LIVING SINGLE (1993) Officially Ended After This Happened.. 

Living single was friends before friends

When ever a Black Television show is successful cancelation is inevitable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Living Single Was The BOMB 😂

Living Single will always be better than Friends

Just wanted to mention Erika Alexander also guest appeared on Black Lightning, which reunited her with Cress Williams aka Scooter. As a fan of Living Single, I was excited to see that connection. Oh, and I was excited to see her and T.C. Carson reprise their Max & Kyle characters on Half&Half tv show.

Max still got it going on

Living Single is just like Friday,It'll Neva get OLD!!!!!!

Losing Living Single hurt my feelings 😪, especially when they gave The cast of Friends a million dollars 💵 an episode for each of the final 18 shows

I watched Living Single all the time. Even as a white woman the stories and characters were iconic and relatable to me. I loved Kim Cole’s airhead with a big heart.

They ended living single because friends needed to be bigger.

I was very disappointed with how they ended the show in a cliffhanger. It was a huge devastation to the black community.

In my personal opinion, I feel they were robbed. They stole their show and gave it to the show FRIENDS. This was a great show and it was not recognized. They stole their storyline and this is a shame.

The Fresh Prince wasn't inspired by Living Single. It was out 3 years prior, and two of the man characters played Wills girlfriend on the show.

Living single was the best show if there wasn't no Living single there wouldn't be no Friends......

Queen latifah literally said the producer of Friends spoke to her about how envious he was of living single and would make a copy of it when he had the opportunity to do so.

Maxine aged beautifully 😍

Would be nice to bring it back, as older, successful adults

That show was so good, they had to take it off.

Never even watched friends, only LIVING SINGLE

This was my favorite show funny and talented actors. Now i want to watch it again.

I never seen friends have a blk person as a friend. But living single had every races in the show.

Living Single was one of my favorite shows. I have the full series on dvd and I watch it all the time. The chemistry between all of the cast was so nice. Plus, it reminds me of a period in time when the Sunday lineup included Martin and Living Single.

I miss living single….

Who wrote this thing? Living Single didn't open the door for Fresh Prince. That show was on air 3 years BEFORE Living Single aired in 1993!

They should have put it in the contract that if Elvis comes along and copies your whole style anywhere in the universe for all time that they have to pay you.

They broke them up to boost the ratings on Friends. But that's what they do to us when we are on top. Why can't we all be on top ? Everything is a competition. People won't see that we grow as a human race when we start working together. Love spreads Love ❤️.

Felt disrespected when this show was canceled not only this one not . To be honest I never watch friends ever

How could the narrator not mention that TC carson. Was the voice of one of playstations biggest game franchise of all time. The original kratos of god of war.

Never forget that friends is a white copy of living single and fox after friends started airing started one of the most toxic scams ever pulled on a popular show

She never mentions how T.C. Carson became the God of war😂😂😂

Very few Black shows are allowed make it to syndication. The industry tends to drop them right before they reach it. Thus avoiding the long term payout.

This was out when I was a kid. I watched the pilot on Max and now I fully understand what they're talking about. Amazing show!! Love that I can watch it now as I'm approaching 40 and gone through some life experiences.

Later TC Carson would go in to voice one of the most impactful and iconic male characters in video games today.

All of the reasons you spoke played into the demise of “Living Single” and more. It was an excellent show. I lived not far from that age group at the time of its airing. I related to the show because it closely resembled my life and friends. 3 girls and 3 guys all moved from TX to NY upon graduating from college. 1 girl was my cousin. She was doing fairly well in auditions and landed several roles. I aspired to Act but never quite made it through, or even sometimes “to” auditions. We all “Temped” until we gained permanent positions or landed a gig that sustained us. We were close and still have contact with each other to this day. Ironically, some of our personalities resembled those of Kyle and Sinclair. One had the drive of Kadisha (not sure of the spelling), while another was a little like Regine. We had our own version of Maxine however. She would be the “Christian” version. We didn’t have an Overton but we all had to be “handy” to survive the seasons in New York City. The world was cheated when the show ended so abruptly. It was just getting good ( as the saying goes).

I loved Living Single! Also, in interviews, the 1992 movie Singles had been given credit to be the inspiration of Friends.

1990s Thursday Nights FOX TV was Great.

How you put lesbians ? Noone ever on that show had a lesbian encounter and why keep putting friends when you say"they dont make em like they used to " living single was out BEFORE friends. Its not " personal prejudice" if its a rip off and dont get knowledge for it... Ignorant person defintion is .....

9:04 ...that's actually the late great Nell Carter...not Kim Coles.

In Living Single was one of the best comedy shows that was on TV. I would never miss a show. I loved the cast. The show was very funny and it's a big miss for me. ❤

Living Single debuted in 1993, not the late 90s 1:33

Living Single started in 1992-93; 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' had been on since 1990.... 'Living Single' was a classic show because it was normal people who had their own lives dealing with reality and enjoying one another, no foolishness...the men were serious-minded with their occupations: a handy-man and a stock broker, so you have the money and the housing taken care of while the women embraced business as their neighbor, 'Maxine Shaw' was a lawyer and politician....The reality of the show was about feminism and economics for women but all those women needed men, that's the bottom line.

Just talked all that about the image and then calls Khadija a magazine editor...she was sole owner and editor.

I definitely loved watching Living Single in the 90's, but The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was already on airing before Living Single came out.

They should have kept RUN THE WORLD on PEACOCK it was just as good. Sorry to see they drop the show

Narrator tripping Fresh Prince was out in thriving for years before Living Single even aired 😂😂😂 I’m from West Philly I said it! 😎

It's funny she said it's not friends knowing that show stole they whole concept of this show

This show was one of my favorites, we need more like it 😎

Living Single was / is a great TV show and definitely the blueprint for the show Fiends. ( They ended Living single so promotion of friends to the masses ). concept theives

It was a great show

Boy that thumbnail tho

Its sad that Black actors labeled "difficult to work with" when they stand up for themselves. Yet white actors who actually are difficult to work with, still get opportunities!

listen that thumbnail is diabolical!

Im still in love with Erykah Alexander she was and still is bad asf 🥵

to see such a difference of characters from Erika Alexander on the Cosby Show to Living Single is good acting on versatility.

"Winky's Theme" was the song about her brother from her "Black Pearl" album.

I love this show those were the days 🔥

That A.I. art on the screen cap is WILD 😂

We not going to talk about that TC Carson ended out voicing the God of War Kratos

Why are there random clips of The Cosby Show in this video? 😂

I am on my 7th run of binge watching the reruns of that show. Continues to find it funny, entertaining and educational. Great jobs guys.

TC Carson suffered the Outspoken Black Man tragedy. If you're smart, strong and stand on your truth, the industry will bury you because they don't want a Strong Black Man building up a following of empowered Black Men

Luving single was the orginal friends domt care what anyone says look at the entire show then friends make your conclusion.

The thumbnail 😂😂

Memories in the corners of my mind...❤

I was 20 when this show first aired, and then had the experience of watching it all over again with my then teenage daughter a few years back, because she absolutely loved it and wanted me to watch it with her.

Racism is always at the root cause for any black shows being cancelled.

Y’all dead wrong for that thumbnail 💀

I still use whooo whooo til this day

Who was the Living Single dancer? She was the bomb 🤪😍 👏🏾

Friends owe Living Single an apology.

This is just for the Living Single crew. I'm 38 and yall were brilliant 👏. I remember the intro like I wrote it. ❤Queen Latifah. Love all yall, you all didn't get the credit. But I'll give it all day to yall👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏. And yall were better than friends. I like them to but yall were the first.

That thumbnail is crazy lol

As a 63 year old white woman in 2024, I loved this show when it aired and I certainly did see it and watch it well before I ever saw "Friends". I don't recall paying much attention to 'Friends' until years later when I caught re-runs of it on a cable channel. 'Living Single'? I watch it in re-runs every chance I get. Love the cast and the chemistry. The strength of friendship. And the characters come across as real. Not like the old "black" sitcoms (no knocks to 'Sanford & Son,' or 'Good Times' or the actors but really, those show's characters were portrayed very stereotypical as uneducated poor black folks.) 'Living Single' always seemed more realistic to me. I think I already mentioned, I still watch this show. :)

I watched every episode of Living Single. Even named one of my daughters after a character.❤

Tc was done wrong but found his place in santa monica studios. He voiced one of the greatest characters for Playstation Kratos from god of war and voices many characters from many animation and cartoons movies and tv. And Maxine from the show makes black comic books.

I watched this show because of my mom. I dont regret a second, especially now

I love this show! I remember being excited watching the first airing. Seeing Khadijah run a magazine resonated with me so much. I later launched my own publishing brand. #RepresentationMatters

I still watch this show even if I saw the episodes before . ❤️

My friends always said I was the 'Maxine' of the group 😂😂😂

that thumbnail to my right 😁😁😁😁😁😁

Aww i loved that show 😊

The original sitcom of "FRIENDS" LIVING TOGETHER... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT...😢 GIVE THESE CREATIVELY AMAZING HUMANS THEIR FLOWERS 💐 😍

Still watching in 2024 ❤

I’m sorry what happened to Carson. It’s like you get labeled for standing up for yourself and for fair treatment. SMH

I honestly hate friends. I really can’t believe it was popular

14:16 Getting told people hear you are difficult to work with and then walking out of the meeting kind of supports the original hearsay.

You stated this show was before fresh prince. But I remember watching fresh prince a few years before living single was around.

TC Carson need to be a writer and director. He would be perfect for that role.

Is anyone else seeing the outrageous thumbnail on this? Because where did those Ta-Tas to Tuesday come from on Max??

That thumbnail is vicious

My favorite show my daughter 21 we just sung the whole theme song 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂love this show ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤l

Kyle went on to become Kratos.

One of best shows ever.

It's already been said the white shows stole from the black shows Even the cast of living single said friends stole there idea and certain episodes

I couldn't have been the only one.

I never made that connection to friends, damn.

Queen Latfah started out in 1988 and her first single was “wrath of my madness”… they don’t have their facts straight…

Black people watched Living Single. I never saw Friends until it was in syndication.

2024 IM 23 AND IM STILL WATCHING LIVING SINGLE !!!!!!

This show was the 1st & last of the decent contracts in the industry for us IN the industry. I've been independent every since. I don't feel bad for anyone that claims to be overworked. I agree that the industry is greedy. However, overworked, nah, you can always quit, walk away. Which is more important your career or your health 🤔?