The Redd Foxx Show

The Redd Foxx Show
Pamela Segall, Redd Foxx and Rosanna DeSoto
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Bob Comfort Rick Kellard Stuart Sheslow
Directed by	Neema Barnette Stan Lathan Dick Martin Tony Singletary
Starring	Redd Foxx Rosanna DeSoto Nathaniel Taylor Pamela Segall Theodore Wilson Sinbad
Opening theme	"Heart of the City" performed by Kool & the Gang
Composer(s)	Sonny Burke
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Thunder Road Productions Lorimar Productions
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 18 – April 19, 1986

The Redd Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986 on ABC. The show was cancelled after 3 months, partly due to low ratings in its Saturday-night timeslot (the eighth episode aired in a Friday-night slot). Although the first two episodes brought in decent ratings; the show usually finished in the bottom ten for the week. A total of 13 episodes were made.

Al Hughes (Redd Foxx), a New York City diner/newsstand owner, adopts a "streetwise" teenager named Toni (Pamela Segall Adlon). Diana (Rosanna DeSoto) worked with Al in the newsstand and Jim-Jam (Nathaniel Taylor, Theodore Wilson) owned a Chinese restaurant nearby. As the show went on, Toni "disappeared" and in came Al's ex-wife Felicia (Beverly Todd) and his son Byron (Sinbad).