All of Us is an American sitcom created by Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Betsy Borns that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. On October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB (whose sister company Warner Bros. Television produced this series), where it aired for one more season before being cancelled on May 14, 2007.
Synopsis[]
The series, loosely based on the blended family of creator and executive producers Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, revolved around Robert James Sr. (Duane Martin), a divorced television entertainment reporter with a young son, Robert "Bobby" James Jr. (Khamani Griffin), and his fiancée Tia Jewel (Elise Neal), a kindergarten teacher who helped him through the breakup of his first marriage.
Robert shares custody of his son with his ex-wife Neesee (LisaRaye McCoy), with whom he shares a tenuously friendly relationship for the sake of their son.
Robert also finds himself in a difficult situation, attempting to maintain the peace, however uneasy, between his ex-wife and his fiancée. Friends of the couple include Dirk Black (Tony Rock), Robert's single best friend and producer, and Tia's best friend and fellow teacher Jonelle Abrahams (Terri J. Vaughn).
In season three, Tia breaks her engagement to Robert, leaving a newly single Robert faced with a situation where Neesee must move in with him and Bobby temporarily after her apartment building is destroyed by fire. In addition to Tia, two other supporting characters, Jonelle and Turtle (James Vincent), were written out of the series. In season four, Laivan Greene joined the cast as Courtney, Dirk's long-lost daughter previously portrayed by Raven Goodwin in the third season's two-part episodes titled "Surprise, Surprise".
Cast[]
- Duane Martin as Robert James Sr.
- Lisa Raye McCoy as Neese James
- Elise Neal as Tia Jewel
- Khamani Griffin as Robert James Jr.
- Tony Rock as Dirk Black
- Terri J. Vaughn as Jonelle Abrahams
- James Vincent as Turtle
- Laivan Greene as Coutney