The Parkers

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The 245 users who count themselves as The Parkers fans have written a total of 23 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

August 23, 1999

Ended

May 10, 2004

Genre

Comedy

Theme

College

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• Moesha
• Girlfriends

Actress/Comedienne Mo'Nique and actress Countess Vaughn, star as the mother-daughter family of Nicole "Nikki" Parker (Mo'Nique) and Kimberly Ann "Kim" Parker (Vaughn), in this spinoff of the hit UPN sitcom, Moesha.

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This time around, Kim and Nikki enroll into Santa Monica... more »

Actress/Comedienne Mo'Nique and actress Countess Vaughn, star as the mother-daughter family of Nicole "Nikki" Parker (Mo'Nique) and Kimberly Ann "Kim" Parker (Vaughn), in this spinoff of the hit UPN sitcom, Moesha.

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This time around, Kim and Nikki enroll into Santa Monica Junior College in Santa Monica, California. While Kim was initially bothered by the thought of her mother attending college with her, she eventually came to accept it, and they both grew closer because of the experience. Then, there was Nikki; she got pregnant with Kim in high school, which forced her to dropout during her senior year to raise her daughter (she went back to receive her high school diploma, as seen in an episode of Moesha), and eventually never went to college---until now. Nikki is known most-notably for her never-ending pursuits after SMC professor, Stanley Oglevee (Dorien Wilson). Throughout the entire series, Professor Oglevee denied Nikki's request for love; but as we know, that never stopped Nikki.

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Often recurring was Kim's father (and Nikki's ex-husband) Mel Parker (Thomas Mikal Ford, Martin). He and Nikki's spats always brought many laughs. Nikki and Kim laugh it up with their friends, Stevie (Jenna Von Oy, Blossom) and T (Ken L), both SMC attendees. Actress Yvette Wilson (Moesha) returned to continue her role as Andell Wilkerson, Nikki's laugh-out-loud best friend; her character was made famous on Moesha.

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In the final two episodes of the series, Nikki's new boyfriend, Johnnie (Mel Jackson, Living Single) proposed marriage and Nikki accepted. During the final episode of the series, Professor Oglevee stopped their wedding and finally expressed his love for Nikki, and they were married at what was initially to be Nikki & Johnnie's wedding.

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This Moesha spinoff became a huge hit with UPN's viewers, as did its predecessor. In 2004, after five years and 110 episodes, The Parkers ended its series run. Throughout its five seasons, the series, along with its cast members, have been nominated for 11 NAACP Image Awards; it has won five, with Mo'Nique winning four as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 for her role as Nikki Parker. Dorien Wilson won an Image award in 2004 as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as professor Stanley Oglevee on The Parkers. In 2002, Yvette Wilson was nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Andell Wilkerson on the series.

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Throughout its years, The Parkers has also seen its share of talented musical guests. They included Grammy Award-winning Gospel music legend Shirley Caesar, Grammy-winning Gospel superstars Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin, Gospel singer Fred Hammond, Grammy-winning rapper Lil' Kim, male R&B quartet Ideal, Grammy-nominated R&B songstress Nivea, R&B songstress Tweet, Grammy-nominated R&B singer Brian McKnight, and Grammy-winning Gospel duo Mary Mary.less «

• About the series finale...

  Many of you fans think that the series finale was forced. But I agree with you on why it is forced. But unfortunately, t...more »

  Many of you fans think that the series finale was forced. But I agree with you on why it is forced. But unfortunately, the critics said, it ended alright and they gave an Honorable Mention to the series finale of this show. Here's why the critics did it and what they say: - Nikki is a very educated woman and she's a best student of Santa Monica Community College most of the time in 5 years. - Stanley Oglevee dated many women, more than Nikki, but most of the women that he dated are bad.less «

  ireeagle Last online 3 days ago
  14 comments, last one May 9, 2009 + Add Comment

• Why is Kim dumb?

  1) She cannot be in good control after being affected by Nikki, who joined Kim in college. 2) They made Kim dumb because Nikki was the more important focus than Kim for no reason.

  1) She cannot be in good control after being affected by Nikki, who joined Kim in college. 2) They made Kim dumb because Nikki was the more important focus than Kim for no reason. less «

  ireeagle Last online 3 days ago
  3 comments, last one Nov 13, 2008 + Add Comment

• Wondering...

  if anyone else but me thinks that Ms.Parker should've married the other guy (I forgot his name) and not Stanley. I know...more »

  if anyone else but me thinks that Ms.Parker should've married the other guy (I forgot his name) and not Stanley. I know many will disagree, because the storyline was rushed. But I personally think had it been playe out full term, she would've taught Stanley a lesson and would've matured in the process. Rather than her having to do all the chasing, someone else chasing after her. Thoughts ??? less «

  LatinPassion Last online 2 days ago
  3 comments, last one Sep 5, 2008 + Add Comment

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  1 Abysmal

  Utter Crap... hide « show »

  Throughout the history of TV Sitcoms led by black characters, some were memorable (Julia, Sanford And Son, The Jeffersons, The Cosby Show) while others are best forgotten (Homeboys In Outer Space, etc..). This show qualifies in the latter category.
  
  This is a very unfunny Sitcom about 2 man-hungry zaftig black women who are TRYING to get a college education, but apparently they're too busy getting themselves into what maybe best described as an estrogen-soaked revival of Amos N' Andy.
  
  There is absolutely nothing that is remotely funny in the entire run of this joke of a Sitcom & if anyone asks why no one took UPN (now MyNetwork TV) seriously as a TV network, Look no further than The Parkers.

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  DojinFan_2K Added Feb 5, 2009 All my reviews
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  5.9 Mediocre

  i feel as if it was just alittle better than moeshe but all really the same kim is my favorite character becuz she is just stupid funny, she is so random but she is dying funny, nikki is not funny to me she sucks she aint funny and she just trys to hard. hide « show »

  this show is good but i think kim needs to hav her own show because countess is a very good actor she has a great role ahead of her , my other character i find great is andell she is so good with her part, i laugh at her all the time on the show so she is good like kim also, i dont like how nikki chases after the proffesor becuase its jus pathetic because he doesnt even want her so they should have changed the script alittle bit though but other than that its really a great show that i would like to own on dvd!

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  valeriemom Added Jul 28, 2008 All my reviews
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  3.1 Bad

  This show was not as great as some say it is. hide « show »

  I will be honest. I did get a lot of laughs, as I am sure did other poeple who watched the show and praise it. But I think that's just the problem. The creators of the show, especially the writers, just wanted to make people laugh. But for me, I like intelligent comedy, and a lot of the time, this show did not have that, and therefore ceased to be funny, leaving me rather annoyed than amused. There was obviously no thought put into the writing. Here are some examples;
  
  There were the episodes where Miss Parker was as fast as flash, and could hear a conversation from another room.
  
  There was one where she was hallucinating, seeing the professor kissing T's mother(played by Sommore) and was saying derogatory things about her(apparently for no reason) in the boy's presence.
  
  She always felt like she was the only woman the professor should talk to.
  
  The final episode. After everything that has happened, the professor suddenly finds himself 'in love' with her. YEAH, RIGHT!
  
  My brother, who writes comments for shows like I do, on another site, has other examples...as soon as I introduce him to this site.
  
  Overall, the show was not that great.

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  realstylesintl Added Dec 6, 2006 All my reviews
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  5.9 Mediocre

  When there's nothing else on, there's the Parkers! hide « show »

  I think Mo' Nique was one of the funniest woman on TV. She's real, she's in your face, and she knows how to make BBW look good. Having said that, this wasn't the right show to showcase her talents in.The "Ms. Parker loves the Professor" saga was simply embarrassing. I know it was supposed to be funny, but after a whole season of him insulting her, it just became pathetic.
  
  Granted, this show wasn't made to make any strides in race relations or to turn the television world on its head. The jokes were all one-note, the 'plots' very simple, and not much character development at all took place over 5 years. But, at times when there wasn't anything else to watch but infomercials, The Parkers was ok for a little mindless humor.

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  ez1jb Added Aug 20, 2006 All my reviews
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  6.6 Fair

  That wasn't that funny, and it seems to me that artist couldn't hold back their extreme jealousy over the success of The Parkers. hide « show »

  That wasn't that funny, and it seems to me that artist couldn't hold back their extreme jealousy over the success of The Parkers. Man I wish south park would get back to its roots of coming up with original funny content than playing politics every show. I mean so what if family guy rips people off, everyone rips someone off, somewhere along the line, south park even admitted this in one of my favorite episodeS.
  

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  RazielTepes Added Jun 13, 2006 All my reviews

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