![]() ![]() "Frank's Place" truly was a victim of CBS, I'd love to see the series on DVD or on Nick at Night again. It is this radio disc jockey character for which Tim is still best known. Part of the reason it was taken off of the air, was so that the leads actors in the series, Tim Reid and his wife Daphne Maxwell Reid could do a forgettable hour long detective show called "Snoops". Making early appearances on such TV shows as 'That's My Mama,' 'Rhoda,' 'Fernwood Tonite,' 'Lou Grant,' 'What's Happening' and 'Maude,' Tim received his star-making break after nabbing the cool and very hip role of 'Venus Flytrap' on TV's WKRP in Cincinnati (1978). It was canceled by CBS and I have never forgotten how disappointed I was at that decision. Blues" and gave them the time to find their audience. I thought CBS would do what NBC did when it renewed the low rated but high quality "Cheers" and "Hill St. I remember when the show aired, it did have low ratings, but I thought they would renew it and give it another shot, because the show was of such high quality. The "Voodoo" episode was especially memorable because the lead character literally had to use magic powder to undo a curse. The episodes I remember are "The Bum Out Front" and "Dueling Voodoo". The setting, the characters, the little touches throughout were positively intoxicating. As other posters here have so adroitly put it, this was a wonderful, well done show about a New Orleans restaurant. The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.This show was a victim of CBS. The 9th Annual American Black Achievement Awards Himself - Co-Presenter: Favourite New Television Drama Program Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted ![]() State of the Black Union: Jamestown - The First 400 Years State of the Black Union: Jamestown - Memorable Moments TV One's Roast and Toast: John Witherspoon ![]() Troop 491: the Adventures of the Muddy Lions The list Tim Reid filmography includes Thats So Raven, That 70s Show, The Comedy Store, A Welcome Home Christmas and Check Inn to Christmas. Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer 2019 Sister, Sister 2019 Me, Myself & I 2018 The Soul Man 2012 Treme 2012 Roommates 2009 That '70s Show 2006 That's So Raven 2006 Touched by an Angel 1997 Highlander 1993 Snoops 1990 Frank's. ![]() Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Starring Frankie Avalon, Black in the 80s WKRP in Cincinnati, Sister, Sister, Frank's Place, Simon & Simon, It, The Richard Pryor Show, Linc's, Snoops, CBS Summer Playhouse, Teachers Only, Easy Does It. Once Upon a Time.When We Were Colored, The Fourth War, Dead Bang, Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer, 93 Days, You Wish!, Out-of-Sync, Race to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad, You Must Remember This, The Reading Room, Trade, Say a Little Prayer, On the One, Troop 491: The. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, TV Land Broadcaster(s) of the Year Award 'Tim' Reid (born December 19, 1944) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-82), Marcel 'Downtown' Brown on Simon & Simon (1983-87), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister (1994-99) and William Barnett on That 70's Show (2004-2006). NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Screenwriter, Television producer, Comedian, Film producer, Film director, Actor, Television Director ![]()
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