# Living Single (1993)

> Six friends navigate careers, romance, and shared living in a Brooklyn brownstone in this warm 1990s African-American sitcom.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 118
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Yvette Lee Bowser
- Network: FOX
- Cast: Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, John Henton, Kim Fields, Mel Jackson, Ron Fassler
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106056/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: celebratory, romantic, amused, warm, breezy

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate Living Single as a warm, popular sitcom that was a standout of its era for African-American audiences, with its strongest seasons remembered fondly.

## Synopsis

Living Single (1993-1998) is an American network sitcom created by Yvette Lee Bowser for FOX, produced by her company Sister Lee in association with Warner Bros. Television. Queen Latifah plays Khadijah James, a magazine publisher, alongside Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, Kim Fields, T.C. Carson, and John Henton. The engine of the show is the friendship of six young adults who share a Brooklyn brownstone, where each week a new job frustration, romantic tangle, or money worry spills into the shared living room and kitchen. Its episodes are largely self-contained, built from familiar sitcom situations that play out through quick banter and reliable punchlines. Across five seasons and 118 episodes, it stays a light, celebratory ensemble comedy rather than a serialized drama. Set in 1990s Brooklyn, it captures the rhythms of a Black professional community with an easygoing, romantic, and amused register. Viewers who enjoy Friends, Martin, and A Different World will find the same mix of loyal friendship, romantic misadventure, and everyday humor.

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