The Parent 'Hood

The first few episode the comedy was a bit meh but it got better as it went along. The messages tho hit home and its better than alot of sit coms now a days. I love the cutaways.

At first I rated it low bc it wasnt what i remembered but as I watch it I enjoyed it.

So happy HBO max brought my childhood back. I watched this in Trinidad.

This is the most untalented cast of characters I've ever seen! Nobody on this show could act, especially Kenny Blank who was eventually taken off the show. And what was especially annoying was Robert when we would go into his day-dreaming. Complete garbage!

This was one of several African-American sitcoms picked up by the newly formed WB channel. They staked their future in a sense on shows like "The Parent'Hood," "The Wayans Bros.," and "The Jamie Foxx Show."

I would've expected nothing less from Robert Townsend. He created a funny, positive sitcom starring Black actors. Anything less than that would've been a shock. He was already an established comedian and writer by the time he created "The Parent'hood."

Townsend played Robert Peterson, a stay-at-home dad who had to manage four children. His wife, Jerri (Suzzanne Douglas), rejoined the workforce which left Robert home to do his thing.

The children were largely unmemorable. They played an important part, but the show really rested upon Robert Townsend's shoulders--an rightly so.

An obvious WB version of The Cosby Show, except this show spent too much time preaching about cliché morals that have been told a thousand times on shows like Full House and The Cosby Show. Too many morals and not enough comedy. The parents are unlikeable (the mother is a snob and the father is too uptight) and the children are unlikeable too. Since the family members spent too much time getting into the typical trouble that leads to that big moral speech at the end, they didn't have enough time to be funny so they added flat boring neighbors to make the show bearable. TV shows like this didn't last because at the end of the day, we watch TV to be entertained, not to be preached to. And though family shows such as The Cosby Show and Full House preached, they were still charming at the same time.

One of my favorite shows! Those kids were hilarious.