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- The Parkers is an American television sitcom, created by Ralph Farquhar, Sara V. Finney and Vida Spears, and produced by Big Ticket Television for UPN. A spin-off from Moesha, the series stars Mo'Nique and Countess Vaughn as Nikki and Kim Parker, a mother and daughter, who incidentally begin to attend Santa Monica College.
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The Parkers is an American television sitcom created by Ralph Farquhar, Sara V. Finney, and Vida Spears, which aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004, lasting five seasons. The series stars Mo'Nique, Countess Vaughn, Mari Morrow, Dorien Wilson, Jenna von O, Ken L., and Yvette Wilson.
- Countess Vaughn as Kim Parker
- Mo’Nique as Nikki Parker
- Dorien Wilson as Professor Stanley Oglevee
- Jenna Von Oÿ as Stevie Van Lowe
- Ken Lawson as Thaddeus Tyrell “T” Radcliffe
- Yvette Wilson as Andell Wilkerson
- Mari Morrow as Desiree Littlejohn
Vaughn has been entertaining people ever since she was a small child. She quickly went from singing at her local church to winning the Star Search junior vocalist and overall junior championships in 1988. From there, she went straight to one of the main roles on the hit NBC sitcom 227. In the next decade, she earned guest roles on Thea, Hangin’ wit...
Long before her Oscar-winning performance in 2009’s Precious, Mo’Nique gained success from being a stand-up comedian. She had the mic for much of the nineties until her undeniable popularity almost automatically got her the role as the hilariously persistent Nikki on The Parkers. In that role, Mo’Nique won three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding A...
In the lead male role, television actor Dorien Wilson was cast as the proudly intelligent and handsome Professor Oglevee. And right from the series premiere, his character caught the eye of Nikki, ensuing a story arc that spanned all five seasons of the show. Before The Parkers, Wilson had a consistent role on the HBO sitcom Dream On, from 1991 to ...
Veteran TV actress Jenna von Oÿ played Kim’s best friend, Stevie, for all six seasons of the show. Before The Parkers, she started her career as a child actor, appearing in several movies and TV programs of the mid to late-eighties. Audiences of the nineties would definitely remember her when she played Six LeMeure on the hit NBC sitcom, Blossom. S...
Ken Lawson had started his career in music, producing and writing music in 1996. He only appeared in two small TV roles and a recurring role, the first television role of his career, on In the House for 25 episodes. After that was a crucial appearance in a season four episode of Moesha. This episode was the spinoff that got The Parkersstarted off o...
Veteran actress Yvette Wilson was cast as Andell, the best friend to Nikki. The character actually appeared on a recurring basis, originally on Moesha, and was then brought along as one of the regular characters in the middle of season one of The Parkers. Before both of these shows, she was most known for her role as Lynette Armstrong on the ABC si...
In 1992, Marrow made her first television appearance in the popular nineties action-drama show, Baywatch. She then took a bigger role on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live for two years. That was followed by a stint on the popular ABC sitcom Family Matters, followed by several roles on both the big and small screens. After starting the show from t...
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The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN (before being moved to The WB) from August 30, 1999, to May 28, 2004. The series was a spin-off to Moesha. The series centers around Nikki and Kim Parker, a mother-and-daughter pair who both attend Santa Monica College.
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Jul 29, 2024 · Before becoming the hilarious cafeteria man on “The Parkers,” Dwight Woody appeared in “Taxi” in 1978 and “Moesha” from 1996 to 1997. After “The Parkers” wrapped in 2004, Woody made a few other appearances.
THE PARKERS centers on Nikki Parker and her daughter, Kim (Countess Vaughn), two sassy women who are both college co-eds at Santa Monica College in California. A spin-off of the hit sitcom Moesha , The Parkers begins with Nikki deciding to move in with Kim because she feels that her daughter isn't yet ready to live on her own.
- Countess Vaughn, Jenna Von Oy, Mo'nique
- Melissa Camacho
The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's Moesha, The Parkers features the mother-daughter team of Nikki (played by Mo'Nique) and Kim Parker (played by Countess Vaughn).
In this "Moesha" spinoff, undergraduate Kim is joined at Santa Monica College by her mother Nikki, who decides to go back to school with her daughter. Watch trailers & learn more.
