''City Guys'' is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on NBC from September 6, 1997, to December 15, 2001.Tvseriesfinale.com
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Plot

''City Guys'' was mainly centered on its two main characters, Jamal Grant (Wesley Jonathan) and Chris Anderson (Scott Whyte), two teenagers from different backgrounds – Chris coming from a wealthy family, and Jamal coming from a working-class family – who had to stay on the ball while attending Manhattan High School (which was nicknamed in the series as "Manny High") and avoid trouble, while their principal Karen Noble (Marcella Lowery) attempted to keep them in line and out of trouble. Jamal and Chris's similar personalities caused friction between them in the beginning, but they became best friends as the series went on. The boys and their friends – overachiever Dawn Tartikoff (Caitlin Mowrey), slick guy Al Ramos (Dion Basco), aspiring actress Cassidy Giuliani (Marissa Dyan) and dimwitted bully-turned-friend (who was held back six grades) Lionel "L-Train" Johnson (Steven Daniel) – dealt with the typical teen issues, such as cheating on tests, peer pressure, racism, and dealing with school violence.

Cast

* Wesley Jonathan as Jamal Abdul Grant * Scott Whyte as Christopher Robert "Chris" Anderson * Caitlin Mowrey as Dawn Tartikoff *

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as Alberto (Al) "Rocket" Ramos * Marissa Dyan as Cassidy Giuliani * Steven Daniel as Lionel "L-Train" Johnson * Marcella Lowery as Principal Karen Coretta Noble

Theme music

The theme song for ''City Guys'' was written by Joey Schwartz, Eric Swerdloff and Michael Muta-Ali Muhammad and composed by Joey Schwartz (who also composed the incidental music used to denote scene changes and breaks in the program). The rap and R&B-infused theme included a chorus, "C-I-T-Y you can see why, these guys, the neat guys, smart and streetwise", which repeating twice consecutively during the beginning, middle and near the end of the song.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1997)

Season 2 (1998)

Season 3 (1999–2000)

Season 4 (2000–01)

Season 5 (2001)

Syndication

''City Guys'' ran in syndication on local television stations throughout the United States from September 10, 2001 to September 13, 2002, Tribune Entertainment, which distributed the series (its corporate sister at the time, Tribune Broadcasting, incidentally, was the primary station group carrying the series), sold the series as a syndication package–alongside fellow TNBC sitcom '' California Dreams–''for stations to count towards

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guidelines set by the Federal Communications Commission. The series later briefly aired on BET for three weeks from October 2, 2010 to October 16, 2010. As of 2022, ''City Guys''–as well as fellow TNBC sitcom ''One World''–is available for streaming on Tubi.

References

External links

Official Website
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