Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. More than three decades later, there’s still no place like home. The sitcom “227” premiered 35 years ago this past September. The NBC comedy, which aired for five seasons, starred Marla ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than three decades later, there’s still no place like home. The sitcom “227” premiered 35 years ago this past September. The NBC comedy, which aired for five seasons, starred ...

227 creator Christine Houston based the show on her play about a group of Black women living in an apartment building in 1950s Chicago. Thanks to 227, Houston became the first African American woman to receive a “created by” credit in primetime TV and ...