New Attitude (TV series)

New Attitude
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Jack Elinson Ralph R. Farquhar Maiya Williams Tom Straw
Directed by	Oz Scott
Starring	Sheryl Lee Ralph Phyllis Yvonne Stickney Bebe Drake
Theme music composer	Kurt Farquhar
Composer(s)	Mark Davis Kurt Farquhar
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bill Boulware Jack Elinson Doug McHenry
Producer(s)	Clarence Avant Ron Bloomberg George E. Crosby Al Gordon George Jackson
Running time	22–24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	August 8, 1990 (1990-08-08) – September 7, 1990 (1990-09-07)

New Attitude is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in from August to September 1990. Based on the play Beauty Shop by Shelly Garrett,^[1] the series aired for six episodes during ABC's TGIF lineup on Fridays.^[2]

Synopsis

The St. James sisters had sunk everything they could beg or borrow into their new business venture, "New Attitude" beauty salon. The partnership was fifty-fifty: outrageous, try-anything Yvonne (Phyllis Yvonne Stickney) got them into trouble, and conservative, sensible Vicki (Sheryl Lee Ralph) got them out. Lamarr (Morris Day) is their colorful top hairdresser, the "prince of perms"; Taylor (Karen Bankhead), the ambitious but inept receptionist (she had flunked the beautician's exam eleven times); and Leon (Earl Billings), the landlord.

New Attitude aired a total of six episodes (eight were filmed) before being canceled by ABC in September 1990.

Cast

• Sheryl Lee Ralph.....Vicki St. James
• Phyllis Yvonne Stickney.....Yvonne St. James
• Bebe Drake.....BeBe
• Morris Day.....Lamarr
• Karen Bankhead.....Taylor
• Larenz Tate.....Chilly D.

Episodes

Series #	Season #	Title	Notes	Original air date
1	1	Pilot	Sisters Vicky and Yvonne St. James own a beauty salon where the gossip alone can curl hair. In the opener, a handsome attorney (Clark Johnson) turns heads - and bring malpractice charges.	August 8, 1990
2	2	I Am Not a Crook	Soft touch Vicky brings a young thug to the shop to make restitution for his crimes, and Yvonne just waits for him to clean the place out.	August 10, 1990
3	3	The Case of the Missing Toupee	Vicki's boyfriend (Wesley Thompson) returns.	August 17, 1990
4	4	Not Your Average Date	Soon after Vicky predicts that ladies' man Lamarr will suffer under a witch's curse, a woman he snubs takes the wind out of his sales.	August 24, 1990
5	5	Advertise	When a new salon opens up across the street, the sisters wage a "commercial" war with the shop's new owner.	August 31, 1990
6	6	A Star is Born	Yvonne's feelings are hurt when Vicky gets swept up in an actress-friend's social life	September 7, 1990
7	7	Who's Bachin' Who?	No synopsis available.	Unaired
8	8	Beauty School	No synopsis available.	Unaired

References

1. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. pp. 842. ISBN 0-345-45542-8. 
2. ^ Collier, Aldore (1990-08-27). "Sheryl Lee Ralph Talks About Her New TV Series and How She Kept a String On Her Finger Until She Found the Right Man". Jet (Johnson Publishing Company) 78 (20): 56–57. ISSN 0021-5996. 

External links

• New Attitude at the Internet Movie Database
• New Attitude at TV.com