I grew up watching both, the ORIGINAL was better!

It's so sad. They copied so much from Living Single including episodes, but sigh...

@Denise Christie i don't think so, because it was on fox and fox shows did pretty good but it was a BLACK SHOW and we all know that black shows just don't get the love that the white shows get. when the white shows get to their finales they make a big deal about them but blacks shows get no send offs or big build ups to their finales.

@Denise Christie EXACTLY

@Denise ChristieI FEEL YA 100 ON THAT, you see, white ppl have been so privileged in this country that they really believe in their self righteousness but i see right through them and refuse to drink their kool-aid, they don't want to see us advance in anything because they fear that we are just as good as they THINK they are or we are simply better. i hear whites complaining about blacks this and blacks that but still over all mimic us in every way from our swag to our mannerisms.

Yea he represented

Kyle Barker was the man! And before him it was Sgt Ron Harris from Barney Miller.

Foreal!! He really did. What a man, what a mighty good man.

I used to sing it so loud lol

Game ofThugs Me too. Simpler times man

Game ofThugs : The 1990’s were the sh*t weren’t they? Still my best decade ever in life. I’m trying to recreate that, but TV and Music won’t let me! 😏😆 By comparison they suck now.

70s,80s,90s were the Decades of great family oriented Melanin aka Black Sitcom Shows🙋🏾‍♀️

Yaaaazza we had da best sitcoms 🤷‍♀️

Me toooo!!! 🤦‍♀️

Don't forget Kyle Barker

Stacey Rolle Kyle did come back for the finale 😒

@@kimberlymcneill7283 thank you. I didn't recall. After i get off work... me and my T.V. have a date.lol

I also hated that Regine the wedding planner didn't get a wedding episode

I loved both of those shows too!! I miss it!

Yassss hunty

And Martin! Thursday nights were so good in the 90s.

Karen H yes!!!!

Karen H Yessss.. classics 🙌🏾

I agree, I love her really. I also like the way she handled herself on real housewives. She stayed classy

Not to mention a child abuse survivor on Good Times.

@@bryanwarner561 her Mother Chip Fields was on Good Times ,Not Kim.Chip played an abusive Mother,The Child,Penny,was Played by JANET JACKSON.

She is an acting legend

And her momma is iconic for burning Penny with an iron on Good Times, so there's the70s for the family too.

So trueeee

Kinda like so many people's lives.

Happens all the time smh. That's why In Living color ended

Soooo true

latifah is the female will smith? both of you need to be tested for drugs

@@reggieholliday1112 Really? So 55 other people agree with me, but you stand alone with what you believe!....

80s Classic you left that comment 3 weeks ago... i left mines 5 hours ago.. dont do that...

@@reggieholliday1112 Doesn't matter, you made the comment that me & this sister is on the same thing, but it's 56 other people that agree with the initial comment I made!

@My Life Now Sad but True

While I wish we would stick together I feel that we are not valued enough for white people to even take much notice they probably would have cancelled the entire show OUR SHOWS ALWAYS GET CANCELLED WHEN THEY ARE TEN TIMES BETTER THAN MOST WHITE SHOWS

I don't think they would have brought him back. They say the show only lasted for 9 more episodes after he left. And the site was canceled in mid season. If they all would've walked they would've just let the show fade away. They simply don't respect black sitcoms. Even the Jeffersons didn't have a finale they just didn't call them back for another season after 11 seasons on air, they'd never do that to a white show

@My Life Now lol 1M PER show because they're white

#Support

Yup

Nate Funk HELL I NEVER WATCHED FREINDS EVER.

Copy cat? Really? At least FRIENDS lasted 10 years. It could have lasted longer but the stars wanted to move on

True

@@diannahawn9637 so could living single stupid they shut that down so they could put that copy cat show friends on stupid .

Major difference!!

Jackie Bennett she still looks the same!

Yes!

And I feel cheated!!! 😭😭😭. As a kid my young dumb ass didn't know any better. My black ass was on the whole "light is better" mess. I didn't appreciate Maxine or Pam's(Martin) fineness til I became a teenager.

Ain't she beautiful

They all are!! Let's not discount the other ladies!

I knowww!

Denise Christie Yeah I thought when TC Carson left and Kim Fields seemed to be on a little less, then a bit less, I thought this would be a shift in the show, that would be similar to “Three’s Company” like when Chrissy left,,,,the Cindy left and then Terri came on. Or similar to “The Cosby Show” when the show sifts when Denise comes and goes, and then Vanessa goes off to college, Elvin and Sondra were on a little less each season,, and then Cousin Pam came on. Since It takes me a while to get used to changes,, I thought “Living Single” was doing a similar thing, but then suddenly it was gone! That really sucked. I agree 100% about Kim Carns! I love her! I didn’t see the game show, but I love her BFF show with Erika Alexander! So silly 🙃

Mr. Emerald The Green THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE THE CAPITAL AT THE HELM OF THE SHIP.WE BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN LIVES.WE ALLOW OTHERS TO WRITE OUR STORIES AND MAKE MONEY WE SHOULD BE MAKING.WE ARE STILL ENSLAVED.

@@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen Wow you noticed more than I did with the Cosby Show. I seen every episode but never noticed the less episodes changes with characters, particularly with Vanessa. I just remember her showing up with Dabnes from school, never thought about she left & went to college lol.

Ronnie Wilson Yeah if I remember correctly (I could be mistaken) but I think Tempestt wanted to go to college, and was actually going but her character Vanessa was a little younger, I think. So they wrote in that Vanessa had studied super hard and throughout her summer in order to skip her senior year and go straight to college. I was really sad cuz I love Vanessa so much, and when that season started and she moved out, I felt like “Hey we’re supposed to have one more year with her before she leaves for school!!” The Roseanne show did the same for Lecy Goarnson when she wanted to leave for college, so they wrote Becky out of the show. And yeah I do remember a lot LOL! The TV was baby sitter friend and family for me as a latch key kid in foster care so I took my TV watching everywhere!

I watch the repeats tooooo!!

Same here

Where do you watch the reruns?

They do not want to show positive black people on TV.

@@ChiinaBloodmireWrites TV One and HULU

All the black sitcoms were intentionally removed and replaced with ratchet, degrading reality shows that made us look horrible

Cause you relate to living single. The show wasn't better nor worst average.

@@jorgitogutierrez8565 I watch both Stop the BS!!

@@valeriamontgomery4748 well let's see which show has move seasons? So we can see who talking BS.

@@jorgitogutierrez8565 ... seasons don't make a damned difference. lol. Friends was a terrible rip-off. It wasn't funny. The acting wasn't as good. The actors weren't as attractive.

@@thatlittlezombie seasons mean rating that mean viewers. Attractive lmao who you need glasses

He said yes if the money is right

No he too old and gay now to fit that role

trabucks do you know if he is gay?? Even if he was, what does that have to do with ANYTHING???

I think he's on another show on Bounce TV

trabucks It’s called ACTING! What does him being gay have to do with him being able to ACT as a straight man on camera!?! Some of y’all really don’t think before you type.

Yea this was one of my favorites as well

Linknla - her last episode was when Dexter (the rich guy she met and catered the fundraiser for) proposed to her.

Haha yea he was over it!

@@AlertCulture It's so ridiculous to think of Friends as some copycat. Hell, wasn't Laverne & Shirley the SAME premise??? Friends living together with other friends (Lenny & Squiggy) who live right in the building. All Friends & LS did was add MORE friend characters. Neither one is original.

@Fhc Fucu Yea, ok! I'm lying to myself because this is SOOO important in my life! Talk about dumb, that's a ridiculous comment. Roommates who have other friends in the building is NOT a new concept! Laverne & Shirly did it. Bosom Buddies did it. The Odd Couple did it. The Mary Tyler Moore Show did it.

@@jog8483 In truth, I never watched "Friends" but I did watch "Living Single" for the first season or two - maybe three. The program was entertaining when it the story lines focused on the "Flavor" magazine workplace concept and attempted to build the personalities and relationships of the characters, in seasons one and two. After that, the story lines got progressively ridiculous and the characters got even more progressively "CARTOONISH" - even insulting - particularly the (incredibly stupid) Overton and Synclaire characters. They were written to be "dumb as stumps" and they over-acted in those roles - perfectly - to a FAULT. Is this "Comedy"? It was - after a certain point - "insulting" to us viewers, if you want to be REALLY honest. The other characters became exaggerated caricatures of themselves, too. They were all TOO STUPID to be real. Maxine became TOO GREEDY - if not "wicked", Kyle - TOO RUDE and OBNOXIOUS, Queen Latifah - TOO TOO FAT, Maxine TOO OSTENTATIOUS and "GOLD-DIGGING"....etcetera, etcetera... (Real question) Were they "acting" or really just "playing themselves"? For me, the characters went from being very likeable people - during the first two or (maybe) three seasons - to being very UN-likeable and creepy, after that. I stopped watching. Most likely the first two seasons are the only episodes that are showing regularly. There's no one to blame for the program's cancellation except the PRODUCERS and the WRITERS - whomever they were. Hopefully they are selling flood insurance in Death Valley or Hollyweird Hills, somewhere. They ruined the program. "Living Single" just got to be too dumb. (TC Carson thinks he was "too strong and too black" ha, ha -"Kyle" you're definitely NOT "too strong" or "the greatest actor of all time" but go ahead "blame, blame, blame" if it works for ya.) "Race", "Blackness" or the lack of there of, the "Friends" program, "politics" or any other reason offered, have absolutely NOTHING to do it the demise of "Living Single". The last few seasons - SUCKED and the cast should have been embarrassed by them. Many programs focus on making SOCIAL and POLITICAL statements. In particular, some black sitcoms often focus too much on making the program too "black" (thanks again "Kyle") whatever that is supposed to imply. Producers would serve their audiences better if they just left the political bullshit out of the script and tried to develop the characters into BELIEVABLE and REAL people to be identified with - maybe even to be "looked up" too - by younger viewers. In short, like many TV sitcoms - "Living Single" - included, LOST IT'S FOCUS. The writers lost their imagination, maybe the sponsors wanted it to "say something" profound. Instead, it missed on those lofty goals and IT "DIED". For whatever reason, It was definitely time to change the channel by the third for fourth seasons.

You know what after watching living single for so long i never really related the title of the show to the show itself. It was about actually living single and they had two of the friends hook up and get married lol. So they obviously weren't living single anymore. But hey they kinda did the same with max and Kyle too.. they just didn't get married but i have seen them featured on half and half. They were married i believe and had a daughter.

@@reesemoney Yep,that was cool how they brought back Max and Kyle on that episode of half and half

It's not like they couldn't talk

Agreed. Season 4 had unbearable writing.

So the characters weren’t supposed to evolve lol? The major appeal of the show was depicting single people navigating life. Part of life is searching for love and, surprisingly, two of the characters actually found love. Overton and Synclaire started out single like everyone else but I thought it was a strong choice to show that all the struggles/bad dates that the characters went through could actually pay off one day. 🤷🏾‍♂️

And Seinfeld too apparently Friends jacked everyone lol

Ramone DeCurta Exactly! I was thinking more like $50Million

lol I was silently thinking the sane thing (JUST 8Million..smh)

Right she been working since the 70s but queen got over a 100 mill!😗

Big Tex : A lot of actors with far less talent have made more money every year of their careers than Kim Fields’s $8M net worth. Keep in mind that Forbes underestimates wealth by up to 50% in some cases; so Kim Fields might be in the $15M neighborhood. But for what she did, that’s peanuts. She has been in two top shows, plus countless commercials and guest appearances. If she were starting out today she would earn closer to $50M, or possibly more...no doubt. Tv doesn’t really pay unless you’re Jaleel White, Bill Cosby (or part of his tv family), Emanuel Lewis, Gary Coleman, or a white actor.

@@DeCurtaRican or a white actor? You contradict your first part where you acknowledge how actors were ripped off and it still happens.. colour doesn't matter as much as having an agency that will fight for you

Exactly but do you think they would all agree to come back?

@@AlertCulture ... I think they would... For the Culture. I think a lot of Black shows would do reboots if they could.

No reboot. That would be wack. How they gonna be 50 years old still living with each other? That's called the Golden Girls.

@@Yobachi2007 Lol

@@Yobachi2007 ... Lol. It could be Golden Girls-esque only better. But "Living Single" doesn't mean they'd have to live together. There would two married couples, Khadijah would be with Scooter. And Regine would probably be on husband two or three. Lmao. Oh, &, uh, Tripp would be there... Living his best single life.

I saw that interview too...you're right, that is why she left!

Kim Fields is iconic she has too much class to appear on RHOA beneath her.

I say the same thing. Tv was so much better and more diverse then than nowadays.

Actually Sex and The City took from The Golden Girls formula lol.

Nancy Desch I did too!!

What your ethnicity has to do with anything

But it was a black show

@@LFFSutra I was just about to say this.

"I really didn't see it as a Black show. ... It could be about any single people." Girl... so much to unpack in your entire comment. Absolutely ridiculous.

You are very different from the rest

Haha good point! Lol

Kevin Riley I wish it was

Lol why so literal?

No...it didn't have to end because of that. Instead of "in a 90's kind of world", Latifa could have changed it to " in this kind of world, I'm glad I got my girls."

"in a noughties kind of a world" also could've worked very easily lol. Probably canceled so it wouldn't compete with Friends

The Alabaster Box thank you!!

lol

They did a reunion special a while back but Queen Latifah wasn't there. They need to do another one with her in it.

I really liked Overton and Sinclair as a couple. He still looks good

@@AlertCulture “Synclaire”

My fav episode is when he sang My Funny Valentine. He Slayed it

Agreed. I remember Kim Fields music career a lil bit too. Oh absolutely, they ended A LOT of Black shows abruptly. Like The Wayans Bros. Like seriously?! And unfortunately all the white programs stayed on for 10 years or more. I will always love Living Single. It goes in my favorite shows of All time category. So blessed to have grown up in that time. #90sWasTheBestAllTheWayAround 😳😳😒💪🏾💪🏾💞💯💯🎯

I know for a fact am one of the few who dont watch 'white' soaps.

You done got me started lol It's definitely always something to keep these black shows from 10 seasons...While Roseanne and Friends ended up with 10 seasons.Living Single and Family matters both should have made it to 10 seasons.Family matters made it to 9 then cancelled without an legit ending.. Living got a good ending,but should have went with 3 more seasons if not 5 more to make it 10

Nova Love “they” abruptly cancel any show

@@diannahawn9637 if that's what you believe then okay. Black shows never have a proper ending. Friends totally bit the Living Single concept, but they received a big fanfare on NBC and a proper ending. It's fine if you don't recognize that, but that's the way it is and that's the way it has always been.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!

Of course theres always a cover story

Morgan O'Brien-Bledsoe thank you 😊

Yes it was. Loved it.

Marie Hampton YES! I remember her singing to his pic in the video, just like us love struck teens did to our celebrity crushes!😂 #80slife

I still have my copy!

Ha! I remember watching her sing this song on Soul Train!☺

Haha probably definitely was! 😂😂

Mine too still know every word

@@AlertCulture This has got to be the best theme song ever! It actually could've been a albums single/ radio cut! Looking at this video really made my day! Well this is day2, because I got your notification!

Me neither. I always wanted to know why she wasn't in the series finale episode.

By the late 90s, all of FOX's popular black shows were no longer on the air. The network was trying to be more mainstream aka "Less Urban". "Martin", "Living Single", and "New York Undercover" were all canceled by the end of the decade. "Living Single" was the #1 show with black people throughout its entire run.

@@ashtonbullock loved New York Undercover

@@iambabygirlfranklin3117 Ice T was the best villain on New York undercover,that was my favorite storyline on the show.Every thing about the show was great,the last season wasn't too great not terrible either,it was average compared to seasons 1- 3

@@brandonbates9259 I completely agree.

I was soooo bummed! It was a vibeee

Thank you!

Especially Martin, that and Sanford and Son are my all-time favorite shows.

It was boring af

Jessica R lol exactly! And they didn’t have any black actors for a long time so nope

Why is that "ironic"? I think you meant, "Interestingly, I never watched a full episode of Friends". What's the irony?

@@DJaySplitSecond So "boring" that it was a hit show for 10years. And teh network wanted more, but the actors wanted to move on. They made mult-millions by then and were done.

@@jog8483 bec they stole the idea from a Black Show that I watched all the time

That's a GOOD one!

Shit was ok at best

naw..In The House was good the first two seasons but went down after Jackie aka Debbie Allen wasn't on it anymore.

@@kennethbepps ok at best

Same thing that happens to all black shows

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Thank you so much!

It was soo fun who was your favorite character?

I am such a fan of this show as well. I remember dancing to the theme song!

I love the 90s

Best decade ever!

Today’s kids will never know

Brilliant, please subscribe I need your brain lol

You need to stop cuz right now you bringing tears to my eyes. I love me some New York Undercover it was one of the best police shows I have ever seen.

MANN!!

It’s more like the trash version if living single.

I know right just don't make any sense Love Love Living single 💕

@@cassandradennard6323 **DOESN'T make any sense. Not "don't".

@@jog8483 shut up😒

@@Zenguy89 Haha!! Yea, OK! I'll shut down my opinion because YOU don't like it. Get real!!!