The Gregory Hines Show

The Gregory Hines Show was the only show on the Block Party lineup that was not produced by Warner Bros. Television or Miller-Boyett Productions. Compared to the Miller-Boyett series, The Gregory Hines Show was markedly more mature in its themes; Leslie Moonves, incoming head of CBS at the time, described the inclusion of the show in the block as an effort to target the whole family, and executives at Miller-Boyett were fully pleased to have the show in the block, as TGIF, the block for which they had previously produced shows for the ABC network, was quickly shifting into a teen-oriented block that did not fit their style. ==Premise==

The series starred Gregory Hines as Ben Stevenson, a publishing agent and widower raising 12-year-old son Matty (Brandon Hammond) in Chicago. A year and a half after his wife's death, Ben decides to resume his social life and begin dating again. He soon realizes that he has a lot to re-learn about women, just as his son is learning about them for the first time. Ben and Matty had previously had no trouble talking about anything, but now even the simplest conversation has become complicated, especially when the topic is the women in their lives. Now and then Ben receives advice from his brother Carl (Wendell Pierce), his widowed father James (Bill Cobbs), as well as his co-worker Alex (Mark Tymchyshyn), Alex's ex-wife, Nicole (Robin Riker) and his assistant Angela (Judith Shelton). ==Cast==

• Gregory Hines as Ben Stevenson • Wendell Pierce as Carl Stevenson, Ben's younger brother • Robin Riker as Nicole Moran, Ben's co-worker • Brandon Hammond as Matthew "Matty" Stevenson, Ben's son • Mark Tymchyshyn as Alex Butler, Ben's other co-worker and Nicole's former husband • Judith Shelton as Angela Rice, Ben's assistant • Bill Cobbs as James Stevenson, Ben's widowed father ==Episodes==