
Season 1
Season 1

Season 1
Season 1
- Air date:1996-08-28
- User score:8.0
- Number of episodes:22
List of Episodes

Air date: 1996-08-28
Runtime: 30 min
Aspiring actor Jamie King works at his family's L.A. hotel, which is in dire straits because of his uncle's gambling debts.

Air date: 1996-09-04
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie tries to impress Fancy, by volunteering as a "Big Homie" for a neighborhood youth.

Air date: 1996-09-11
Runtime: 30 min
When an old flame shows up at the hotel, Jamie thinks it's time to rekindle romance--then her boyfriend arrives.

Air date: 1996-09-18
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie takes Braxton to his favorite club to show him some action, but it's "B Smooth" who impresses the ladies.

Air date: 1996-09-25
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie plans to get rich by selling Aunt Helen's sweet-potato pie, which has Dennis and hotel customers hooked. But he may be making a mistake by cutting too many people a slice of the business.

Air date: 1996-10-02
Runtime: 30 min
Braxton's induction into the Burgeoning Black Men's Club coincides with a visit from his unrefined parents.

Air date: 1996-10-09
Runtime: 30 min
Junior's surprise anniversary gift for Helen gets stuck on Fancy's finger, leaving Junior stalling for time while Jamie struggles to remove it.

Air date: 1996-10-30
Runtime: 30 min
A Halloween-party kiss between a costumed Jamie and Fancy unmasks hidden desires, which lead each to fantasize about the other at work.

Air date: 1996-11-06
Runtime: 30 min
A reunion of Junior's old Army buddies includes a lawyer, who lands Jamie an audition--and makes a play for Helen.

Air date: 1996-11-13
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie's dreams of stardom may come true with the arrival of director Ike Yee, who uses the hotel as the setting for his latest movie starring Jackie Chin.

Air date: 1996-11-20
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie thinks a hotel guest is a fugitive killer--who's eyeing Fancy as his next victim.

Air date: 1996-11-27
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie's childhood friend, a pro-football star cut by his team on Thanksgiving Day, threatens to jump from a window ledge.

Air date: 1997-01-08
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie's jealous when Fancy's smooth ex sweeps into the hotel flashing plenty of cash--and a diamond ring.

Air date: 1997-01-22
Runtime: 30 min
After her wild bachelorette party, Fancy's sorority sister Janine wakes up next to the stripper--Jamie.

Air date: 1997-01-29
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie is much too fast to buy a little red Corvette off the street, and when the car turns out to be hot he and Braxton land in jail with prisoners planning to tunnel to freedom.

Air date: 1997-02-05
Runtime: 30 min
Edwina DuBois, a gal pal of Helen's, tries to show Jamie the ways of the casting couch, while teaching an acting seminar at the hotel.

Air date: 1997-02-12
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie tries to maintain control after the Westside Connection checks in with a huge entourage and a wad of cash.

Air date: 1997-02-19
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie's offered a job as spokesman for a hamburger joint right after agreeing to become a vegetarian, in order to impress Fancy.

Air date: 1997-02-26
Runtime: 30 min
A chance to sing on the radio lands Jamie a contract with record mogul Sweet and Low, but the deal comes up a little short.

Air date: 1997-04-30
Runtime: 30 min
When Jamie and Braxton are held captive in a bank robbery gone awry, Fancy's boyfriend, a hostage negotiator, must plead for their release.
Air date: 1997-05-07
Runtime: 30 min
A hotel guest scams a free room after claiming to have fallen on a wet lobby floor--and the Kings land in court.
Air date: 1997-05-14
Runtime: 30 min
Jamie's mother arrives for a visit just as her "Boompsy" is planning a benefit for Nelson's shelter. But the reunion turns sour when mom must choose between her career and her son.
Top Cast

Jamie Foxx
Jamie King

Garrett Morris
Uncle Junior King

Ellia English
Aunt Helen King

Garcelle Beauvais
Francesca 'Fancy' Monroe

Christopher B. Duncan
Braxton P. Hartnabrig
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