The Robert Guillaume Show
1989 American TV series or program
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The Robert Guillaume Show is an American sitcom television series starring Robert Guillaume that aired on ABC from April 5 to July 19, 1989.
Wendy Phillips
Marc Joseph
Ali Yurtseven
Kelsey Scott
Hank Rolike
| The Robert Guillaume Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Sy Rosen |
| Starring | Robert Guillaume Wendy Phillips Marc Joseph Ali Yurtseven Kelsey Scott Hank Rolike |
| Composer | Kevin Guillaume |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Dean Zanetos |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Guillaume-Margo Productions New World Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | April 5 – July 19, 1989 |
Synopsis
The series starred Guillaume as Edward Sawyer, a single father of two children, who begins an interracial relationship with Ann (Wendy Phillips), his white secretary,[1] who has a daughter of her own.
According to Guillaume's autobiography, he conceived the series with the intent of exploring racial complexities in a family setting through comedic way, but was warned by ABC that the American public needed time to adjust to the idea of an interracial romance. Guillaume maintained that ABC deliberately sabotaged the series by airing episodes out of order and showing a kiss between Edward and Ann on the second episode instead of the intended eighth. The series was soon canceled, after only thirteen episodes.[2]
Cast
- Robert Guillaume as Edward Sawyer
- Marc Joseph as William Sawyer[3]
- Kelsey Scott as Pamela Sawyer
- Hank Rolike as Henry Sawyer
- Wendy Phillips as Ann Sherr
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hello Again" | Oz Scott | Sy Rosen | April 5, 1989 | 17.8[4] |
| 2 | "Together Again" | Neema Barnette | Stephen Langford | April 12, 1989 | 14.3[5] |
| 3 | "Drive, He Said" | Oz Scott | Bootsie | April 19, 1989 | 13.5[6] |
| 4 | "Guaranteed Not to Shrink" | John Sgueglia | Story by : Stephen Langford Teleplay by : Philip Fenty | April 26, 1989 | 14.9[7] |
| 5 | "Educating Ann" | Arlando Smith | Hollis Rich & Maiya Williams | May 3, 1989 | 12.6[8] |
| 6 | "Fast Friends" | Whitney J. LeBlanc | Maiya Williams | May 17, 1989 | 10.3[9] |
| 7 | "All That Shimmers" | Oz Scott | Sy Rosen & Phil Doran | June 7, 1989 | 9.2[10] |
| 8 | "They're Here" | Oz Scott | Story by : Joel Saltzman Teleplay by : R.J. Colleary | June 14, 1989 | 7.5[11] |
| 9 | "You Win Some, You Lose Some" | John Sgueglia | Hollis Rich | June 21, 1989 | 9.3[12] |
| 10 | "First Date" | Oz Scott | Pam Veasey | July 5, 1989 | 9.4[13] |
| 11 | "The Day After the Night Before" | Oz Scott | Phil Doran & Sy Rosen | July 12, 1989 | 10.1[14] |
| 12 | "A Piece of the Rock" | Arlando Smith | Ehrich Van Lowe | July 19, 1989 | 10.5[15] |
