One in a Million

First Telecast:January 8, 1980

Last Telecast: June 23, 1980

Comedienne Shirley Hemphill who played the overpowering black waitress on What's Happening , got her own comedy series in 1980. In One in a Million down-to-earth cabdriver Shirley Simmons happend to inherit Grayson Enterprises, a multi-million-dollar, white run conglomerate, when one of her customers died. Bald, scowling Mr. Cushing found this quite inexplicable, as he had planned to take over himself, and he was doubly vexed when scrappy Shirley decided to teach the big "en-dustrailists" how to look out for the ordinary people. Barton Stone was the somewhat naive nephew of Mr. Grayson; Nancy, Grayson's secretary and Shirley's ally. Max, the owner of the deli where Shirley hung out. and Edna and Raymond, her parents.

ABC Broadcast History

Episodes:

1. Chairman of the Board
2. Executive Dad
3. Shirley's Prince of a Guy
4. On the Cuff
5. Lost Weekend
6. Stone vs. Simmons
7. The Chairman Babysits
8. Suddenly Single
9. Cushing Quits
10. Max Falls in Love
11. Over the Hill
12. The Committee
13. The Italian Connection