The Royal Family

1991
The Royal Family

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Pilot Sep 18, 1991

Atlanta mailman Al Royal and wife Victoria are anticipating peaceful retirement years, until marital problems bring an extended visit from their daughter and her three children, including 15-year-old Curtis who borrows Grandpa's truck in this opener.

EP2 Homework Bound Sep 25, 1991

Thanks to, or in spite of, Al's history tutelage (at the bowling alley), Curtis scores an A on a test, but not without having something up his sleeve.

EP3 Me and My Stuff Oct 02, 1991

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EP4 Talkin' Baseball Oct 09, 1991

Her knuckleball success against Curtis and a friend inspires Kim to try out for varsity baseball, starting a rhubarb with Al about a woman's place in a man's game.

EP5 A Mid-Summer Night's Barbeque Oct 30, 1991

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EP6 What's Love Got to Do with It? Nov 13, 1991

The budding relationship between Elizabeth and a doctor trills Al, but Victoria notices there's something missing, and something missing between her and Al as well.

EP7 Educating Al Nov 20, 1991

Victoria turns the house into a preschool, but the flu makes her hand over the reins to Al for ""a day of fun and accomplishment.""

EP8 New Beginnings Nov 27, 1991

The passing of Al Royal is marked by warm goodbyes from friends and family, including sister-in-law Ruth, whose arrival at a time of need may be as much for her own need as for Victoria's.

EP9 The Sneakin' Deacon Apr 08, 1992

Victoria sees a match with Elizabeth and the new church deacon, but the deacon makes a play for Ruth, who doesn't like his game plan.

EP10 Status, Bro Apr 15, 1992

Ruth regrets being cool towards Willis, while Curtis is anything but cool after being gifted with a discount version of an expensive jacket.

EP11 Hello, I Must Be Going Apr 22, 1992

Ruth takes off after Victoria takes her to task for being a poor influence on Kim and Curtis.

EP12 The Frame Game May 06, 1992

Curtis gets a swelled head after being chosen to appear with Dr. Dre and Ed Lover of Yo! MTV raps.

EP13 Mo' Money May 13, 1992

Curtis finds his part-time job taxing timewise when he has to work extra hours to cover the taxman's share, previously earmarked for other expenses.

EP14 Cocoa in Charge Jan 01, 0001

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EP15 The Big Stink Jan 01, 0001

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Released: 18 September 1991 Ended
Producted By: Eddie Murphy Productions
Country: United States of America
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Synopsis

A soon-to-be divorced woman moves back home with her three kids.

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rcj5365 From the previous comment about who else remembers this short-lived sitcom from the 1990's? For one,this was comedian-actor Redd Foxx's last time starring in weekly situation comedy-drama series. "The Royal Family" starred none other than the great Redd Foxx as Al Royal,who was a cranky Atlanta mailman looking forward to an active retirement with his loving,if somewhat contentious wife,Victoria(played by the great Della Reese). Everything changed however,when his daughter Elizabeth(Mariann Aaida)comes back home and announces she is getting a divorced from her husband Dexter. Al,who never liked Dexter,thought that was great news until he found out that Elizabeth was moving back home with her three children,the two sisters Hillary(Nava Rivera),and Kim(Sylver Gregory),and out of control teenage son Curtis(Larenz Tate). Elizabeth wanted to go on to medical school to pursue other opportunities. But as for the kids themselves,the teenagers Kim and Curtis was something Al couldn't take not to mention dealing with adorable little Hillary.About the show...... Created and produced by the brainchild of actor-comedian-producer Eddie Murphy(who served also as executive producer of this series along with Greg Antonacci),the situation comedy "The Royal Family" lasted one season on CBS-TV from September 18, 1991 until May 27, 1992. Only 15 episodes were produced. Eddie Murphy wanted Redd Foxx back for this series with would be his comeback to weekly television,but it didn't last very long. However,Eddie Murphy worked with actors Redd Foxx and Della Reese before when the three starred together in the 1989 theatrical feature "Harlem Nights",which also starred Richard Pryor and produced and directed by Eddie Murphy himself. "The Royal Family" was Eddie Murphy's first attempt at doing a weekly television series,but this time around Eddie was behind the camera and behind the production as well. Not only that,but Della Reese and Redd Foxx had great chemistry together(when Reese was a guest star of Redd's show Sanford and Son during the 1970's)which made the show standout in some of the great episodes that Redd Foxx was in before his untimely death(Foxx was in episodes 1 thru 7 of the series).On October 11, 1991,Redd Foxx suffered a fatal heart attack during rehearsals on the set. Having only completed seven episodes,the producers opted to end the series(without the proper consent of Eddie Murphy who was still the executive in charge of production). However,the series continued onward into production. The producers immediately added former "227" regular Jackee Harry to the series as Victoria's younger sister Ruth,who moved in to help cope with the family's sudden loss of there beloved family member. One of the best episodes from the series came from an episode titled "New Beginnings" that aired on 11-27-1991. In this episode,which was emotional brought back series characters that were featured. Among them were "Sanford and Son" alumni actors Bubba Bexley,Slappy White,Whitman Mayo,along with Lawanda Page. There were other great episode that had Redd Foxx in them,but the ones that were not ended up being the worst of the series,and it shows in episodes 9 thru 15(that ran from April 8, 1992 until May 27, 1992. The show was on Wednesday nights opposite NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries",and the short-lived children's romp "Dinosaurs!"(which was over at ABC). Out of all of the episodes of "The Royal Family",only two never aired during its original broadcast among them were the episodes "Cocoa in Charge",and "The Big Stink". In the final telecast of the series only two starring Redd Foxx aired. And why this show hasn't been seen since? "The Royal Family" remains one of the lost black sitcoms of the 1990's.
toopure-1 Seems like from what I have seen and heard that at least one producer or more from this show was not very nice to the man and was quite disrespectful towards him which may have caused his heart attack. I use to watch him when I was a little kid and I thought he was pretty funny. It's too bad there is so many morons out in the world who have a brain IQ of two. Respect is something you should know at an early stage in life and obviously some producers of this show lacked it. They just cared about money and had no care for the man at all. I hope those producers from this show who disrespected the man get what they deserve. (I'm pretty sure they will)
Vlad 1 I seem to remember watching this show on a Monday night in the early '90s on CBS..I swear that I seen Redd Foxx have a heart attack and the crew running onto the sound-stage.I remember this as if it was yesterday as opposed to 15 years ago(time flies when you're not having fun-hay)This seemed like it would of been a great show, it had an awesome premise and also a certain someone that Mahalia Jackson discovered-a certain someone named Della Reese.They had the perfect fit together-I was just as impressed with those two in Harlem Nights also. Della Reese in my opinion is a strong black female actor- I wish she would do more stuff like Touched By Angel..I can't front-I watch that on PAX just for her.
SHB_73 Had Redd Foxx not died a few months after the series premiered, I felt it would have been successful. Foxx and Della Reese had great chemistry together as a retired postal worker and his wife who are forced to look after their grandchildren, instead of enjoying retirement. Sadly after Foxx's death it was canceled after only one season.