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My Wife and Kids is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001, until May 17, 2005, starring Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, produced by Touchstone Television. It was created by Wayans and Don Reo. It featured the character of Michael Kyle, a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style. As he teaches his three children some of life's lessons, he does so with his own brand of wisdom, discipline and humor.
[edit] PremiseThe series is premised on a self-made merchant, Michael Kyle (Damon Wayans) bringing up his family in the suburbs of Stamford, Connecticut. His family consists of the mother and wife of the family Janet "Jay" Kyle (Tisha Campbell-Martin), and three children: Michael Kyle, Jr. (George O. Gore II), Claire Kyle (Jazz Raycole, later Jennifer Freeman) and young Kady Kyle (Parker McKenna Posey). [edit] Broadcast historyMain article: List of My Wife and Kids episodes The show was created by Don Reo, Chris Scantelli, and Damon Wayans. Reruns air in the U.S. on various local stations and in the UK on Living and Virgin 1. The series began airing in high definition on ABC Family in September 2008. The series also airs in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Brazil, Samoa, South Africa, Kenya, Singapore, Tanzania, India, Pakistan, The Philippines, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Italy, the Netherlands, Cyprus, New Zealand, France, Germany, Poland and Hungary. [edit] CastJazz Raycole (The First Claire) departed after season one. It was publicly reported that she was pulled from the series by her mother over concerns about the second season opening storyline in which Raycole (as Claire) finds her friend Charmaine (portrayed by Raven-Symoné) has become pregnant.[1] Replacement actress Jennifer Freeman was then cast in the same role with the same storyline. Given that Freeman bears no resemblance to the first actress, the second season premiere ("Mom's Away") obliquely refers to the change: upon Claire's entrance down the stairs of the set, Michael notices a difference about his daughter and declares, "I don't know what it is, but you look like a whole new person!" During the third season, gifted piano virtuoso Noah Gray-Cabey joins the cast as young Kady's playmate Franklin, who is something of a child savant. Despite being a playmate, Franklin and Kady are openly "boyfriend and girlfriend". Also, although season three opens with actress Meagan Good as Junior's new girlfriend Vanessa, she is replaced after five episodes by actress Brooklyn Sudano (daughter of singer Donna Summer) for undisclosed reasons. Unlike the change in Claire's role, no on-screen reference was made regarding this change. The pair consummates their relationship during this season, resulting in Vanessa becoming pregnant at season's end and setting up the series for related storylines through the remainder of the show. They become parents in the fourth season finale. Introduced in the middle of the second season, Claire begins a relationship with the religious-minded Tony, portrayed by young actor Andrew McFarlane. The relationship continues through series end. In the episode "Breaking Up and Breaking It," McFarlane appears as Roger, Claire's first crush. [edit] EpisodesMain article: List of My Wife and Kids episodes [edit] Characters[edit] Main
Michael is seen as the kids' caring but slightly overbearing father and a loving yet arrogant husband compared to Martin Payne of the sitcom Martin.
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[edit] CancellationIn May 2005, Damon Wayans decided to end the show, citing declining ratings. The series did not get a proper finale, leaving the show with a cliffhanger. Some sources report that the cliffhanger would have been resolved with Jay finding out that she was not pregnant, however this theory was never confirmed by either ABC or Wayans. [edit] The Wayans influenceMany members of the Wayans family have worked in front of the camera or behind the scenes on My Wife and Kids. In some cases, careers were accelerated. For instance, Damien Dante Wayans was a supervising producer in season three, a producer or co-producer in season four, and an executive story editor in season four and in season five. [edit] Behind the cameraMidway through season two, Kim Wayans, who had acting experience starring in In Living Color and In the House became a regular writer for the series after writing a few season-two episodes. She became executive story editor in season three, producer in season four and supervising producer in season five. Kim never made an on-camera appearance on the show. Damien Dante Wayans wrote and directed several episodes of the series from seasons three through five. Damon's look-alike son, Damon Wayans, Jr., wrote a season four episode and became a regular writer in the fifth season. Elvira Wayans also wrote a couple of episodes in the fifth season. Damon's cousin Craig Wayans began as a writer and executive story editor on the show in the second season, and then became supervising producer without skipping a position. [edit] In front of the cameraKeenen Ivory Wayans appears once as Michael's brother Ken in season one's "A Little Romance". Damon's own kids, Cara Mia, Michael and Damon Jr. appeared in episodes during the first four seasons. Jojo and Damon Jr. played Junior's friends Mike and John, respectively while Cara Mia played Claire's friend Bre in "Of Breasts and Basketball". Cara Mia's character was renamed Shante in her season three appearances. [edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] DVD releaseOn February 24, 2009, Lionsgate Home Entertainment released Season 1 of My Wife and Kids on DVD in Region 1.
[edit] SyndicationABC Family began airing My Wife and Kids in high definition on September 1, 2008. It also airs on The CW. Beginning September 7, 2009 it will begin airing on WCIU-TV.[3] [edit] International Broadcast History
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