‘Living Single’ feels like ‘a love letter’ to Black women because it is, the creator says
"Living Single" premiered on Aug. 22, 1993 on Fox. Creator Yvette Lee Bowser shares why the series still resonates three decades after its debut 30 years ago.
Yvette Lee Bowser remembers the exact day "Living Single" was greenlighted to premiere in the fall 1993 TV season.
"I was actually at a hair appointment," she told NBC News, laughing. "As a Black woman, (that's) fitting."
"It was May 10, 1993," she said. "I got a phone call telling me that the show was getting picked up for another 12 episodes in addition to the pilot."
"I called my mother first and then I call my girlfriends," she said. "You know that show that I wrote about? It's actually going to be on TV. I'm not going to just be sitting at home in my robe watching the one episode over and over and over again."
"Living Single" premiered three months later on Aug. 22, 1993, and it marks its 30th anniversary Tuesday. Bowser said there are no public celebrations planned due to the concurrent Hollywood strikes, but the legendary show ran for five seasons on Fox and starred Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, T.C. Carson, John Henton and Kim Fields as Khadijah, Synclaire, Max, Kyle, Overton and Regine, respectively. They lived in Brooklyn, New York, as working professionals navigating the roller coaster of their careers, friendships and romantic lives. The show is available to stream on Hulu and Max.
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