TV series

You Take the Kids
1990–1991 · 1 season
A warm, laugh-track sitcom about a loud, loving working-class family, easy to dip into and full of domestic bickering.
- Created by
- Paul Haggis
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Yasiin Bey, Roger E. Mosley, Nell Carter
- Overview
- You Take the Kids is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 1990 to January 1991. The series stars Nell Carter, who also performed the theme song "Nobody's Got It Easy". You Take the Kids, which was perceived as being the black answer to Roseanne due to its portrayal of a working-class African-American family, featured Carter as a crass, no-nonsense mother and wife.
- How it feels
- Warm, light, satirical and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, parenthood, class, work
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Paul Haggis
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Yasiin Bey, Roger E. Mosley, Nell Carter





