Robert Guillaume Show


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Episodes: 13

Seasons: 1

Show dates: April 5 – July 19, 1989

Performers include: Robert Guillaume, Wendy Phillips

Description: The series starred Guillaume as Edward Sawyer, a single father of two children, who begins an interracial relationship with Ann, his white secretary, who has a daughter of her own. According to Guillaume's autobiography, he conceived the series with the intent of exploring racial complexities in a family setting through comedic way, but was warned by ABC that the American public needed time to adjust to the idea of an interracial romance.
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