''The Big House'' is an American
prime time
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television
sitcom starring actor/comedian
Kevin Hart. It ran on the
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
television network in April 2004, lasting for only six episodes.
The series represents a mirror-opposite of the
NBC sitcom ''
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''. Kevin Hart is a wealthy, pampered student from
Malibu. After his father is arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement, Kevin moves to
Philadelphia to live with his working-class aunt, uncle and cousins (the Cleveland family), and enrolls in
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...
.
Cast
*
Kevin Hart as Himself
*
Faizon Love as Warren Cleveland
*
Arnetia Walker
Arnetia Walker is an American actress and singer, active since 1971. She played Nurse Annie Roland in the NBC sitcom ''Nurses'' from 1991 to 1994.
Life and career
Walker was born in Columbus, Georgia, Walker was very young when her mother died, ...
as Tina Cleveland
*
Yvette Nicole Brown as Eartha Cleveland
* Aaron Grady as C.J. Cleveland
*
Keith David as Clarence Cleveland
Episodes
Home media
Olive Films, under license from
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Studios Home Entertainment (commonly referred to as 20th Home Video, or 20th Home Entertainment, formerly known as 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, Fox Video, and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) is a home video label of Wa ...
, released the entire series on
DVD in
Region 1 on January 13, 2015.
In 2022, the series was made available for streaming online on
Fox Corporation's
Tubi.
References
External links
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2000s American black sitcoms
2004 American television series debuts
2004 American television series endings
American Broadcasting Company original programming
English-language television shows
Television series about families
Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Television shows set in Philadelphia
TGIF (TV programming block)
Television series by Imagine Entertainment