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227 is rated “green” and is awarded the Entertainment Seal of Approval™ by the Parents Television Council.

Based on a play about the lives of women residing in a black apartment building in 1950s Chicago, by Christine Houston, Marla Gibbs, who first shot to stardom for playing the sarcastic housekeeper to Louise & George Jefferson, Florence Johnston, in "The Jeffersons," got her own series. In this sitcom, she starred as Mary Jenkins, a tart-tongued, sharp housewife, who enjoyed a great deal of gossip, and often spoke of what she'd believed, not-so-good results. 227 was also about the many African-Americans who resided in a Washington, D.C. apartment building, among the many of her residents were Lester Jenkins, Mary's husband who was a construction worker, Brenda Jenkins, a teenaged daughter of Mary's & Lester's, whose very scholarly, when at times, she overdoes things and apologizes, Pearl Shay, an annoying, yet open-minded neighbor, who believes in gossip, the same topic Mary believes in, and Rose Halloway, a best friend of Mary's who show sympathy to the neighbors, who in turn, had a daughter, Tiffany. When the landlord dies [in the pilot episode], Rose took over Mr. Calloway's place, afterwards, until the fourth season. But at least somebody was as argumentative to Mary, until one day, her attractive, young building vamp, Sandra Clark, came over, and started feuding off and on with Mary about their own respective lives.


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Upcoming Episodes

Where Do We Go From Here?
05/17/2012 - 11:00pm
When Lester nods off during a fiery Sunday sermon, he dreams he and Mary go on to their great reward in heaven, actually a bizarre restaurant, and are later sent down to a warmer climate in which they can glimpse how different their friends and family would be without them.
Play Christy For Me
05/17/2012 - 11:30pm
When Lester wins a contest and becomes the temporary host of a radio show, Mary decides to test his boast that his velvet voice" will drive women crazy! She asks an attractive female friend to fawn over her husband."
Gone Fishing
05/21/2012 - 11:00pm
After his ex-wife tries to take the building as part of the divorce settlement, Julian fakes his death on a fishing trip and leaves 227 to a mysterious cousin from Jamaica.
Nightmare on 227
05/21/2012 - 11:30pm
After Mary takes the lead in a low-budget horror film, the former star vents his anger by attempting to cause her demise.
Class of '90, The
05/22/2012 - 11:00pm
While excitedly preparing for Brenda's high school graduation, Mary is stricken with appendicitis and ends up sharing a hospital room with a woman who has had extensive plastic surgery. Meanwhile, Lester tries to cope with his father's relationship with another woman.
No Place Like Home
05/22/2012 - 11:30pm
After finding herself guilty of retreating from some homeless people outside of 227 rather than helping them, Mary befriends a homeless man named Ted and, with Lester's help, tries to find work and shelter for him and his friends.

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Jackée Harry

At the tender age of fourteen, Jackée landed the lead role of the "King" in her school's production of "The King and I." Upon graduation from New York City's High School of Music and Art with a distinction in Opera,...

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