South Central TV Show | Season 1 | Episode 1 | ‘Pilot’

Episode Synopsis:
Joan objects when Andre purchases a beeper. Although he insists that he needs it to keep his social life in order, Joan believes the beeper will make him a target for drug dealers or gang members. She orders him to get rid of it. Joan finds herself out of work after a series of layoffs by the school district.
Show Background:
South Central was an American comedy series that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994. The series was set in 1990's South Central Los Angeles, and dealt with the lives of an African American family, the Moseleys, and issues such as gang violence, drugs, dating, sex, school, and unemployment.
Creator: Ralph Farquhar & Michael J. Weithorn
Stars: Tina Lifford, Larenz Tate, Tasha Scott, Keith Mbulo, Paula Kelly & Ken Page

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  • @Multifacted_Brotha
    @Multifacted_Brotha3 жыл бұрын

    This show was ahead of it's time.. A show like this would probably be more successful in today's world.

  • @omegawicked1

    @omegawicked1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah

  • @moniquemayfield116

    @moniquemayfield116

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Yoyi Yoyo you got a point there..

  • @lavonwarren7478

    @lavonwarren7478

    3 жыл бұрын

    It definitely shows all of the everyday struggles. The reason they canceled it was because it could have possibly woke up a lot of the black community.

  • @thekiddsean33026

    @thekiddsean33026

    2 жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @wonderwoman5732

    @wonderwoman5732

    2 жыл бұрын

    The best thing to do is to talk to your children about drugs, gangs, etc.

  • @ccb.8603
    @ccb.8603 Жыл бұрын

    She treated Andre like a baby but treated Tasha likes she was a maid😅

  • @mrblue___

    @mrblue___

    6 ай бұрын

    That's why a father's needed to balance things out

  • @AdrienneMoore-rr9xi

    @AdrienneMoore-rr9xi

    6 ай бұрын

    Exactly 💯 but that's how blk mothers treated their daughters most of the time.

  • @Prettygirlkp215

    @Prettygirlkp215

    3 ай бұрын

    @@AdrienneMoore-rr9xiRightttttt Exactly Facts💯💯💯✊🏾

  • @jasonpence682

    @jasonpence682

    20 күн бұрын

    If the dad was there it would b reversed...an or kinda even

  • @Danirey02

    @Danirey02

    8 күн бұрын

    @@AdrienneMoore-rr9xiand Latina mothers

  • @markthomas8856
    @markthomas88562 жыл бұрын

    I'm 40 .. This show bring back so many memories. Wow. Great times💯

  • @Prettygirlkp215

    @Prettygirlkp215

    3 ай бұрын

    Righttttttt exactly 💯💯💯

  • @wejuggernautentertainmentl3156
    @wejuggernautentertainmentl3156 Жыл бұрын

    “Nothing gets me going like the smell of gun powder in the morning” 💀

  • @darilyntyrese5935
    @darilyntyrese59354 жыл бұрын

    What a smash!! America wasn’t ready for this level of honesty on network TV. Thank you for posting this.

  • @NorthPhilly-zr7xc

    @NorthPhilly-zr7xc

    4 жыл бұрын

    if this came out today it would be huge

  • @jmax8963

    @jmax8963

    3 жыл бұрын

    I loved this show!!!

  • @YouBigDummy

    @YouBigDummy

    3 жыл бұрын

    That doesn't make any sense, what the hell are you talking about?

  • @TracyGJacksonTV

    @TracyGJacksonTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, even though I was 1 when it premiered and turned 2 on June 1,1994 and it ended 6 days later. Thank god for the internet, but South Central was honest and it could have been a hit despite the fact that it only lasted 10 episodes.

  • @markthomas8856

    @markthomas8856

    2 жыл бұрын

    💯

  • @a.tayborn9754
    @a.tayborn97543 жыл бұрын

    This show was so popular. We used to run in the house to watch it! Then it just never came back

  • @koolpopjones6499
    @koolpopjones64994 жыл бұрын

    Forgotten classic 90s show.

  • @FHernandez623
    @FHernandez623 Жыл бұрын

    Seeing family running for the one phone ringing in the house really hits!! 😅😢

  • @Oscar_415
    @Oscar_4154 жыл бұрын

    Best era for tv and music

  • @TierraScarborough
    @TierraScarborough Жыл бұрын

    This and Roc are two of my favorite deep 90s shows

  • @cynthiaalzora5940

    @cynthiaalzora5940

    3 ай бұрын

    Roc is Da Truth!! I love that show!! Plus Joey was SO FINE!!🥰

  • @XxMayhem88

    @XxMayhem88

    2 ай бұрын

    Both cancelled by FOX smh

  • @nourishedattiffanys

    @nourishedattiffanys

    Ай бұрын

    I remember going to one of the tapings of Roc, wow good times.

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    @@cynthiaalzora5940you fine your damn self

  • @Michelle_Michelle___
    @Michelle_Michelle___10 ай бұрын

    It’s so frustrating how the mom REFUSES to listen to her daughter and hear her out. Forcing her to grow up so fast, ignoring and disregarding her feelings. Ugh! It’s so triggering to watch.

  • @YungChaseShawty

    @YungChaseShawty

    6 ай бұрын

    That’s how my mom was to me thank god i finally left and living my own life fr 💆🏽‍♂️

  • @aprilrenae
    @aprilrenae5 ай бұрын

    I didn't realize how good this show was when it aired. I cried rewatching it because what Joan's going through is so real.

  • @StephQueen90
    @StephQueen903 жыл бұрын

    This show was EPIC I loveeeee Lorez Tate he's DEFINITELY DEFINITELY came a long way. Very sweet & kind in person.

  • @traceylennon1204

    @traceylennon1204

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes he is!!

  • @kevinpayton2664

    @kevinpayton2664

    2 жыл бұрын

    He has definitely come a long way in his career. I remember first seeing him on The Royal Family on CBS in the early 1990s.

  • @th3azscorpio

    @th3azscorpio

    2 ай бұрын

    You met him?

  • @TracyGJacksonTV
    @TracyGJacksonTV2 жыл бұрын

    South Central is an underrated show despite the fact it only lasted 10 episodes. It was originally offered to CBS, the pilot was pitched to the network hoped to be picked up for the Fall 1993 Season lineup during the 1993-1994 Season but CBS turned it down, FOX Broadcasting picked up the show and it premiered on April 5,1994 as a mid-season replacement airing Tuesdays after Roc but was cancelled after only ten episodes.

  • @SandManChannel
    @SandManChannel3 жыл бұрын

    She was so negligent of Tasha. She treated her like a maid other than a daughter.

  • @vintage3262

    @vintage3262

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds about right.. look at how she did her son... Typical of single indigenous woman

  • @nickpeacock1896

    @nickpeacock1896

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like you grew up with no responsibilities.

  • @SandManChannel

    @SandManChannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nickpeacock1896 I was responsible for your moms. You didn't know?

  • @nickpeacock1896

    @nickpeacock1896

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SandManChannel My moms would slap you for talking crazy to grown folks. I see you aint have a father around.

  • @SandManChannel

    @SandManChannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nickpeacock1896 nah he wasn't around because he was responsible for yo Auntie😉😁

  • @nourishedattiffanys
    @nourishedattiffanysАй бұрын

    I used to love this show! I had all the episodes on my VHS tape and would watch them over and over just as much as I watched the music videos I would record! So good to see this again.

  • @jadecolbert4286
    @jadecolbert42862 жыл бұрын

    I was so mad when they canceled this. I looked forward to watching this show every week.

  • @kevinpayton2664

    @kevinpayton2664

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was mad too. I was looking forward that summer of 1994 to watching South Central and suddenly Fox cancels the show.

  • @johnnytsunami3558

    @johnnytsunami3558

    Жыл бұрын

    Why they cancel it?

  • @scinnyc

    @scinnyc

    Жыл бұрын

    I was only 13 at the time but I was pissed. This show was just too real to be on mainstream television

  • @wonderwoman5732

    @wonderwoman5732

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@johnnytsunami3558Simple. Because haters can't handle the truth.

  • @wonderwoman5732

    @wonderwoman5732

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@kevinpayton2664Fox were hating on handling the truth.

  • @miguellmoctezuma
    @miguellmoctezuma3 жыл бұрын

    If O-dog had a family

  • @drebrock5737

    @drebrock5737

    3 жыл бұрын

    O dog when he was younger

  • @marcustrice3246

    @marcustrice3246

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@drebrock5737 this show was after Menace II Society

  • @c-mac
    @c-mac2 жыл бұрын

    My mother was and still is like that, that’s why I stood with my grandmother until I was 19.

  • @kysonmartin77
    @kysonmartin774 жыл бұрын

    I remember this when it first came on FOX when FOX was mostly black sitcoms.

  • @oneperson1138

    @oneperson1138

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah me too...it was the first UPN....Lol Those were the days...

  • @omegawicked1

    @omegawicked1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I do too. I was in 2nd grade

  • @TracyGJacksonTV

    @TracyGJacksonTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    South Central was originally pitched to CBS, shortly after the pilot CBS turned it down. FOX Broadcasting picked it up and aired it as a mid season premiering in April 1994. FOX Broadcasting had a lot of black sitcoms in the 90s

  • @jonathanhaskettsr.5790

    @jonathanhaskettsr.5790

    4 ай бұрын

    Fox build their empire off black sitcoms

  • @aquaabundance4077

    @aquaabundance4077

    3 ай бұрын

    Only to chuck us into the trash bin once they blew up ​@@jonathanhaskettsr.5790

  • @biancabar1982
    @biancabar19829 ай бұрын

    This show was on the heels of America’s obsession with “Hood” movies in the early 90’s. Boyz N the Hood, Menace to Society, Panther, South Central, Poetic Justice. The hood was glorified by Hollywood. But a harsh reality for many African Americans

  • @raniyadebreon

    @raniyadebreon

    6 ай бұрын

    exactly!

  • @XxMayhem88

    @XxMayhem88

    2 ай бұрын

    💯💯💯

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    @@raniyadebreondamn u pretty

  • @tbone103jerz
    @tbone103jerz2 жыл бұрын

    Ayo tasha was 22 on this show, and Lorenz was 18 and Rashad (Lamont Bentley r.i.p) was 21 lol crazy!

  • @keonta81

    @keonta81

    Жыл бұрын

    Right its funny she was older than Larenz Tate. She's actually 50 now and a grandmother

  • @keonta81

    @keonta81

    Жыл бұрын

    I was 13 when this came out. I used to think Tasha was my age not realizing she was almost a whole decade older

  • @user-io2sc4ru7i

    @user-io2sc4ru7i

    5 ай бұрын

    She appeared much younger then her real age

  • @katrinaholden8183

    @katrinaholden8183

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-io2sc4ru7iyes I was shocked as hell when I found out she was in her 20s...she had a round cheeky baby face and was so little lol

  • @Aariyan096
    @Aariyan0963 жыл бұрын

    I remember first seeing this after the show went off years later. Thank you TV One for letting me be exposed to this and now you😌

  • @Romeo19898
    @Romeo198982 жыл бұрын

    I love hidden gems like this show. This show had real authenticity, honesty, and GRIT! This show was well ahead of its time. FOX network wasn't ready for gritty stories like this. I wish "South Central" would have gotten renewed and revived by UPN, but then I did see there were elements like Moesha.

  • @dannylamar4020

    @dannylamar4020

    2 жыл бұрын

    Moesha and South Central had the same writers and creators

  • @jackjill8129

    @jackjill8129

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah it probably woulda lasted another 2 or 3 seasons of it woulda been on upn or wb

  • @youngw1ze

    @youngw1ze

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@dannylamar4020 I noticed that in the opening credits...Moesha was a less serious South Central with a female lead and bits of the Cosby show sprinkled in...

  • @princeknight81
    @princeknight812 жыл бұрын

    4:27 cross colors clothing was the flyest clothing ever produced the imagery was the best

  • @ze-panda
    @ze-panda3 жыл бұрын

    Wow.....this is a hidden gem that I'm glad I found

  • @bocjagne2878
    @bocjagne2878 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! this show used to air on UK tv back in the day, it was that big, along with Fresh Prince. The 90s definitely had the best shows y'all.

  • @sbrooks729
    @sbrooks7294 жыл бұрын

    That girl was underrated

  • @TheGxxdGrdn
    @TheGxxdGrdn8 ай бұрын

    this shit is way too real to believe it was on regular TV

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    Yeah 80s and 90s was better times.

  • @jacouriabradford2608
    @jacouriabradford2608 Жыл бұрын

    Joan never listened to Tasha but worked her like a slave. Andre never had any responsibility he was free to do whatever. Typical in a lot black households. Where the oldest has to take care of everyone

  • @forevera90sgirl88

    @forevera90sgirl88

    Жыл бұрын

    Right. And I hate how she adopted this special needs child just to have the other children take care of him. Im glad they canceled this show.

  • @TBearTheDJ

    @TBearTheDJ

    2 ай бұрын

    @@forevera90sgirl88 i never knew he was adopted nor special need that explains why he was so quiet

  • @jasonpalacios1363

    @jasonpalacios1363

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TBearTheDJ Also the Mom never apologized to her daughter Tasha for calling her selfish, ignoring her, never apologize to Andre for calling him Marcus, and this proves Tommy Sotomayor right about Black Women/mothers.

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    It’s weird it’s like a lot of single black mothers resent their daughters

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    Wow this my first time watching I swear I thought Tasha was the middle child

  • @wonderwoman5732
    @wonderwoman5732 Жыл бұрын

    Andre is right. Regular people do have beepers.

  • @pedrojustice6341
    @pedrojustice63412 жыл бұрын

    The mom is trifling. There I said it. I feel better now.

  • @tarifalston8732
    @tarifalston87322 жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing my moms go through what Joan is going through

  • @Keezie27
    @Keezie27 Жыл бұрын

    Never seen this show before. It's actually a good show. Very realistic. Too bad it didn't last long.

  • @susanfit47
    @susanfit473 жыл бұрын

    Many considered it to be a 90’s version of Good Times.

  • @marcustrice3246

    @marcustrice3246

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see it as both of a 90s version of Good Times and What's Happening!

  • @omgimover4075
    @omgimover40752 жыл бұрын

    The only reason I watched this show is because I had a HUGE crush on Larenz Tate back in the day lol

  • @HNiCDuke

    @HNiCDuke

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @bobregular5390
    @bobregular5390 Жыл бұрын

    Omg I remember watching this as a child So glad my bro let me know it was on KZread

  • @randysocal2960
    @randysocal29603 жыл бұрын

    I was in Jr High school when this First Aired One of The Best sitcoms Ever Everyone from south Central know what I'm talking about

  • @lrowerowe7207

    @lrowerowe7207

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @prettyperfectpagne6226
    @prettyperfectpagne62262 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered why the didn’t keep this show I was born in the late 90s but my dad made sure I saw good shows ❤️

  • @7god904
    @7god9043 жыл бұрын

    Too real for TV

  • @atmvon-yy9cv
    @atmvon-yy9cv Жыл бұрын

    Young brother raised by a single mother. Influence by his peers & community deciding his life/fate. Annoying smart mother sister with a absent father..... I know i speak for alot of ppl when i say ' i can relate As a true 90s head i must say im glad i discovered this gem💎 born in 01' tho

  • @keonta81
    @keonta812 жыл бұрын

    Did yall know Tasha Scott was actually in her 20s playing a teen

  • @theeelevatedsongstress

    @theeelevatedsongstress

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow 😮

  • @marcustrice3246

    @marcustrice3246

    8 ай бұрын

    That was common in the 90s. Plenty of Actresses did that. Gabrielle union, Taraji P Henson, Essence Atkins, Bianca Lawson, Regina King, Alyssa Rogers, A.J Johnson, Monica Calhoun, Michelle Thomas, Karen Malina White.

  • @keonta81

    @keonta81

    8 ай бұрын

    @@marcustrice3246 even common today. Most of the cast of all american was in their 20s playing teens.Some even 30

  • @wilnerolivier7971
    @wilnerolivier79712 жыл бұрын

    This show prepared Larenz Tate for playing O Dog in Menace 2 Society!!

  • @Multifacted_Brotha

    @Multifacted_Brotha

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually Menace 2 society came out before this show

  • @scinnyc

    @scinnyc

    Жыл бұрын

    Menace 2 Society came out in 1993. This show came out in 1994

  • @cmbrown285
    @cmbrown2853 жыл бұрын

    This was my show!!!!

  • @lakeshagadson357
    @lakeshagadson35710 ай бұрын

    South central kinda reminds me of amen and larenz has been on the that show

  • @courtneyjeffries390
    @courtneyjeffries390 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad I can watch this show whenever on here.

  • @HNiCDuke
    @HNiCDuke2 жыл бұрын

    This was a good show. Should of had more seasons

  • @tarifalston8732

    @tarifalston8732

    2 жыл бұрын

    You know our shows are always cancelled

  • @HNiCDuke

    @HNiCDuke

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tarifalston8732 ofc..but BS white shows get many seasons

  • @thejay3804

    @thejay3804

    11 ай бұрын

    BET should have picked this up.

  • @wonderwoman5732

    @wonderwoman5732

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@thejay3804Couldn't have said it better myself.😊

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    Black shows always get canceled

  • @icecol22
    @icecol22 Жыл бұрын

    Real sitcom!! I didn't watch it then.I will watch it now!! It was really good.

  • @waymonboyer5969
    @waymonboyer59693 ай бұрын

    Brings back memories

  • @ccb.8603
    @ccb.86033 жыл бұрын

    She relys on her kids to take care of that kid.

  • @Lillyxxxo

    @Lillyxxxo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Keely Marks Thats how African American women are . They have more than one baby daddy no father around and have one kid take care of all the others . She treated Tasha like a maid instead of a kid . No wonder she was always angry and mad .

  • @WaterfallVee

    @WaterfallVee

    Жыл бұрын

    Parentification

  • @ccb.8603

    @ccb.8603

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Lillyxxxo yea the lil boy is a foster kid

  • @aquaabundance4077

    @aquaabundance4077

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Lillyxxxo Because you know the majority of Black women on the planet? My mother and father had me within wedlock. I was born a whole year and a half after they got married. Some Black women are well educated, high achievers. What do you have to say about the black men who abandon their children and what race are you?

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    @@Lillyxxxoare you even black?

  • @evernechatman1590
    @evernechatman1590 Жыл бұрын

    Even though Andre was being disrespectful I think he had a point

  • @johanmassy5290
    @johanmassy52904 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting this classic. Totally forgot Larenz Tate, Clifton Powell aka Pinky from Friday was on this show & J.Lo appeared on it.

  • @DeANGELIS4735

    @DeANGELIS4735

    3 жыл бұрын

    Clifton Powell and Larenz Tate were both in the 1993 drama "Menace II Society"

  • @marcustrice3246

    @marcustrice3246

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DeANGELIS4735 and in 1995 film Dead presidents

  • @TracyGJacksonTV

    @TracyGJacksonTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jennifer Lopez only had a recurring role on South Central because she had a contract with CBS, despite the fact that South Central didn’t get picked up by CBS but she was in a short lived drama series called Second Chances which premiered on December 2,1993 which only lasted 10 episodes but ended up being cancelled due to the fact that the Northridge Earthquake happened on January 17,1994 which damaged the set of Second Chances. South Central premiered on FOX in April 1994. I do know Clifton Powell was in a lot of stuff

  • @WWAHP

    @WWAHP

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marcustrice3246 They were also in Why do fools fall in love and Ray, but they had no scenes together in those films.

  • @virgo1677
    @virgo16773 жыл бұрын

    So she adopt this lil boy just to have her older children do all the work...so wrong.

  • @sbrooks729

    @sbrooks729

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or just the girl. Andre didnt do shit.

  • @dannylamar4020

    @dannylamar4020

    2 жыл бұрын

    She adopted him because of the lost of her older son

  • @vintage3262

    @vintage3262

    2 жыл бұрын

    Let's be real it's typical of single indigenous mothers

  • @DeANGELIS4735

    @DeANGELIS4735

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dannylamar4020 What Do You Think Might Have Happened To Joan's Oldest Son Marcus

  • @PeteMcCorvey

    @PeteMcCorvey

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DeANGELIS4735 he was a gangbanger who got shot. They mentioned it a few times over the series run.

  • @DreRose300
    @DreRose300 Жыл бұрын

    lol my boy O-dog say he been on Madden since SEGA days lmao

  • @yvettefountain6789
    @yvettefountain678910 ай бұрын

    Rest in Paradise Paula Kelly

  • @dashaunthompson6785
    @dashaunthompson67853 ай бұрын

    I discovered this show on TV1 a few years ago. South Central had so much potential to be bigger.

  • @mynameisearl7537
    @mynameisearl75373 жыл бұрын

    Childhood memories... thanks

  • @tarifalston8732
    @tarifalston87322 жыл бұрын

    Check out J Lo as the checkout lady at the coop

  • @ccb.8603
    @ccb.8603 Жыл бұрын

    I'm still blown away she got another kid but throw this kid on her biological kids😅

  • @lql1094

    @lql1094

    Жыл бұрын

    Foster kids bring in an income.

  • @susanfit47
    @susanfit473 жыл бұрын

    Not to be confused with the 1992 theatrical feature based on the same title. The series "South Central" was one of the astounding short-lived shows that featured African-American characters in a positive light. The series was set in 1990's South Central Los Angeles and it was the setting for this remarkably hard-edged comedy/drama about a divorced, black single mother trying to raise her family in a tough and sometimes dangerous inner city neighborhood. Joan Mosley (Tina Lifford) was adjusting to working for the neighborhood grocery co-op after having been laid off from her high-paying administrative job. Not only did she have to struggle financially, but she was trying to raise her family and protect them from the violence around them. Her older son, Marcus, had been killed by neighborhood gang members. Joan is also a divorce widow who has two surviving children, Andre (Larenz Tate), is a lazy but well-meaning high school senior whose grades left much to be desired, not to mention common sense. His sister, Tasha (Tasha Scott),a diligent student who gets excellent grades and stays out of trouble has a tendency to tattle on her older brother, who normally gets into some sort of trouble. Living with them in her small house was little Deion (Keith Mbulo), who was also Andre's little brother was a foster child who never spoke. Andre however, had become infatuated with Nicole (Maia Campbell), a sexy girl who worked part-time for Dr. Raymond McHenry (Kenneth Page), a physician friend of his mother's. However, Nicole was also a college student while working under Dr. McHenry. Although Nicole liked him they had difficulty getting together since her successful parents didn't want their daughter to date someone from the hood. Other cast members were Rashad (Lamont Bentley), who was Andre's best friend and also some of Andre's buddy from school. Sweets (Broadway and Tony award winning sensation the late Paula Kelly) was Joan's next door neighbor and best friend; Bobby (Clifton Powell), ran the co-op where Joan worked, and in late episodes was Joan's love interest. Other employees who worked at the co-op were Lucille (Jennifer Lopez) who was the Spanish-speaking cashier and also Mayo (Earl Billings) who was the stock clerk there. The series is the gloomy, but compellingly authentic counterpoint to NBC’s The Cosby Show, which at this point was the last major sitcom with predominantly African-American cast had ended its run 2 years earlier and painted a much different pictures with 2 parents, a doctor and a lawyer, raising their family comfortably in a massive brownstone. At the time of its airing, South Central was praised by the critics for its realistic portrayal of life in the inner city, even if the language that was used was explicit in ways was stronger than they would have liked. This was a show the steered away from the stereotypical portrayal of blacks that were in a lot of those sitcoms that came out during the 1990's. These were real people with real problems and real situations. It was one of the sitcoms that FOX had in the 90's that were the shows to watch and its right up there with "Roc" as one of the best from the era. The show aired on Tuesday nights. Unfortunately, the series may have been too depressing to appeal to a mass audience which was a desperate campaign to keep this series on the air for another season, but was canceled after its initial short-lived run. The series was originally rejected to CBS, ended up and premiered as a 1993-94 mid-season replacement on FOX, producing 13 episodes from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994, with reruns until August 30, 1994. The series was under the creation of Michael J. Weithorn (the man who was also behind "Family Ties", The Pursuit of Happiness, True Colors, "Ned and Stacey","The Sinbad Show", and later on for "The King Of Queens"), who was also the executive producer of this series along with Ralph Farquhar (of Cheers, Married… with Children, Drexell’s Class, The Sinbad Show, The Proud Family, Real Husbands of Hollywood, "Moesha", and "The Parkers" fame) and his brother music composer Kurt Farquhar (of New Attitude, Drexell’s Class, The Royal Family, Roc, Rachel Gunn, R.N., Thea, The Sinbad Show, Sister, Sister, My Brother and Me, In the House, Ned and Stacey, Moesha, The Parkers, C Bear and Jamal, Smart Guy, Cousin Skeeter, The King of Queens (seasons 3-9), The Famous Jett Jackson, The Proud Family, One on One, All of Us, Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane, Black Lightning, and director Stan Lathan (Sanford & Son, Eight is Enough, Hill Street Blues, Amen, Roc, Martin, Moesha, The Parkers, The Steve Harvey Show, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, All of Us, The Soul Man, Real Husbands of Hollywood). 2 years later, Farqhuar’s new show Moesha appeared on television which dealt with many of the same issues, but in a much more traditional and sanitized way. This series was also a career launch not only for Larenz Tate (who before this show was on another short-lived series from the early-90's "The Royal Family", with Redd Foxx, and after this would go on to make feature films like "Menace II Society", The Inkwell, Dead Presidents, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, and "Love Jones", and the TV series Blue Bloods, Rush, House of Lies, and Game of Silence), but for Maia Campbell ("In The House"), the late Lamont Bentley ("Moesha"), and Tasha Scott ("Snoops", "The Parent Hood"). This show hasn't been since it aired more than 15 years ago.....it was rerun on TV One in 2009, and it needs to be brought back.

  • @TracyGJacksonTV

    @TracyGJacksonTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, South Central was a movie that came out in 1992. South Central was a comedy originally offered to CBS but CBS turned it down, FOX picked it up and aired it as a mid-season in the Spring of 1994 but it lasted only a few episodes.

  • @jacobrichardson1952
    @jacobrichardson1952Ай бұрын

    I remember this show as an old soul person i literally can't stop laughing 🤣 and yes I am a huge Larenz Tate fan since 2001.

  • @mynameischucky.charlesleer4363
    @mynameischucky.charlesleer43633 ай бұрын

    South Central TV show had a lot of explicit language in the 90s this looks like the movie menace to society

  • @Black-Pill-7411
    @Black-Pill-7411 Жыл бұрын

    I remember this show ...it was real short lived

  • @user-io2sc4ru7i
    @user-io2sc4ru7i5 ай бұрын

    My show i love how they address real topics

  • @deidrequeen3288
    @deidrequeen3288 Жыл бұрын

    Parents used to go nuts over kids having a beeper 📟, now a days kids have smartphones and tablets

  • @theearnmoreyouagainmoreres8250
    @theearnmoreyouagainmoreres82502 жыл бұрын

    THE 1990s was something else the realities of Realism and The Events of the time reflected in everything that was us back then No matter white black yellow or brown the amazing thing that reflects most is in urban Suburbs the statements that films like boys in the hood and Menace to society and the heart breaking of this films events the music and love and laughter of them times Form after school specials BEFORE SCHOOL CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS SIBLINGS AND OTHER RELATIVES FAMILY AND OUTSIDE HOME LIFE NO ONE IS PERFECT THEY SAY SEP FOR JESUS BUT HIM TO ENCOUNTER TRAGEDY BEFORE TRIUMPH I GUESS WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS THROUGH LIVING THROUGH THE 1980s to 1990s to 2000s to 2010s to now the 2020s I continue to believe that there was indeed change rather big brother is watching us or where watching them whatever faction of colony comes out of this in whole I don’t understand what this is about either I just know we go through it from time to time peace comes in the morning and joyful in the afternoon and calmness at night and through out the day the cycle of happiness in the scourge continues Clean is a ideal way of expressing yourself funly what I’m trying to say is cleaning our eyes not just our soul and body and hair and nails ourself we grow out of being babies but we are still babes in the eyes of our elders we mature fast and love with or with reason John single some how could reflect that on film f.Gary Grey could reflect that some how I can’t to a degree call any actor a actor without saying we all act not just sometimes but a lot even when we don’t realize it or getting paid to do so the Planet soul opens its heart to Us to be whatever we are I fill like I’m stuck in some Goohie jam right now For the past to any cultures film or stories telling in history the stories our in our minds it takes a open mouth to close and a closed mouth to be opened to speak with someone other then yourself to shake a hand with something and someone else to Hug someone else to care a giving care back to someone who genuinely shares the care back Anger is apart of love but they battle each other wen one isn’t in balance it’s there lava lamp type of flow every one changes and reverts back to the same unwittingly I forgot I forgive I mess up but with no one to explain maybe where it is I faulted ? I go on the wrong pathway I supposed you noo… Scratch that I know you would too life is a game we believe we can force change when mainly we just have to walk in to city hall and demand a audience and a voting reason a law to be changed and one to be removed a written statement and a documentation of change on paper in the law books and doctors office and litigations Public and private office and law and law enforcement the band must be broken in order to make a new one I guess I’m trying to say in I had a all green shirt and green pants and green shoes then I only seen myself green for that day but if I added Yellow socks and a yellow jacket then I seen two sides of myself that day if I added white laces and a white face cloth for sweating purposes and a bag pack backpack to have to carry items in not to just be beaten around the bush been there done that so if there is a enemy out there we know the truth who’s to be trusted back then to now yes we will folly and fall during trusting issues but the strength in whatever can change if done right it seems like we follow the rules so if the rules aren’t written for g if s they have joy in our days then we will No matter what government state or organization has to say Jesus died already and will be remembered always for his sacrifice for those that choose to remember him and his father and the disciples of them generations have past and have come again and again the Beacon to Wake up again has Sounded the lights are flashing the Alert of the Alarm the flow of road and time without Hate will return in my ignorance and in my intelligence throughout my life and your life A CHANGE WILL AND HAS COME AND WILL COME AGAIN INTACT IN OUR IGNORANCE AND IN OUR INTELLIGENCE EVERY INSECT GAS A ENEMIES RATHER THEY KNOW IT OR DONT KNOW IT A PREDATOR THAT STILL DOESNT MEAN ANY INJURY WILL HAPPEN BUT AS WE PRAY IN SPIRIT AND LIFE AND SOUL AND LIVE AND BREATHE AND EAT TO NURTURE AND NURISH SO WILL SOMEONE AND SOMETHING ELSE DIFFERENT FROM YOU OR EVEN THE SAME AS YOU NO IM NOT PREDICTING IGNORANCE JUST INTOLERANCE NO IM NOT SAYING DONT WAKE UP ANGRY OR HAPPY OR SAD OR BOASTFUL OR JOYLESS OR AFRAID OR ALONE OF LOVELESS OR LOVED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND DAYS THE WEEK THE WEEKS THE MONTH THE MONTHS THE WEEKEND OR THE WEEKENDS THE YEAR OR YEARS AS TIME PASSES WE REFLECT HAPPINESS IN HEART BODY AND MIND AND SPIRIT WE KNOW THEY LISTEN BECAUSE WE DONT WE KNOW THEY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE DO BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS YOUR YOU AND TOU KNOW YOURSELF TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF IF YOU CANNOT BE HONEST WE ANYONE ELSE BE HONEST WITB YOUR PARENTS AND FAMILY FOR WHEN WE ARENT OUT OF THE FAMILY MINDSET WE WALK IN THE WORLD SHENANIGANS RATHER THE WORLD WIND ENJOY I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF AND MYSELF IF A SHIRT WAS DIRTY 25 YEARS AGO AND NO ONE CLEANED IT IS IT STILL DIRTY ? IF A SHIRT WAS WASHED 25 YEARS AGO AND NO ONE DIRTIED IT IS IT STILL CLEAN? We know dirt comes with time and water with Rain But if neater is Forming Then what washes the soil and what waters the seeds and what Quenches the Souls THURST IF THE SOIL BARES LESS FRUIT AND GREEN AND TREES THEN USUAL AND THE OXYGEN IN THE AIR HAS HEAVY WINDS TO BLOW AND LESS KITES IN THE SKY TO FLOW IN ITS WHENS AS THE BIRDS DO

  • @shaniyajones4420
    @shaniyajones4420 Жыл бұрын

    My aunt Vi and her pies ❤only queen sugar fans would know 😅

  • @cassiesarchives

    @cassiesarchives

    3 күн бұрын

    omgg yes shes from queen sugar 😭😭 i was trying to figure out where i seen her from

  • @andieslive669
    @andieslive6699 ай бұрын

    Wow. These are some really great shows with great actors. Yes, really glad they created these shows because time got faster with computers. However, time as changed nothing for the Black struggle because the Artifical Intelligence is the rat trap to put us back at zero.

  • @rikabbyify
    @rikabbyify2 жыл бұрын

    Rewatching this the Joan depended on Tasha so much to clean ,cook,watch deon the things she should have been doing as a parent and we’re people really ashamed of foodstamps back then ? I was a baby when this was on and now people getting all this stamps due to the pandemic/school shoottt people sweep left and right without no shame

  • @snoodysnoody8118

    @snoodysnoody8118

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kids still in school use to be ashamed of foodstamps back than because they will get made fun of and use to be called poor. Now people brag about it . I was so shocked 😲 when I seen people posting about their food stamps online.

  • @tynaeadams3562

    @tynaeadams3562

    2 жыл бұрын

    Food stamps definitely were not cool in my household in the 80s and 90s - simply because I was raised by my grandparents and that generation believe in earning your own way - I don’t look down on people who get stamps but I just rather go out and work than sit at the food stamp office and swipe that card in the store - might sound crazy now a days because of the way things have changed from generation to generation - old school i guess 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @theeelevatedsongstress
    @theeelevatedsongstress2 жыл бұрын

    Man is my brothers said that....!! 😡 Me: what did you just say? And the rest is my mama with a belt. 🙄🙄🤦🏽‍♀️ saying that.

  • @NisaTye248
    @NisaTye248 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh! That's Aunt Vi from Queen Sugar.

  • @FckPeace2

    @FckPeace2

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeap OL G veteran in the Game I luv her Alfre Woodard , Loretta Devine , jenifer Lewis -

  • @RAISEONER
    @RAISEONER5 ай бұрын

    I remember watching this show when it came out ..great upload

  • @oloruntoadebenjudahdawotol7531
    @oloruntoadebenjudahdawotol7531 Жыл бұрын

    sweets grandkids are hilarious i love this show lol

  • @wonderwoman5732
    @wonderwoman57322 жыл бұрын

    Joanie, so what if Andre has a beeper? At least he's using it a lot better than those who are using it for drugs etc. I know many people who have had beepers and none of them did or sell drugs.

  • @veganvocalist4782
    @veganvocalist4782 Жыл бұрын

    What a great series and TRUTH so many black mama raise their chile on their OWN

  • @flanardbaker6101
    @flanardbaker61017 ай бұрын

    I have never saw this tv series before. Now, that l had wished, that l have had. But l do remember the tv series

  • @eazyc404
    @eazyc4047 ай бұрын

    if they reworked this for today it was so numbers, same setting all

  • @AllthingsScorpio0088
    @AllthingsScorpio00882 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for uploading these ✨🥰

  • @srik88
    @srik88 Жыл бұрын

    Family matters vibes

  • @MaryjaneLove
    @MaryjaneLove2 жыл бұрын

    ... &&&& Andre had no busy using that type of language at alll especially in front of his mother and sister . . &&&& the word b..tch is a female dog well at least that what Webster told us lol . . &&&&& the fact the sister was willing to work for the money to get the jacket shows how determined she was to get what she wanted no matter what it takes to get it lol . .&&&&^ the mom was so out of line in that grocery store period . She knew her checked bounced . . . &&& this espoide speaks so many volumes on a single black mother living in the hood trying to get by with her kids. . . &&&& it's true this show was most definitely ahead of its time . . &^^ it's a shame that's so many black shows like this got canceled . . . . 😶😶

  • @Sheraytv
    @Sheraytv2 жыл бұрын

    Wow I’ve never seen this show before and it’s good

  • @Taebends_2x
    @Taebends_2x2 жыл бұрын

    Nice show I can’t believe I never heard if this…I wonder if my mom or mom mom know about this show….I wish we had shows like this now but it probably won’t be the same like old times

  • @cggg5089
    @cggg5089 Жыл бұрын

    This show did not get the respect it deserved. It should have ran for multiple seasons, but I guess there was no appetite during the 90s for a genuine portrayal of black families.

  • @Vivi-ex4jb
    @Vivi-ex4jb2 жыл бұрын

    This show is so interesting. I'm mad I never knew about it 💯😭

  • @Hinokami777

    @Hinokami777

    16 күн бұрын

    You born in the 90s?

  • @yvettefountain7701
    @yvettefountain77012 жыл бұрын

    Rip Paula Kelly

  • @oya_the_goddess8854
    @oya_the_goddess88543 жыл бұрын

    Moral of the story , always keep a close friend you can trust but most importantly make sure they have God in them and in their lives. I wish I could help single mothers but they become jealous of me. God be with righteous ones and may god deliver the broken ones .

  • @forevera90sgirl88

    @forevera90sgirl88

    3 жыл бұрын

    💝💝💝

  • @katherineirving7189

    @katherineirving7189

    2 жыл бұрын

    God isn't about EGO. I seriously doubt, you can help anyone.

  • @TeganHoney

    @TeganHoney

    2 жыл бұрын

    One must be ready to receive help. Pride comes before the fall.

  • @oya_the_goddess8854

    @oya_the_goddess8854

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@katherineirving7189 god puts people in other peoples lives to help them .

  • @oya_the_goddess8854

    @oya_the_goddess8854

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TeganHoney ❤️💯

  • @ccb.8603
    @ccb.8603 Жыл бұрын

    They way how Joan treated Ray

  • @PH_Relative
    @PH_Relative Жыл бұрын

    Man I always had a lil thing for Tasha as a young kid 🤣 man ain't nothing like childhood nostalgia...

  • @lakeshagadson357
    @lakeshagadson357 Жыл бұрын

    I love they have child that agrue like jj and Thelma on good times

  • @hassanburton669
    @hassanburton6692 ай бұрын

    MOESHA BEFORE MOESHA….South Central. RIP Leggy 🦵🏽Peggy.

  • @emem8577
    @emem85774 ай бұрын

    This use to come on in the UK, it was a good programme.

  • @hoorayedeneternal897
    @hoorayedeneternal897Ай бұрын

    I feel bad for the mother considering how much she was struggling by herself. Losing her job and having the daughter help with the load is tragic but relatable. I'm curious why the series was cancelled

  • @Monewood
    @Monewood3 жыл бұрын

    damn this a good ass show

  • @sidneybaldwin3744
    @sidneybaldwin37443 жыл бұрын

    I love her outfit and her hair the one in the pink

  • @ray-de-yolisten9934
    @ray-de-yolisten99343 жыл бұрын

    what happened to the sister? she was in other shows too....the mom is currently in Queen Sugar as an Auntie. its very sad what happened to Maia Campbell i thought she would be on the same level as Nia Long, Regina King or Jada Pinkett

  • @SandManChannel

    @SandManChannel

    3 жыл бұрын

    The sister is still around on Instagram.

  • @sbrooks729

    @sbrooks729

    2 жыл бұрын

    She was also in Troop Beverly Hills. It’s cookie time!

  • @antmanthebossman

    @antmanthebossman

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SandManChannel she was on the parent hood

  • @SandManChannel

    @SandManChannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@antmanthebossman I know.

  • @antmanthebossman

    @antmanthebossman

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SandManChannel she is a very good looking beautiful woman

  • @sbrooks729
    @sbrooks7294 жыл бұрын

    This show wouldve had a better fate on 90s upn

  • @Multifacted_Brotha

    @Multifacted_Brotha

    3 жыл бұрын

    UPN channel didn't exist when this show was out.

  • @demian215

    @demian215

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Amir Hanton that's false because UPN debuted in January 95 and wouldn't become the CW until 2006.

  • @TracyGJacksonTV

    @TracyGJacksonTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ralph Farquhar the co creator of South Central ended up being the co-creator of Moesha. And Moesha ran on UPN for 6 seasons 1996-2001, also like South Central Moesha was also offered to CBS but got turned down.

  • @TracyGJacksonTV

    @TracyGJacksonTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Multifacted_Brotha UPN launched January 16,1995 a year after South Central was cancelled

  • @thejay3804

    @thejay3804

    Жыл бұрын

    Or BET.

  • @jarvissledge2530
    @jarvissledge25303 жыл бұрын

    This was a good black thank u fox bring it back

  • @yosefvargasx
    @yosefvargasx2 жыл бұрын

    Oh shit j Lo 10:55

  • @thearamsay9578
    @thearamsay95783 ай бұрын

    KZread is weird. I found this while searching for Thea. Thea, the TV show. I really love that show. I wasn’t too happy when I found that some studio got all ticked off because they own the coffee right. But they don’t you can’t even get Thea on DVD. So, if they’re not concerned about copyright if they’re not concerned enough to get to make DVD so he can buy it or offer it to streaming services. They shouldn’t be so picky. Anyway I’m missing about 10 episodes. I just wondered if this show had anything to do with Thea. I love the theme song and I loved the show. She was a strict mama but she was also very kind. And of course she’s a sister in the herbal department. I hope she comes to Canada one day. Cannabis is legal as heck up here. It’s the kind of show that lets you know everything is going to be OK in the end and they never get too heavy about anything. They’re not trying to make us really big social statement a regular they are but they can do it with finesse and the sitcom is what I like to listen to when I’m partaking of the THC. I tried South Park but only because Thea Adell mentioned it as being right to watch when you’re high. It’s actually her show that I watch when I’m high.

  • @tammiross6427
    @tammiross642711 ай бұрын

    This show was sooo good❤️🔥