70 Fun Facts About Living Single

On which network did Living Single originally air?

Fox. It was never a top-rated show overall, yet throughout its run it ranked among the most-watched comedies in Black and Latino households.

Who created Living Single?

Yvette Lee Bowser. She said there was a little of her in each of the four women, and she built the show on her own life and her girlfriends'.

The brownstone on Living Single is in which New York City borough?

Brooklyn. The brownstone itself was a set: the series was taped across the country on the Warner lot in Burbank, California.

Who played Khadijah James on Living Single?

Queen Latifah. She insisted on writing and performing the theme song herself, reasoning that a theme is what stays in viewers' minds.

On Living Single, what is the name of the magazine Khadijah edits and publishes?

Flavor. In the pilot its planned Maya Angelou cover collapses because Synclaire never sent the poet her interview questions.

On Living Single, what does Kyle do for a living?

Stockbroker. His sparring with Max hides an attraction that boils over in the first-season finale, when the two drunkenly spend the night together.

On Living Single, what is Max's profession?

Attorney. As first conceived Max shared the apartment; network notes led the creator to move her across the street, to drop in constantly and help herself to the women's food.

On Living Single, which accessory does fashion-obsessed Regine swap constantly to match her outfits?

Wigs. The actress pitched them herself: after years of weekly hair styling as a child star, she wore a wig to meet the producers and the idea stuck.

Who played Synclaire on Living Single?

Kim Coles. She had a development deal with the network, and the sitcom was conceived as a vehicle for her and one co-star before it grew into an ensemble of six.

Which actress played Regine on Living Single?

Kim Fields. She left a few episodes before the series ended, so Regine was written out by moving in with her fiancé.

Which actress played Max Shaw on Living Single?

Erika Alexander. Network executives found her character intimidating and wanted Max cut; the creator answered that she would rather not make the show at all.

Which actor played Kyle on Living Single?

T.C. Carson. He says he was fired after acting as the cast's spokesman in disputes with the bosses, which is why Kyle leaves early in the final season.

Who played Overton on Living Single?

John Henton. A stand-up comic, he was playing his first sitcom role, and he still marvels that the reruns have never left the air.

How is Synclaire related to Khadijah on Living Single?

They are cousins. Synclaire arrives from Minnesota, moves in with Khadijah and takes the front desk at her magazine.

What is Regine's job when Living Single begins?

Boutique buyer. When the shop is turned into a discount store, her nose for tacky outfits impresses a soap opera's wardrobe consultant, who hires her.

On Living Single, Synclaire has a well-known affinity for which toys?

Troll dolls. Quirks like this led one writer to crown Synclaire the original awkward Black girl, a label the actress who played her happily claims for herself.

Khadijah and Max were college roommates at which school?

Khadijah is a Howard graduate, and their friendship dates back to those days.

On Living Single, Kyle and Overton have been best pals since childhood in which city?

Cleveland. Overton takes the Browns' move to Baltimore so hard that Synclaire brings NFL legend Jim Brown home to tell him to get over it.

On Living Single, Regine and Khadijah grew up together in which city in New Jersey?

East Orange. The actress who plays Khadijah was raised in the city herself, though she was born in nearby Newark.

On Living Single, Regine later works as a costume assistant on which soap opera?

Palo Alto. When the soap is cancelled, Regine reinvents herself as a wedding planner, starting with the wedding of an ex-boyfriend.

On Living Single, Kyle leaves the brownstone in season five to take a job in which city?

London. He asks Max to move there with him and she refuses, a decision that leaves her distraught and rethinking her whole life.

Which Super Bowl MVP asks a lonely Regine to dinner at Overton and Synclaire's wedding on Living Single?

Desmond Howard. Months after his Super Bowl MVP turn, he shows up at the season-four finale and rescues Regine from her dateless gloom.

Which actor played Scooter, the childhood friend Khadijah ends up with on Living Single?

Cress Williams. Scooter drifts in and out of Khadijah's life for five seasons, and in the series finale she walks out of the brownstone with him.

On Living Single, season-five roommate Tripp Williams is an aspiring what?

Songwriter. He moves into Synclaire's old room once she marries Overton, and when Khadijah helps him out with a song she decides jingle writing could be her new career.

On Living Single, which TV star's lost wallet does Khadijah find in the back of a cab?

Dean Cain. Then TV's Superman, he plays himself, coming by the apartment in person after Khadijah refuses to hand the wallet to anyone else.

What was Living Single's working title before the network renamed it shortly ahead of its debut?

My Girls. The star had already written and recorded a theme song to fit that title, and had to go back to the studio and write a new one.

Newspaper critics repeatedly compared Living Single with which NBC sitcom that premiered a year later?

Friends. Both came from the same studio, and in 1996 Living Single's creator and stars complained publicly that the NBC hit was being promoted far harder than their show.

Living Single's theme song places its heroines in what 'kind of world'?

'90s. The line became the show's calling card, the phrase fans and headline writers still borrow whenever the series comes back into the conversation.

The series finale of Living Single aired on which holiday?

New Year's Day. The last two episodes aired back to back on January 1, 1998, and the finale fittingly builds to an impromptu New Year's Eve party.

Which basketball great played Khadijah's old high school rival on Living Single?

Cheryl Miller. Her character still resents losing an all-star MVP award to Khadijah and demands a one-on-one grudge match with the trophy at stake.

In Living Single's first episode, the roommates must tell Regine that her new boyfriend is what?

Married. His wife turns up at the magazine's office about a restaurant ad, and Khadijah spins the fiasco into a cover story on men who cheat.

In the Living Single episode 'Mr. Big Shot', Overton can win $10,000 with a halftime three-pointer at which team's game?

New York Knicks. Overton misses every practice shot when Synclaire is around, convincing them both that she is his jinx.

In Living Single's 'A Raze in Harlem', Kyle fights to save what from demolition?

A jazz club. A fantasy sequence sends the whole gang back to its Roaring Twenties heyday, a showcase for the singing of the actor who plays Kyle.

Which NBA star has a brief fling with Khadijah in the Living Single episode 'On the Rebound'?

Grant Hill. He plays himself as Khadijah's interview subject, and romance follows after he is hurt in a collision during their one-on-one game.

Who played Max's mother, Nina Shaw, on Living Single?

CCH Pounder. Her Nina arrives wanting a closer bond with a daughter she was never close to, a glimpse of where Max got her steel.

Which singer played Overton's mother, Odelle Jones, on Living Single?

Gladys Knight. She was among the famous names who backed the show with guest spots, arriving in season four as Overton and Synclaire's families met before the wedding.

On Living Single, Regine finds herself dating a pair of men who turn out to be what?

Father and son. Regine meets the older man while visiting her weatherman boyfriend at work, and the pair were played by a real father and son, Melvin and Mario Van Peebles.

Which future talk-show host played Khadijah's old friend Sheri in season two of Living Single?

Rosie O'Donnell. Sheri takes a job at the magazine and bonds so quickly with Synclaire that Khadijah turns jealous.

Which actress played Khadijah's spoiled half-sister Stephanie on Living Single?

Tatyana Ali. Stephanie is a track star weary of being groomed for greatness, and she stuns Khadijah by revealing their father holds Khadijah up as the role model.

Which rapper played Darryl, Regine's boyfriend, in three episodes of Living Single?

Heavy D. Darryl comes back rich in season four and hires Regine to plan his wedding, only for her to realize his fiancée is after his money.

In season one of Living Single, Max hides a romance with a younger man played by which actor?

Terrence Howard. Years before his film fame, he played Brendan, a college freshman Max is too embarrassed to admit she is dating.

On Living Single, music editor Russell, who carries a torch for Regine, was born in which country?

Jamaica. When immigration officials move to deport him, his colleagues at the magazine scramble to prove he is an essential employee.

On Living Single, what is the profession of Roni DeSantos, who takes over Kyle's old apartment in season five?

Deejay. Roni leases the apartment Kyle left behind, and it soon emerges that she and new roommate Tripp once had a fling.

In Living Single's finale, Synclaire is cast in a TV pilot as what?

A nun. In an in-joke, the executive who spots her on stage works for Warner Brothers Television, the studio that made Living Single itself.

By what nickname is Overton often known on Living Single?

Obie. That is Overton Wakefield Jones, the handyman who pines for Synclaire from the start and finally marries her in the season-four finale.

Which legendary entertainer played Jacqueline Richards, the actress who becomes Kyle's client on Living Single?

Eartha Kitt. Kyle panics that his glamorous new client wants more than business, and the two end up singing a duet together.

Max and Kyle resurfaced as a couple in 2005 on which UPN sitcom produced by Living Single's creator?

Half & Half. In the crossover Kyle is engaged to Max, proof that the sparring pair stayed together after making up in the finale.

Which cable network marked Living Single's 25th anniversary in 2018 with a weekend marathon and cast reunion?

TV One. Four of the six leads reunited on its set to swap memories and to field the inevitable questions about a reboot.

In January 2018, every episode of Living Single began streaming on which service?

Hulu. Fans had been pleading online for the show to reach streaming, and the service announced the catch with a nod to the theme song.

In Living Single's 'Misleading Lady', how does Synclaire win a place in an acting troupe?

Disguises herself as a man. The troupe had no more openings for women, so she auditions in sideburns, in an episode the actress later picked as a favorite.

In its first season, Living Single consistently out-rated which show airing right before it?

It quickly became the fourth highest-rated show among Fox's twelve series.

Living Single's creator got her start as an unpaid apprentice writer on which NBC sitcom?

A Different World. She joined in 1987 for no pay and rose to producer within five years; a short stint on another sitcom later, she was building a series around her own life.

After Living Single, its creator made which sitcom about three couples at different stages of their relationships?

For Your Love. She says she was again ripping pages out of her diary: her single years fed Living Single, and coupledom fed its successor.

On Living Single, a superior warns Kyle that what is not corporate enough for a big account?

His hairstyle. Kyle refuses to cut his locks, calling them a point of pride, and learns that the only objection came from a fellow Black colleague.

Living Single's creator later served as showrunner of which comedy-drama?

Dear White People. While running Justin Simien's campus satire she signed an overall deal with Lionsgate, the studio behind it, to develop new series of her own.

Before playing Synclaire on Living Single, the actress was fired after one season of which sketch show?

In Living Color. She says her agent phoned one Saturday evening with the news, and she later heard the boss thought she lacked versatility.

In 2025, the actresses behind Max and Synclaire launched a Living Single rewatch podcast called what?

Reliving Single. Its hosts have coaxed former castmates back to the mic, including the show's star, who revealed she first wrote a different theme song.

The actress who played Max on Living Single previously played Pam Tucker on which sitcom?

The Cosby Show. She joined for its last two seasons, and Living Single later winked at the role by casting the actress who played Pam's best friend as Max's old college roommate.

The actress behind Max on Living Single earned a Spirit Award nomination as Coraline in which 2023 film?

American Fiction. She played a public defender who falls for Jeffrey Wright's prickly novelist, in a satire that went on to win the Oscar for adapted screenplay.

The actress who played Max on Living Single played a detective in which 2017 horror film?

Get Out. As Detective Latoya she hears out a frantic theory about a missing friend, and the police laugh it off.

The actor who played Kyle on Living Single later became the original voice of which video game character?

Kratos. He voiced the God of War antihero from 2005 to 2013, until the 2018 game recast the part because its motion capture needed an actor closer to the character's size.

Living Single's Kyle actor also voiced which Jedi in the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars?

Mace Windu. Samuel L. Jackson voiced the Jedi in the 2008 animated film, but the series that followed gave the part to the actor who had played him in the 2003 Clone Wars shorts.

On Living Single, which jazz standard does Kyle sing to Max at a talent contest?

My Funny Valentine. Kyle had frozen on stage when Max sat down in front of him, then went back up and sang this one straight to her.

After Living Single, the actor who played Overton played Milsap Morris on which sitcom?

The Hughleys. ABC dropped the family comedy in 2000 when it scrapped its TGIF block, and UPN picked it up that fall.

The actor behind Living Single's Overton got his break with a 1991 stand-up set on which late-night host's show?

Johnny Carson. The Tonight Show brought the comic back for a second set that October, months after Carson had announced he would retire.

The actress who played Regine on Living Single was already famous as Tootie on which show?

The Facts of Life. She was so short in the first season that producers put Tootie on roller skates to avoid awkward camera angles.

Which unscripted series did Living Single's Regine actress join for its eighth season in 2015?

The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She left after a single season and went straight onto Dancing with the Stars in spring 2016.

Living Single's Khadijah actress earned an Oscar nomination for which 2002 musical?

Chicago. She played Matron 'Mama' Morton and lost the supporting-actress Oscar to her own castmate, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

In 2006, Living Single's Khadijah actress became the first hip-hop artist to receive what?

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Accepting it, she said one reason to be there was to inspire other young women and would-be rappers and actors.

The actress who played Khadijah on Living Single was born under what name?

Dana Owens. She went back to her birth name for 2004's The Dana Owens Album, a set of soul and jazz standards that earned a Grammy nomination.