Married People

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Married People was a television situation comedy aired on ABC as part of its 1990-91 schedule.

Married People was the story of three couples in different stages of their relationships who lived in the same building in New York City. Newlyweds Allen and Cindy Campbell (Chris Young and Megan Gallivan) were occupants of the third floor; he attended Columbia University while she supported them as a waitress. On the second floor were the Meyers, Russell (Jay Thomas) and Elizabeth (Bess Armstrong). Elizabeth was a lawyer while Russell was a free-lance writer and househusband, particularly after the birth of their son, Max. Living on the ground floor were Nick and Olivia Williams (Ray Arahna and Barbara Montgomery, an older black couple who were the building's owners (the building was in a gentrfied area of Harlem). Nick was an irrascible traditionalist who constantly wondered why Russell didn't go out and get a "real" job and found Allen to be "too white" ("even for a white boy"), but was basically a good, decent man.

Married People was not a ratings success and was cancelled in January 1991, but rerun in August and September of that year just prior to the beginning of the 1991-92 schedule.