Sugar and Spice (American TV series)

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Sugar and Spice
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Reynolds, Devine, and Anderson in a promotional picture for the series
Genre Sitcom
Created by
  • Katherine Green
  • Irma Kalish
  • Stephen Neigher
  • Gina Wendkos
Starring
Theme music composer
Composer Jonathan Wolff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerIrma Kalish
Producers
  • Michael Loman
  • Gina Wendkos
  • Roxie Wenk Evans
CinematographyDavid Johnson
Camera setupLeland Gray
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseMarch 30 (1990-03-30) –
May 25, 1990 (1990-05-25)

Sugar and Spice is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 30, 1990 to May 25, 1990.

Contents

Premise

The small town of Ponca City, Oklahoma, was the setting for this blue collar series about two middle-aged African American sisters. Loretta and Vickilyn (Loretta Devine and Vickilyn Reynolds) had very different personalities. Vickilyn was conservative and quiet, a divorcee making her living with Small World Miniatures, a mail-order business run out of her converted garage. Her gregarious sister Loretta, an aspiring actress with a roving eye for good-looking men, was biding time working as a hostess at Cafe Jacques, where the manager Jacques (Leslie Jordan) was also seen. [1]

Living with them was their teenage niece Toby (LaVerne Anderson), the only child of their late sister, whose good intentions were sometimes derailed when she took bad advice from her best friend Ginger (Dana Hill). Bonnie (Stephanie Hodge), who had a tempestuous relationship with her trucker husband Cliff (Gerrit Graham), was Vickilyn's assistant at Small World Miniatures.

Ralph and Brian (Troy Searcy, Bumper Robinson) were schoolmates of Toby's.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest stars

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateProd.
code
1"Doo-Wah Ditty in Ponca City" Jack Shea Cassandra Clark & Debbie Pearl March 30, 1990 (1990-03-30)102

Loretta gets her old singing group back together (Vickilyn, Toby, Ginger, and Bonnie) to sing at the grand opening of a mall.

Guest Stars: Terrah Bennett Smith and Patty Holly
2"The Truck Stops Here" Howard Storm Steve Granat & Mel Sherer April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06)103

Bonnie decides to leave her husband.

Guest Star: Gerrit Graham
3"Lovers and Other Truckers" James Widdoes Mark Alton Brown & Dee LaDuke April 13, 1990 (1990-04-13)104

Vickilyn goes out on a blind date arranged by Loretta.

Guest stars: Willie C. Carpenter, Rick Fitts, and Leslie Jordan
4"This Hostess Ain't No Cupcake"Howard Storm Michael Loman April 27, 1990 (1990-04-27)105

When Vickilyn fills in for Loretta, all hell breaks loose.

Guest stars: Robert Fieldsteel, Floyd B. Jones, and Leslie Jordan
5"Pilot"Jack Shea Katherine Green, Irma Kalish, Stephen Neigher, and Gina Wendkos May 4, 1990 (1990-05-04)101

Pilot; Vickilyn's ex-husband returns for a romantic evening.
Guest star: Dorian Harewood

Note: Pilot was shown out of production order. Screenplay by the creators.
6"Breaking in Is Hard to Do" Michael Lembeck Gina WendkosMay 11, 1990 (1990-05-11)106

After breaking into the principal's office where Toby goes to school, the sisters are jailed.

Guest stars: Maureen Arthur, Fitz Houston, Nicholas Pryor, Jennifer Richards, Michael Talbott, and Elmarie Wendel
7"A Star Is Boring"Jack Shea Stephen Langford May 25, 1990 (1990-05-25)107
Toby gets a part in the school play.

References

  1. ↑ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present . Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1147. ISBN   0-345-45542-8.
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