''City Guys'' is an American television

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that aired for five seasons on

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from September 6, 1997 to December 15, 2001.Tvseriesfinale.com
/ref> The series aired as part of the network's Saturday morning block,

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Premise

''City Guys'' centered on two teenagers from different backgrounds who both attended Manhattan High School that became best friends. Jamal Grant came from a working-class family and Chris Anderson from a wealthy family. The boys and their friends dealt with the typical teen issues, such as cheating on tests, peer pressure, racism, and dealing with school violence.

Cast

Wesley Jonathan Wesley Jonathan is an American actor best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant in the NBC sitcom '' City Guys'' (1997–2001), Gary Thorpe in the sitcom '' What I Like About You'' (2002–2006), Sweetness in the film '' Roll Bounce'' (2005 ...

as Jamal Abdul Grant *

Scott Whyte Scott Whyte is an American actor, best known for his role as Chris Anderson on '' City Guys''. He has also appeared in television series such as ''That '70s Show'' and ''Just Shoot Me!'' and the films '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'' and its sequel, '' ...

as Christopher Robert "Chris" Anderson * Caitlin Mowrey as Dawn Tartikoff *

Dion Basco Dionysio Basco (born January 29, 1977) is an American film and television actor of Filipino heritage. His brothers Dante, Darion and Derek Basco are also actors, as is his niece Ella Jay. Basco was born in Pittsburg, California. He is best kn ...

as Alberto ("Al") Rocket Ramos * Marissa Dyan as Cassidy Giuliani * Steven Daniel as Lionel "L-Train" Johnson *

Marcella Lowery Marcella Lowery is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Geoffrey Owens' mother, Francine Tibideaux, on ''The Cosby Show'', Jamal Jenkins' grandmother on ''Ghostwriter'' from 1992 to 1995, Anna Eldridge in the 1996 film, '' The P ...

as Principal Karen Coretta Noble

Production

In September 1997, NBC announced ''City Guys'' would be a new series on the networks Saturday morning

lineup. The series was described by John Miller, then NBC's executive VP of advertising, promotion and event programming, as having a more "urban feel" in comparison to other TNBC sitcoms air of middle America with California hipness. Like other TNBC shows, ''City Guys'' was given substantial review from an educational consultant to ensure there was educational or informative value per the FCC qualifiers.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1997)

Season 2 (1998)

Season 3 (1999–2000)

Season 4 (2000–01)

Season 5 (2001)

Syndication

''City Guys'' ran in syndication on local

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s throughout the United States from September 10, 2001 to September 13, 2002.

Tribune Entertainment Tribune Entertainment (formerly Mid-America Video Tape Productions, WGN Continental Productions, Tribune Productions and Tribune Entertainment Company) was a television production and broadcast syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Br ...

, which distributed the series (its corporate sister at the time,

Tribune Broadcasting Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC was an American media company which operated as a subsidiary of Tribune Media, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. The group owned and operated television station, television and radio stations thro ...

, incidentally, was the primary station group carrying the series), sold the series as a syndication package–alongside fellow TNBC sitcom ''

California Dreams ''California Dreams'' is an American teen sitcom that aired on NBC. It was part of the network's Saturday morning block, TNBC, premiering on September 12, 1992. Created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon, and executive produced by ...

–''for stations to count towards educational programming guidelines set by the

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. Reruns of the series briefly aired on

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from October 2, 2010 to October 16, 2010. As of 2022, ''City Guys''–as well as fellow TNBC sitcom ''One World''–were available for streaming on

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, but by June 2023, this show was removed from Tubi, though ''One World'' still is available to watch as well. It is also not available to stream on

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. International distribution rights to the series are owned by

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Notes

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External links

Official Website
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