Harris and Company

Harris and Company
Genre	Drama
Created by	Arthur A. Ross
Directed by	Tom Blank Ivan Dixon
Starring	Bernie Casey David Hubbard Renee Brown Lia Jackson Dain Turner Eddie Singleton Stu Gilliam Carol Tillery Banks Lois Walden James Luisi
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Stan Robertson
Producer	Arnold F. Turner
Running time	44 mins.
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 15 (1979-03-15) – April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05)

Harris and Company is an American television drama series that aired on NBC from March 15 to April 5, 1979, on Thursday night.

Synopsis

The series stars Bernie Casey as Mike Harris, ^{[1] [2]} a working-class African-American father of five who relocates his family from Detroit, Michigan, to Los Angeles, California, after the death of his wife. The series is based upon Love Is Not Enough, a TV movie that aired on NBC on June 12, 1978. It was the first weekly American TV drama series centered on an African-American family.^{[ citation needed ]}

The series aired for only four episodes and was the lowest-rated U.S. broadcast network primetime series that season, ranking 114th with a 7.6/12 rating/share. ^[3]

Cast

• Bernie Casey as Mike Harris
• David Hubbard as David Harris
• Renee Brown as Liz Harris
• Lia Jackson as Juanita "J.P." Harris
• Dain Turner as Richard Harris
• Eddie Singleton as Tommy Harris
• Stu Gilliam as Charlie Adams
• Carol Tillery Banks as Angie Adams
• Lois Walden as Louise Foreman
• James Luisi as Harry Foreman

References

1. Terrace 2008, p. 185.
2. "Harris and Company". Turner Classic Movies . United States: Turner Broadcasting System . Retrieved March 13, 2018.
3. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/79-OCR/BC-1979-06-18-OCR-Page-0056.pdf#search=%22rounding%20up%20the%20ratings%22 ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

Sources

• Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. Vol. 2. New York City: McFarland & Co. p. 185. ISBN   978-0786433056.

External links

• Harris and Company at IMDb