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227 (1985)

227 poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United States
Length
5 seasons, 116 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The show follows Mary Jenkins, a housewife who loves to gossip in her Washington D.C. apartment building. She interacts with her husband, their teenage daughter, and a group of colorful neighbors and friends.

lightheartedcomedicwarmlivelycasualsnappyconversational

What happens

227 is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 6, 1990. The series, created by C.J. Banks and Bill Boulware, stars Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, a sharp-tongued, city resident gossip and housewife. Other major characters include her husband Lester (Hal Williams), neighbor Sandra Clark (Jackee Harry), friend and landlady Rose Holloway (Alaina Reed Hall), friend and neighbor Pearl Shay (Helen Martin) and Mary and Lester's daughter Brenda (Regina King). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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