The Robert Guillaume Show
Encyclopedia
The Robert Guillaume Show is a short-lived sitcom
vehicle for Robert Guillaume
, the former star of the ABC
hit series Benson
and of the popular Soap
. It aired during mid-1989 on the ABC television network.
with Ann (Wendy Phillips
), a white woman 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 situation in a comedic way, but was warned by ABC that the American public needed time to get used to the idea of an interracial romance. Guillaume maintained that ABC deliberately sabotaged the series by airing episodes out of order and showed a kiss between Edward and Ann on the second episode instead of the intended eighth. The series was soon canceled lasting only thirteen episodes.
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
vehicle for Robert Guillaume
Robert Guillaume
Robert "Bob" Guillaume is an American stage and television actor, best known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night...
, the former star of the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
hit series Benson
Benson (TV series)
Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986, on ABC. The series was a spin-off from the soap opera parody Soap ; however, Benson discarded the...
and of the popular Soap
Soap (TV series)
Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981.The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format and included melodramatic plot elements such...
. It aired during mid-1989 on the ABC television network.
Synopsis
The series starred Guillaume as Edward Sawyer, a single father with two children who begins an interracial relationshipMiscegenation
Miscegenation is the mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations, and procreation....
with Ann (Wendy Phillips
Wendy Phillips
Wendy Phillips is an American actress, noted for playing David Selby's last wife, Lauren Daniels, during the final season of Falcon Crest and for playing Gerald McRaney's wife, Claire Greene, on both Touched by an Angel and Promised Land...
), a white woman 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 situation in a comedic way, but was warned by ABC that the American public needed time to get used to the idea of an interracial romance. Guillaume maintained that ABC deliberately sabotaged the series by airing episodes out of order and showed a kiss between Edward and Ann on the second episode instead of the intended eighth. The series was soon canceled lasting only thirteen episodes.
Cast
- Robert Guillaume.....Edward Sawyer
- Marc Joseph.....William Sawyer
- Kelsey Scott.....Pamela Sawyer
- Hank Rolike.....Henry Sawyer
- Wendy Phillips.....Ann Sherr
Episode list
- Prod. code = Production code numberProduction code numberA production code number, also known as the production code or episode code is an alphanumeric designation used to uniquely identify episodes within a television series...
| Series # | Season # | Title | Notes | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Hello Again" | No synopsis available. | April 5, 1989 | B88201 |
| 2 | 2 | "Together Again" | No synopsis available. | Apr 12, 1989 | B88205 |
| 3 | 3 | "Drive, He Said" | No synopsis available. | April 19, 1989 | B88210 |
| 4 | 4 | "Guaranteed Not to Shrink" | No synopsis available. | April 26, 1989 | B88209 |
| 5 | 5 | "Educating Ann" | No synopsis available. | May 3, 1989 | B88212 |
| 6 | 6 | "Fast Friends" | No synopsis available. | May 17, 1989 | B88203 |
| 7 | 7 | "All That Shimmers" | No synopsis available. | June 7, 1989 | B88206 |
| 8 | 8 | "They're Here" | No synopsis available. | June 14, 1989 | B88204 |
| 9 | 9 | "You Win Some, You Lose Some" | No synopsis available. | June 21, 1989 | B88202 |
| 10 | 10 | "First Date" | No synopsis available. | July 5, 1989 | B88208 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Day After the Night Before" | No synopsis available. | July 12, 1989 | B88207 |
| 12 | 12 | "A Piece of the Rock" | No synopsis available. | July 19, 1989 | B88211 |