Melba (TV series)


Melba is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 28, 1986, until September 13, 1986. The series was a vehicle for singer/actress Melba Moore.

Summary

The show revolved around the home and work life of Melba Patterson, a divorced mother who was the director of New York's Manhattan Visitors Center. Melba was raising her 9-year-old daughter Tracy with the help of her mother Rose and her white "sister", Susan Slater. Melba and Susan had been close since childhood, since Rose was Susan's family's housekeeper when they were growing up. Jack and young Gil worked for Melba at the visitors' center.
The sitcom was supposed to air on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. alongside Charlie & Co., another Black-oriented sitcom. However, ratings for the first episode were so dismal that the network cancelled it outright. The other five episodes that were produced beforehand would be eventually burned off during the summer of 1986 on Saturday evenings.

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