Alone Among Neighbors (TV Series)

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Television series
German title Alone among neighbors
Original title The Hughleys
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Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1998-2002
length 22 minutes
Episodes 89 in 4 seasons
genre Comedy , sitcom
idea DL Hughley ,
Matt Wickline
First broadcast September 22, 1998 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 August 4th, 2001 on VOX
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Alone among neighbors is an American sitcom that ran on American broadcaster ABC from 1998 to 2000 , before broadcasting on UPN from 2000 to 2002.

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Darryl Hughley has it all - but he doesn't know what to do with it.

He is a successful Afro-American businessman and has moved into a wonderful dream home with his family in a typical American suburb. White houses, white front yard fences and white neighbors.

Although Darryl's wife Yvonne and his two children, 7-year-old Sydney and 9-year-old Michael, are excited about the new home, he cannot really settle in himself. He torments himself with accusations: is he betraying his origin and his black roots with the new life in prosperity? Because that's what his best friend Milsap thinks.

His son Michael, who loves a white boy band, and his daughter Sydney, who prefers a blonde Barbie doll, give him just as much headache as his new neighbors, Dave and Sally Rogers, who he suspects of being racist. Luckily there is the wonderful Yvonne who keeps bringing her husband back down to earth, and she does it in a refreshing and funny way.

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main actor

role Role information actor Info
Darryl Hughley "Vending machine magnate" DL Hughley Born March 6, 1963 in Los Angeles, California. He started his career as a stand-up comedian performing in small clubs. He had guest appearances in the successful series The Prince of Bel-Air and in the series Sister, Sister , which celebrated incredible success in the States. He is also known as Christopher Turk's big brother from the Scrubs series .
Yvonne Hughley Darryl's wife Elise Neal * March 4, 1970 in Memphis (Tennessee) . She was able to celebrate further successes with the SeaQuest DSV series . She also starred in the films Scream 2 (the only Afro-American actress in the Scream trilogy ) and Mission to Mars .
Dave Rogers Hughleys' neighbor / sports shop owner Eric Allen Kramer
Sally Rogers Dave's wife / psychologist Marietta DePrima
Sydney Hughley Darryl's daughter Ashley Monique Clark
Michael Hughley Darryl's son Dee Jay Daniels
Milsap Morris Darryl's buddy / business partner John Henton

supporting cast

role Role information actor Period
Shari Yvonne's half-sister Adele Givens 2001 to 2002
Jimmy Employee at Darryl's company Christopher Moynihan 1999 to 2001
Otto Son of Rogers and Michael's buddies Connor Matheus 1998 to 1999
Mrs. Fitch Hughley's neighbor - always calls Darryl "Benson" Frances Bay
Hattie Mae Hughley Darryl's mother Marla Gibbs
Ronnie Michael's classmate Preston Wamsley 1998 to 2000
Chuck Ballard Theater director / neighbor of the Hughleys Taylor Negron 1998 to 2000

Guest actor

role Role information actor episode
Mimi Bobeck Carey from the series The Drew Carey Show Kathy Kinney 2.1 "Sharp guns"
Nicole Matthews Movie star / Milsep's girlfriend Tyra Banks 2.4 "Star hype"
Mr. Smith David Arquette 2.6 "The curse of the coyote"
Nicole "Nikki" Parker from the series The Parkers Mo'Nique 3.15 "A sparkling vintage"
Myles Martin Spanjers 4.2 "The woman is herself" /4.7 "On call: murder"
Karen Clark Star supervisor for Lil 'Romeo Debra Jo Rupp 4.9 "Rebellion of the hormones"
Lil 'Romeo Sydney's radio quiz win Lil 'Romeo 4.9 "Rebellion of the hormones"
Shaggy Musician Shaggy 4.14 "One cup too little"

Charisma

United States

In the US, the pilot episode aired on September 22, 1998 on ABC . The last episode that aired on ABC ran on April 28, 2000. In May 2000, ABC discontinued the series after two seasons with 45 episodes due to falling audience ratings. In the same year the broadcaster UPN agreed to continue producing the series and aired the third season from September 11, 2001. In May 2001, a fourth season was ordered before the broadcaster decided in May 2002 not to continue producing the series. The series finale aired on May 20, 2002.

Germany

In Germany, the first episode “Hallo Nachbar” was broadcast on August 4, 2001 and ran continuously until the series finale on January 11, 2003 on the free TV channel VOX .

Trivia

  • A running gag of the series is that Darryl Michael always threatens to take off his belt and punish him with it. Sounds worse than it is, since he's only threatening it, and in a hilarious way.
  • Alone among neighbors , a series universe shares with The Drew Carey Show and The Parkers . One actress from each of these sitcoms makes a guest appearance in her corresponding role alone among neighbors .

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