The UNTOLD Truth About Half & Half | Another Black Sitcom Canceled On An Unresolved Cliffhanger?
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- Опубликовано: 2 апр 2024
- American television sitcom Half & Half aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show was created by writer and producer Jeffrey Klarik, executive produced by Living Single creator Yvette Lee Bowser and the catchy theme song called “You and Me” is performed by singer/songwriter Melonie Daniels. It focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters, Mona and Dee Dee Thorne played by Rachel True and Essence Atkins respectively, who didn’t grow up together but, now that they’re adults in their 20s, are working on having a close relationship. It all gets kicked off when they both move into the same San Francisco apartment building.
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When Phyllis snatched DeeDee wig off and she had another one in her bag🤣🤣
Big DeeDee stayed ready😂😂
That was as Iconic as Aunt Viv's dance😹😹😹😍🥰
That was hilarious
Big Bird!!
That scene was so funny!
In my opinion half a half is top 5 of one of the best tv theme songs
Still lives rent-free in my head
Absolutely. I have it on my iPod. I love it!!!
It's a bop for real.
Hell yeaa it is
Yesss!! ESPECIALLY "Mona's" part at the end!! Lol I always do that part, INCLUDING the little laugh!! 🤗🤗🤣🤣
That show could’ve lasted another 5 years easily
Exactly, good TV is no longer a thing especially when it comes to Black TV Sitcoms that paint us in a positive light. These networks ONLY want to see us acting a fool per usual.
@@adlenagordonfacts, but it’s what people enjoy these days. This is what I grew up with and I really enjoyed
@@javiruiz8365 Blame the WB/UPN merge
Absolutely
Yep. Its always our good black shows that get canceled with explanation outta knowhere.
Could have at least see who Mona picked! Smh😒
The casting is amazing when you look at how similar each of the parents resemble the sisters
Yesssss so true
It was so satisfying to see that as well. I love the similarities in complexions and even hairstyles I’m currently binge watching it right now
I always said that too, like they could actually be family!
Always loved tht
and i love it
I love when Big Dee Dee and Phyllis go at each other. Sophisticated shade of the 2000s. It was a mixture of Martin vs Pam and Dominique Deveraux VS Alexis Colby.
Well said.
Yes and from time to time they would bond.
Yes!! Very much like the Divas on Dynasty! 😁
There should be a documentary about Black sitcoms on UPN and WB.
Half and Half was brilliant.
As a matter of fact, there is one on RUclips. It was a video done by comedy hype talking about the black sitcoms on UPN and what happened to them. It's no longer than 25 minutes but it's packed with great information. I highly recommend you watch that video.
@@tylerwestbrook2392 thank you!
You're welcome
I just couldn't understand why BET couldn't pick up some of these black sitcoms... makes me sad 😢
I agree with you
They would have messed it up...
Especially since it was still black owned at the time
Right
Because it’s owned by Viacom
Rachel True is 57 and Essence Atkins is 52. They still look the same.
Half & half was a good show and underrated. I definitely remember the episode where TC Carson and Erika Alexander reprise their Living Single characters Kyle Barker and Maxine Shaw along with the reveal of their daughter.
I love that episode!!!
@@jasminehill6312 yeah I did too. I like that they was playing their Living Single characters on that episode and no one knew if they had a boy or a girl until that episode.
How were the living single characters as max and Kyle introduced into the show were they related to anyone on the show
@@aliciasimmons8473 nope. Maxine and Kyle was together with their daughter and Kyle was a co-star with big Dee Dee for a movie while Dee Dee idolizes Maxine as she was studying her cases when she was in law school and Dee Dee wanted to meet her. The creator of Living Single was involved with half & half, so that explains the continuity with having Kyle Barker and Maxine Shaw together. No one knew they had a daughter until that episode.
I forgot Louis Gossett Jr was in Half & Half. He played Spencer’s father. R.I.P
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Funky Ray
Me too
“Throughhhh this journey of discoveryyyy…in finding you I’m finding me..”🎤🎤
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤
You and Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee….eeeee………
"I'm finding you, I'm finding me...." 🎤🎤
That Romeo Santana episode was 😍 and Joey Lawrence as a recurring character in the last season was 🤤.
I loved his chemisty with Dee Dee.
That was Merlin Santana's last project. His episode aired less than a month before his passing.
That song was a bop ❤And it makes me sad to know this was his last work before he was tragically murdered. I recently rewatched that episode on RUclips. Man 😢💔
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I had a feeling the show was going in the direction of Joey Lawrence's character and Dee Dee getting together. That would've been interesting!
Have a seat on my loveee no reservation is required 🎶 Merlin killed that episode and that’s really Spencer singing too 😳
Since Netflix picked up some of these incomplete shows, there's nothing stopping them from greenlighting one or two seasons to wrap them up. For example, _Girlfriends_ exec producers Mara Brock Akil and Kelsey Grammer have said for years that they're open to a revival.
What kind of revival
Girlfriends I heard Mara I believe was the holdout or whoever has the rights all the ladies and Reggie who played William were all on board for a reboot/continuation
Yeah but the ladies aren’t for it.
@@aliciasimmons8473no, not every one was onboard.
@@aliciasimmons8473no, not everyone wanted to be involved. Jill said she wanted to stick to movies (don’t know what movies) but yeah 😂😂😂😂
Big Dee Dee (Valerie pettiford) sister in real life used to be my drama teacher in middle school lol
That's awesome. Valerie is a great actress.
Yes she was my teacher too and her son Jafar was my dance teacher
@@jasminenoir8444 aww wow. I loved ms pettiford 😭💚
Half & Half was one of my FAVORITE UPN shows. Essence Atkins and Rachel True are so TALENTED! They've barely aged to this day too. Rachel had me at The Craft. Love that movie. ❤
The long list of black WB and UPN sitcoms were very entertaining back in the day.
YES! The 90's gave US quality Black TV shows
@@kayshawnsimmons5585 execs: "These black shows narratives are trying to undo all the hood movie and gangsta rap influence we fully promote"....can't have that!
That doggone WB/UPN merger left a lot of good shows in the graveyard! RIP! Smh
This is one of my comfort shows.
Same! I brought the DVDs again recently in case it leaves streaming for good. I can watch this anytime
@@Trell88 Did Half & Half ever come out on DVD? I've checked for it online over the years, but never found it.🤷🏽♀️
Martin, Living Single, and the Parkers was some of the very few who got a proper ending in black sitcoms of the 90s and 2000s.
I wouldn't call the finales of Martin and living single proper
@@madddoggnogood1491 well i agree they were rushed series finale endings but they still werent left on a cliffhanger unlike moesha, girlfriends, half & half, my wife and kids, one on one and the etc. black 90s / 2000s sitcoms of those eras.
Living Single ended the moment Kyle left and Martin just was ridiculous to watch in that final season where Gina's gone. The last episode was such a joke.
I'm still watching half and half and living single and girlfriends as if they are recent tv shows!!!
And Girl Friends😍🥰🥰🥰🧐🍿☕
@@kayshawnsimmons5585 yup!😁
Same!!!!!!!
Me too
Dabl is currently showing the reruns of all three shows
I was frickin GUTTED when this show was canceled. 😔 The chemistry of the entire cast was off-the-charts, but my faves HAD to be any and ALL of Phyllis and Big DeeDee's interactions. 😂😂😂 Never a dull moment when those two were on screen, I swear. Lol!
Spencer and Mona should've been together by the show's end IMHO. Just like Moesha and My Wife And Kids, this series deserves closure, even if it's 20 years later.
I think Spencer and Mona were better off as friends. She should’ve been with Chase.
@@EFunkRock Didn't say the show had closure. Reread the comment
@@thebrownbaldy reread it. Misread it. Deleted comment. Apologies.
On the last episode I was hoping that we got thrown a curve and Spencer was who she called
Yes!!
Really hated how they did Mona's character in the end
Rachel True called it out completely. They do that to most black shows(female or male) before thwy get to the hundred episode mark, because they would have to pay the black actors more at that point. But they will let a corny white show rum forever. Ladies please understand, yall get the BS too!
The episode with Merlin Santana is a classic
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Have a seat on love should have been a real song 😩
@@igarrett113 I recently found out a few days ago literally there is a longer version of the song itself, ironic that I came across this video talking about this sitcom as well
One of his last appearances on film, he was killed a few months later.
YES! 😍🥰🥰🧐🍿☕
Half and Half, One on One, The Jeffersons and Moesha all ended on cliffhangers. Give us a novel or something to tie up those lose ends.
Would a novel work
Technically Girlfriends didn't end in a cliffhanger, but so much was left unresolved.
@@rmcrae05if it just abruptly ends with a bunch of main points and storylines not resolved, it’s a cliffhanger, even everyone is killed lol .
One on one should’ve never taken that direction (LA move) for younger audience
This is my favorite show. I never get tired of the reruns. The mothers going back and forth, getting drunk together and singing up a storm never gets old.
That's the best part of the series. They don't like each other, but somehow find a way to get along.
Someone needs to talk about how WELL the actress played big deedee….Funny, classy, a little ratchet… can sing and dance. The lady WAS the moment
The two moms were my favorite part of the show.
Rachel True and Essence Atkins are both gorgeous and beautiful ❤️.
Half and half was an amazing show. Fun fact before the cancellation MC Lyte and Alec Mapa characters were actually stated to have their own spin off but unfortunately never happen. We need a reboot!
I never knew that. That makes me wonder how it would have done?
Alec Mapa was sooo funny
Any episode with a singing battle between Phyllis and Big Dee Dee will always be top tier television. So funny!
1)I wish the show would've gotten a proper ending. Things were turning around for Mona.
2)Did anyone else think the show was going to get a spin off with Joey Lawrence because I felt it and it would've been great.
3)Can we get a reunion?!
I love Half & Half. So much great talent on that show, especially the moms, Thelma Hopkins & Valerie Pettiford. Fun Fact: Joey Lawrence, who had a recurring role as Dee Dee's boss, also costared with Thelma on Gimmie A Break.
The amount of shows canceled without a proper ending. 🤬
The Monday night lineup on UPN was awesome!!
I miss 90's Black TV Shows 😍🧐🍿☕
@@kayshawnsimmons5585 Yes!! So many great shows! Now everything is a negative stereotype. People seem to like that and I just can’t
Watching it on Netflix, I never skipped the intro. This song is fire 🔥!
NEVER skip the intro. ALWAYS sing the intro. ❤
I had such a big crush on Mona growing up lol. That hair is iconic; this took me back
Me too
I loved this show! Big Dee Dee was everything. So talented. She had me literally crying tears of laughter every episode. And I dont laugh out loud easily! Shes a true comedic actress. The writing on this show was top notch.
I laugh at the intro song every time. I sound like Mona when I sing🤦🏾♀️🤣
🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣 She is my fav part of the theme song!! Lol
This was my top 5 shows growing up. But I always found it funny that the attic apartment is not same apartment Dee Dee moved into. She moved into the apartment over Mona instead of the one on the right side. 😂
Exactly, and Dee Dee's apt was huge compared to that empty little studio apt that Mona saw. The show's set designer really nailed the apts to reflect the personality of each sister. Dee Dee's apt was even more beautiful than the small space that was shown for Big Dee Dee and Charles' mansion. I like Spencer's apt, and Adam's tiny studio, both of which seemed to fit their personalities as well.
Something told me this cast / crew really got along off camera. Glad to hear that they retained majority of the crew from original pilot!
Rip Merlin Santana 🕊
I enjoyed this H&H. Essence is gorgeous! It's unfortunate like so many black sitcoms back then it left on a cliffhanger smh I hope the cast mates are doing well.
Another solid sitcom with a very talented cast and interesting storylines...
Rachael True is so beautiful. I wish she got more work.
This show could easily get a Netflix update.
Gotta love the episode where Max and Kyle from Living Single were in it that episode was amazing
Kyle and Big Dee Dee acting up singing had me in tears 😹😹😹😹🥰😍
CW literally said we have room for ONE night of Black sitcoms (4 shows). UPN was bulit on the back of Black Shows.
I guess it is rumor since it wasn't in the video, but Half & Half was supposed to go to the CW for its 5th season. All Of Us was canceled. However, Chris Rock made a call threatening to end Everyone Hates Chris if All Of Us wasn't renewed. (His brother was on the All Of Us cast.) So Half & Half got the boot. I swear I thought this was public knowledge, but I guess it was a rumor.
I thought Will Smith called the network demanding All of Us is renewed. I believe thats why One on One wasnt renewed either because I keep hearing how Half n Half, Eve, and One on One was coming back.
@@Aurora0510 It was Chris rock demanding
Yes this Eve Half and Half and one on one was supposed to be going to The CW until chris and will made some calls to the CW it was true
@@jayvandyke2972 Oh I didn’t know about Chris Rock calling as well. Honestly I didn’t really like All of Us, I checked out after season 1.
@@Aurora0510 It was trash after elise neal left
They really look like mothers and daughters
I like Half & Half. The show was just like "Living Single" and "Girlfriends". But Half & Half had competition other shows like Eve One on One and All of Us on UPN. I've always had a crush on Essence Atkins and Rachel True two beautiful black women, the show also set the tone for STARZ "Run the World".
I was really disappointed in run the world ssn2. I wasn’t even sad that it was canceled. I feel like insecure did set the tone for the present girl shows
The Big Sistah Sans Soul episode with DMX was awesome.
The DABL over the air channel airs Half & Half.
The casting was superb! My mother always said that the mothers and daughters could have been actually family in real life. And the acting was phenomenal!
Rachel True & Essence Atkins don't age, both are still fine af
This show is such an underrated gem 💎 Great cast and chemistry. RUclips has full episodes of the show too. 😃
I remember the mother also played in "Stomp The Yard" and a few other movies.
And jumping the broom
Family Business
Why did it take so long to realize Smart Guy and Half & Half is why I like Essence so much.
I love Essence Atkins 😍
Thank You For Doing This Video I Loved Half & Half And Was So Upset When It Was Canceled
All of these black sitcoms that many of us enjoyed on UPN/CW have one thing in common... They all seemed to have abruptly disappeared with cliffhanger endings 😢. Heck, we still don't know what happened to Myles 🤔 did Joan ever get married, and what's going on with Breanna and Arnaz??? Questions that need answers
Their dad owned the building they lived in! Loved this show❤
Fun Fact: Prior to _Half & Half,_ Rachel True and Essence Atkins starred in a TV movie, _Love Song,_ along with R&B singer Monica and Vanessa Bell Calloway.
_Half & Half_ also airs twice daily on the Dabl TV Network.
Fun fact: Sumner Redstone & Les Moonves were responsible for the UPN/WB merger into the CW. Moonves is the same man who was after Janet Jackson after her infamous wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Superbowl halftime show, hellbent on trying to destroy her career.
But didn't karma get him of serious allegations he was doing and he had to step down at President of CBS production his wife stayed at the company due to her doing big brother Julie moonves.
First one on one and now half and half! You’re on a roll 😃😁
a great Black sitcoms. I miss the 90's man😢😢😢🤦🏾♀️
I never understood when Mona and Dee Dee switched back apartments. It wasn’t the original attic, but the apartment across the hall from that one.
This was such a great show. As a teen I mainly watched just to see if Mona and Spencer would finally get together, only to be hit with the Black sitcom cliffhanger curse 😖😭😭 I still think the guy she chose ended up being Spencer.
I loved that yhis show was in the living single universe, having max and kyle cameo was great
Thank you for this story. Can we please get reviews on the following underrated shows from the 2000s:
Eve
For Your Love
All Of Us
Everybody Hates Chris
The Game
Lincoln Heights
So many good shows back then that got canceled 😭
I liked this show,big Dee Dee was hilarious 😂
I loved this show back then and love me some Rachel True. She looked and acted like my late cousin Jackie. I still watch it in syndication today. They could do what Tyler Perry did with House of Payne and bring it back right for the fifth season, just years later. It could work.
Valerie Pettiford did so much physical comedy on this show...I loved it.
I watch reruns of this show on Pluto TV along with The Parkers, Moesha,One on One. They run back to back late at night.
I loved Half & Half and their theme song was bombdotcom I always wondered what happened? It was like they disappeared. Thank you for posting❤
Essence Atkins and Tia Mowry look alike for sure.😊
Tia always said that Atkin's is the third twin
That was my show!! I could relate to Mona so much and she had my dream job. I was so hurt when they cancelled the show!!
Rip Louis Gosset Jr🕊
I used to love this show and was so upset when they cancelled it. I was in my early twenties and it resonated with me so much. 😢
I never watched this until Netflix had it, I fell in love
Thank you for doing this. I have been rewatching Half & Half last month because a very nice person has uploaded the series to RUclips. I watched the episode where Mona makes her love interest selection. I did not realize it was the last episode of the series. I spent a couple of weeks looking for the next episode. Now, you have cleared up for me that there is no next episode.
I always thought Rachel True was the same girl On Boy Meets World, Will’s girlfriend. I loved MC Lytle on the show as the boss as well. It was on Pluto for free.
She called Spencer loll 😅
Omg this is one of my favorite shows. I still watch on RUclips sometimes thanks for the cover.
THIS SHOW WAS FUN & ENTERTAINING TO WATCH.THE SHADE BETWEEN THE MOTHER’S WAS CLASSIC ❤
I’m watching half & half as I type this on DABL TV 😂😂😂😂
❤ Half n' Half. One of my favorite shows I watch now
This was a really really good black show. The comedy was top-notch! All of the people in the wardrobe were beautiful. And it is a shame that when you have shows like this they just go off with no ending to them. Wishing all of the cast members the very best of luck, light and love!
One of my faves! Such an underrated, fun show. So glad you covered this one!
You are dishing these out fast 👏🏾
Yay! So glad you did this video!!!! I love and still rewatch this show. ❤❤
please do ‘city guys’ next🙏
This right here takes me back. It's good to hear that somebody else remembers that show.
I loved this show!! I still watch it on the Cleo channel
Ooouuu the video I’ve been waiting for!!
Thank you so much for this! Ms. Yvette always does what she needs to do when it comes to showcasing successful black people! Love to see it 💕
I remember watching the reruns when I was in college! It came on early in the morning while I had breakfast. I had never heard of it before then.
I met Essence and Chico in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio at the Schuster Center in January of 2007 they were very courteous and friendly.
Half and Half is a great show. I watched it again on Netflix.
I binge-watch this every year this is my show 😂🤣
Loving these insights on what happened to shows that I grew up watching