YMMV / 227

• Adaptation Displacement: The show was adapted from a 1978 play about the lives of black women in an apartment building in 1950s Chicago. While this show is somewhat well-known, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who remembers the play.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Regina King as Brenda Jenkins.
  • Jackée Harry as Sandra Clark.
  • Countess Vaughn as Alexandria DeWitt.
  • Co-creator Michael G. Moye is also best known as co-creator and co-executive producer of Married... with Children and for co-developing Silver Spoons.
  • Tracy Gamble wrote nine episodes and also served as story editor, executive story editor, and program consultant. Gamble is best known as creator and executive producer of 8 Simple Rules.
  • Ilunga Adell wrote eight episodes. Adell is best known as co-creator and co-executive producer of My Brother and Me.
  • Bruce Kalish wrote five episodes. Kalish is best known as creator and executive producer of Aaron Stone.
  • Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears wrote three episodes. Both are best known as creators and executive producers of Moesha and The Parkers.
  • Jeff Abugov wrote three episodes. Abugov is best known as developer and executive producer of Fugget About It.
  • Bob Young wrote two episodes. Young is best known as co-creator and co-executive producer of Melissa & Joey and for co-creating Dinosaurs.
  • Michael Poryes wrote an episode. Poryes is best known as co-creator and co-executive producer of That's So Raven and Hannah Montana.
  • Theme song composer Ray Colcord also composed the theme songs to Boy Meets World, The Torkelsons, and The Charmings.
• Seasonal Rot: The fifth and final season is a bit poorer in quality than previous seasons, with new and recurring characters (Dylan, Travis, Julian, Eva, and Warren) taking the spotlight, and Sandra's diminished role (Jackée Harry had left the show and only guest starred in a few episodes that season).