Genre: | Sitcom |
Creator: | Bob Comfort Rick Kellard Stuart Sheslow |
Director: | Neema Barnette Stan Lathan Dick Martin Tony Singletary |
Starring: | Redd Foxx Rosanna DeSoto Nathaniel Taylor Pamela Segall Theodore Wilson Sinbad |
Opentheme: | "Heart of the City" performed by Kool & the Gang |
Composer: | Sonny Burke |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 13 |
Executive Producer: | Rick Kellard Stuart Sheslow |
Producer: | Tom Biener Ron Landry Eric Cohen Jack Seifert George Sunga |
Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Channel: | ABC |
Company: | Thunder Road Productions Lorimar Productions |
The Redd Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986, on ABC. The show was cancelled after 3 months, partly due to low ratings in its Saturday-night timeslot (the eighth episode aired in a Friday-night slot). Although the first two episodes brought in decent ratings,[1] the show usually finished in the bottom ten for the week. A total of 13 episodes were made.
Al Hughes, a New York City diner/newsstand owner, adopts a streetwise teenager named Toni. Diana worked with Al in the newsstand, and Jim-Jam owned a Chinese restaurant nearby. During the brief 13-episode run, the actor playing the character of Jim-Jam was replaced, the character Toni "disappeared", and in came Al's ex-wife Felicia and his foster son, Byron.