My Brother and Me

My Brother and Me is an American sitcom, created by Ilunga Adell and Calvin Brown Jr., that originally aired on Nickelodeon. My Brother and Me is about the Parkers, a family living in the west side of Charlotte, North Carolina, who experience the highs and lows of everyday life.

It premiered on October 15, 1994, and ended on January 15, 1995, with a total of 13 episodes over the course of one season. In June 2014, Nickelodeon released My Brother & Me: The Complete Series as a two-disc manufacture on demand (MOD) release through Amazon in region 1.

Production on the series wrapped in August 1994.

The show centers on the Parkers, a family living in the west side of Charlotte, North Carolina, who experience the highs and lows of everyday life. The series starred Arthur Reggie III as pre-teen son Alfie, Ralph Woolfolk IV as his younger brother Dee-Dee, Aisling Sistrunk as older sister Melanie, Karen E. Fraction as mother Jennifer Parker, Jim R. Coleman as father Roger Parker and Jimmy Lee Newman, Jr. as Alfie's troublesome best friend, Milton "Goo" Berry.

In the tenth episode of the series, former Charlotte Hornets basketball player Kendall Gill made a guest appearance. (Gill was a member of the Seattle SuperSonics at the time.)

The show also featured former Orlando Magic small forward Dennis Scott as a coach, in the episode "Hit the Open Man".

It would also feature Kenny Layne, the kid who had his hair cut similar to Cool Doctor Money in episode thirteen (Dee-Dee's Haircut). Layne is a professional wrestler formerly signed to Ring of Honor and currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion. He uses the ring name of "Kenny King".

The show made history as the network's first show featuring a predominantly black cast. Despite its popularity during its premiere, the series only lasted 13 episodes. Ralph Woolfolk IV explained in an interview that the show was canceled due to disagreements between the producers and creators of the show; a second season was planned but the two parties had different visions for the show that caused a major fallout.[1]

"My Brother and Me: The Complete Series" was released on June 23, 2014, exclusively on Amazon.com. This release contains two discs. It is published on demand onto DVD-Rs.[2] All My Brother and Me episodes can be found on iTunes.

In 1996 and 1997, My Brother and Me was nominated for the NAACP Image Award (Outstanding Youth or Children's Series/Special).