That's My Mama is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 1974 until December 1975. There are 39 episodes of this series.

Set in a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the program revolved around the character Clifton Curtis (played by Clifton Davis), a man in his late 20s who worked as a barber at Oscar's Barber Shop, the family barber shop he had inherited from his late father. While Clifton enjoyed being a bachelor, his opinionated mother "Mama" Curtis, played by Theresa Merritt , wanted him to settle down and find a nice wife. Additional characters - both Curtis's friends and other members of his family - came and went over the course of a typical day at Oscar's Barber Shop.

That's My Mama was never a ratings success, and it was not one of the Top 30 most-watched U.S. programs in the Nielsen ratings for either the 1974-75 or 1975-76 television seasons. Interestingly, three other sitcoms that revolved around the lives of Black Americans - Good Times, The Jeffersons and Sanford and Son - were all in the Nielsen Top Ten during the 1974-75 season, something that has never happened in any other television season since.

External link

• That's My Mama information at tvtome.com

• That's My Mama information at Super70s.com