was my favorite show funny and talented actors. Now i want to watch it again.
Somebody owes us a Living Single movie
I never seen friends have a blk person as a friend. But living single had every races in the show.
They had that one black lady play Ross' girlfriend, Aisha Tyler, I think.
That show was so good, they had to take it off.
Who wrote this thing? Living Single didn't open the door for Fresh Prince. That show was on air 3 years BEFORE Living Single aired in 1993!
I came to the comments just to say or see this. I hate misinformation.
Sound like an AI wrote it
They also called 1993 the late 90s😂
@@Monroehutch5 😂😂
Living Single was one of my favorite shows. I have the full series on dvd and I watch it all the time. The chemistry between all of the cast was so nice. Plus, it reminds me of a period in time when the Sunday lineup included Martin and Living Single.
Damn i gotta get a dvd player. I got a playstation but ive had bad experiences using those for playing dvds. You just made me realize i gotta get one. I got all these great dvds and no player. Tv sucks its time to take a time travel.
@@therealsyxx I have a lot of family dvd's and other series. I prefer to have the dvd than to download. I download many things but keep the dvd player around.
Living single was the best show if there wasn't no Living single there wouldn't be no Friends......
I miss living single….
Its on HULU
@@saintnick4035 thanks!
Never even watched friends, only LIVING SINGLE
I’m 65 and I have NEVER watched friends nor will I ever.
Right 💯
SAME!!!!!
They should have put it in the contract that if Elvis comes along and copies your whole style anywhere in the universe for all time that they have to pay you.
How could the narrator not mention that TC carson. Was the voice of one of playstations biggest game franchise of all time. The original kratos of god of war.
TC Carson will always be my Kratos, all anyone ever mentions is the stargate guy
@@michaelmatthews3261 Facts
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The Gods have abandoned him, now there is no hope...
Facts
Never forget that friends is a white copy of living single and fox after friends started airing started one of the most toxic scams ever pulled on a popular show
They broke them up to boost the ratings on Friends. But that's what they do to us when we are on top. Why can't we all be on top ? Everything is a competition. People won't see that we grow as a human race when we start working together. Love spreads Love ❤️.
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Living Single was never as popular as Friends. In fact, Living Single was competing with other black sitcoms that had far better promotion. Considering that Friends and Living Single were on competing networks, it makes no sense that Fox would kill the series to make a competing series do better. Friends just had much better promotion, and Living Single didn’t have the juice that other black sitcoms like Fresh Prince or Family Matters 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
Felt disrespected when this show was canceled not only this one not . To be honest I never watch friends ever
Very few Black shows are allowed make it to syndication. The industry tends to drop them right before they reach it. Thus avoiding the long term payout.
So true! 😡
This was out when I was a kid. I watched the pilot on Max and now I fully understand what they're talking about. Amazing show!! Love that I can watch it now as I'm approaching 40 and gone through some life experiences.
9:04 ...that's actually the late great Nell Carter...not Kim Coles.
🤦🏽♂️
All of the reasons you spoke played into the demise of “Living Single” and more.
It was an excellent show. I lived not far from that age group at the time of its airing.
I related to the show because it closely resembled my life and friends.
3 girls and 3 guys all moved from TX to NY upon graduating from college.
1 girl was my cousin. She was doing fairly well in auditions and landed several roles. I aspired to Act but never quite made it through, or even sometimes “to” auditions.
We all “Temped” until we gained permanent positions or landed a gig that sustained us.
We were close and still have contact with each other to this day.
Ironically, some of our personalities resembled those of Kyle and Sinclair.
One had the drive of Kadisha (not sure of the spelling), while another was a little like Regine. We had our own version of Maxine however. She would be the “Christian” version.
We didn’t have an Overton but we all had to be “handy” to survive the seasons in New York City.
The world was cheated when the show ended so abruptly. It was just getting good ( as the saying goes).
She never mentions how T.C. Carson became the God of war😂😂😂
Guess this type of channel don’t see any relevancy in video games🤷🏽
@nightxlynxs this woman mentioned other things about the actors that helped with their careers and how they went farther with it. Why not mention it? It's also almost like she focused on the negative things of T.C. Carson. Don't get me wrong, I'm trying to ride the man lol, but him voicing kratos made him a legend when it came to voice acting.
@@stevenrogers1052 Agreed💯, speaking of GOW, I wish they brought T.C. Carson back for the DLC as Young Kratos🤦🏽.
@nightxlynxs they actually tried to get the new kratos to do it and he refused out of respect for T.C.
Living Single debuted in 1993, not the late 90s 1:33
yeah the AI made a mistake
How you put lesbians ? Noone ever on that show had a lesbian encounter and why keep putting friends when you say"they dont make em like they used to " living single was out BEFORE friends. Its not " personal prejudice" if its a rip off and dont get knowledge for it... Ignorant person defintion is .....
I'm watching-FRIENDS-now,have 3 seasons on dvd,ordered them from amazon.
@@user-be7tc2bd6e beatiful thing...point being ? Just had two cents to add in ...
That thumb nail is click back. Sad to do this in order to get viewers.
Maxine and her short friend that was In college. But idknow
@@famousfeather6904 you talking about Charmaine from the Cosby Show.
1990s Thursday Nights FOX TV was Great.
Living Single started in 1992-93; 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' had been on since 1990.... 'Living Single' was a classic show because it was normal people who had their own lives dealing with reality and enjoying one another, no foolishness...the men were serious-minded with their occupations: a handy-man and a stock broker, so you have the money and the housing taken care of while the women embraced business as their neighbor, 'Maxine Shaw' was a lawyer and politician....The reality of the show was about feminism and economics for women but all those women needed men, that's the bottom line.
They didn't need men. They WANTED the companionship and live of genuine men. Don't retell this story with today's nonsensical narratives.
@@MrMP13 Well what happened at the end?... Max needed Kyle; Regine got her Prince Charming; Khadijah needed Scooter and Sinclaire needed Overton -- see, everything was covered at the end.
@@plainsimple244 no. In the end Max ended up with Kyle. They finally chose each other. Regine found the man who fit her after chasing toads. Khadija and Scooter realized they fit. And Sinclair and Overton ALWAYS HAD EACH OTHER! You frame shit in your current intellectual dysfunction to make yourself right but that isn't what happened. Cut the shit and get some therapy because something is clearly wrong with your mental evaluation.
I loved Living Single!
Also, in interviews, the 1992 movie Singles had been given credit to be the inspiration of Friends.
In Living Single was one of the best comedy shows that was on TV. I would never miss a show. I loved the cast. The show was very funny and it's a big miss for me. ❤
Just talked all that about the image and then calls Khadija a magazine editor...she was sole owner and editor.
They should have kept RUN THE WORLD on PEACOCK it was just as good. Sorry to see they drop the show
Narrator tripping Fresh Prince was out in thriving for years before Living Single even aired 😂😂😂 I’m from West Philly I said it! 😎
Later TC Carson would go in to voice one of the most impactful and iconic male characters in video games today.
This show was one of my favorites, we need more like it 😎
listen that thumbnail is diabolical!
Boy that thumbnail tho
It was a great show
Living Single was / is a great TV show and definitely the blueprint for the show Fiends. ( They ended Living single so promotion of friends to the masses ). concept theives
"Winky's Theme" was the song about her brother from her "Black Pearl" album.
I definitely loved watching Living Single in the 90's, but The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was already on airing before Living Single came out.
I love this show those were the days 🔥
That A.I. art on the screen cap is WILD 😂
Yo I was like what episode was that? When did "them" make a guest appearance 😂
The only reason I clicked on the vid 🤦🏾♂️😂😂
Its sad that Black actors labeled "difficult to work with" when they stand up for themselves. Yet white actors who actually are difficult to work with, still get opportunities!
to see such a difference of characters from Erika Alexander on the Cosby Show to Living Single is good acting on versatility.
It's funny she said it's not friends knowing that show stole they whole concept of this show
Why are there random clips of The Cosby Show in this video? 😂
Memories in the corners of my mind...❤
🎤"... of the way we were."
Im still in love with Erykah Alexander she was and still is bad asf 🥵
TC Carson suffered the Outspoken Black Man tragedy. If you're smart, strong and stand on your truth, the industry will bury you because they don't want a Strong Black Man building up a following of empowered Black Men
I still use whooo whooo til this day
Luving single was the orginal friends domt care what anyone says look at the entire show then friends make your conclusion.
Who was the Living Single dancer? She was the bomb 🤪😍 👏🏾
Leslie Segar b.k.a “Big Lez”
"Big Lez" Leslie Segar. She did a dope interview last year on The Frequency with Dee Barnes. Check it out
@@MrMP13 Thanks 👍🏾✌🏾
Big Les the dancer
Y’all dead wrong for that thumbnail 💀
Friends owe Living Single an apology.
Racism is always at the root cause for any black shows being cancelled.
As a 63 year old white woman in 2024, I loved this show when it aired and I certainly did see it and watch it well before I ever saw "Friends". I don't recall paying much attention to 'Friends' until years later when I caught re-runs of it on a cable channel. 'Living Single'? I watch it in re-runs every chance I get. Love the cast and the chemistry. The strength of friendship. And the characters come across as real. Not like the old "black" sitcoms (no knocks to 'Sanford & Son,' or 'Good Times' or the actors but really, those show's characters were portrayed very stereotypical as uneducated poor black folks.) 'Living Single' always seemed more realistic to me. I think I already mentioned, I still watch this show. :)
I was 20 when this show first aired, and then had the experience of watching it all over again with my then teenage daughter a few years back, because she absolutely loved it and wanted me to watch it with her.
I am on my 7th run of binge watching the reruns of that show. Continues to find it funny, entertaining and educational. Great jobs guys.
Tc was done wrong but found his place in santa monica studios. He voiced one of the greatest characters for Playstation Kratos from god of war and voices many characters from many animation and cartoons movies and tv. And Maxine from the show makes black comic books.
Aww i loved that show 😊
We not going to talk about that TC Carson ended out voicing the God of War Kratos
It's already been said the white shows stole from the black shows
Even the cast of living single said friends stole there idea and certain episodes
14:16 Getting told people hear you are difficult to work with and then walking out of the meeting kind of supports the original hearsay.
I’m sorry what happened to Carson. It’s like you get labeled for standing up for yourself and for fair treatment. SMH
Kyle went on to become Kratos.
I love this show! I remember being excited watching the first airing. Seeing Khadijah run a magazine resonated with me so much. I later launched my own publishing brand. #RepresentationMatters
I watched this show because of my mom. I dont regret a second, especially now
The original sitcom of "FRIENDS" LIVING TOGETHER... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT...😢 GIVE THESE CREATIVELY AMAZING HUMANS THEIR FLOWERS 💐 😍
That thumbnail is crazy lol
The thumbnail 😂😂
This is just for the Living Single crew. I'm 38 and yall were brilliant 👏. I remember the intro like I wrote it. ❤Queen Latifah. Love all yall, you all didn't get the credit. But I'll give it all day to yall👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏. And yall were better than friends. I like them to but yall were the first.
TC Carson need to be a writer and director. He would be perfect for that role.
If Friends can be dusted off and brought back then Living Single can. Question is….what exactly would it take for this to happen? If we had all the Black shows come back that made an impact that would be awesome. Living Single, Martin, A Different World, The Cosby Show (in whatever way possible due to the whole Bill Cosby scandal), Moesha, Family Matters, Good Times and The Jefferson’s. All these shows were not just for entertainment but encouraged positively. It’s some trash shows out here that been out for too long that are negative and teach nothing. The Black community needs more positive influences that look like us on tv. Representation is important.
My friends always said I was the 'Maxine' of the group 😂😂😂
You stated this show was before fresh prince. But I remember watching fresh prince a few years before living single was around.
I watched every episode of Living Single. Even named one of my daughters after a character.❤
Black people watched Living Single. I never saw Friends until it was in syndication.
Queen Latfah started out in 1988 and her first single was “wrath of my madness”… they don’t have their facts straight…
That thumbnail is vicious
This is the same show where friends came from. That's right the TV show Friends
Is anyone else seeing the outrageous thumbnail on this? Because where did those Ta-Tas to Tuesday come from on Max??
I honestly hate friends. I really can’t believe it was popular
That click bait thumbnail is unnecessary...... How are there two Erica Alexanders????
There was only 1, the other lady was Karen Malina. She played Charmaine Brown on The Cosby Show & A Different World
Is the thumbnail real??@@DeeDaKang1
@@mr.commenter395 No, that's something they made for clicks, but you clicked it so I guess it worked 🤷🏾♂️
@@DeeDaKang1 Now I know.
One of best shows ever.
Who would have ever guess that in real life. The girl who played Maxine Shaw attorney at law was married to a older nice so great shape wm for over 20 years. That's an insane realization 😳
A fantastic show, too bad Warner Brothers had them film in a crappy part of the lot with no heat!
Tc Carson is the original Kratos tho. And the best kratos
This show was the 1st & last of the decent contracts in the industry for us IN the industry. I've been independent every since. I don't feel bad for anyone that claims to be overworked. I agree that the industry is greedy. However, overworked, nah, you can always quit, walk away. Which is more important your career or your health 🤔?
I still watch this show even if I saw the episodes before . ❤️