Sparks (TV series)

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Sparks" TV series – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Sparks
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ed. Weinberger
Directed by	Wendy Charles Acey Mark Corry Stan Daniels Kim Friedman Leonard R. Garner, Jr. Bob Moloney Ed. Weinberger
Starring	James Avery Robin Givens Terrence Howard Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. Arif S. Kinchen Kym Whitley
Theme music composer	Billy Preston
Composer	Billy Preston
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producers	Rob Dames Bob Moloney Lenny Ripps Ed. Weinberger
Producers	Greg Giangregorio Bruce Bayley Johnson Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. Alison Taylor
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	The Weinberger Company MTM Enterprises (1996-1997) (season 1) 20th Century Fox Television (1997-1998) (season 2)
Original release
Network	UPN
Release	August 26, 1996 (1996-08-26) – March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)
Related
Good News

Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996, to March 2, 1998. The series stars James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., Kym Whitley and Arif S. Kinchen. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the everyday lives of a family of lawyers running a family-owned law practice. Reruns of the show aired on BET in the late 1990s.

Cast

Main

James Avery — Alonzo Sparks
Robin Givens — Wilma Cuthbert
Terrence Howard — Greg Sparks
Arif S. Kinchen — LaMarr Hicks
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. — Maxey Sparks
Kym Whitley — Darice Mayberry

Recurring

Wanda-Lee Evans — Judge
Phill Lewis — Detective Floyd Pitts
Hawthorne James — Claude
Rod McCary — Attorney Mason
Michael Warren — Desmond

Special guest appearances

Vanessa Bell Calloway as Monique
Nell Carter as Barbara Rogers
Terry Ellis as Deidre
Pam Grier as Ms. Grayson
Billy Preston as Himself
Anna Maria Horsford as Wilma's Aunt
Kenya Moore as Ms. Collins
Ron O'Neal as Arthur Fairchild
Jason Kidd as Himself

External links

Sparks at IMDb
Template:Tv.com show

v t e MTM Enterprises
Mary Tyler Moore Grant Tinker
TV shows	The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77) The Bob Newhart Show (1972–78) Friends and Lovers (1974–1975) The Texas Wheelers (1974–75) Rhoda (1974–78) The Bob Crane Show (1975) Doc (1975–76) Three for the Road (1975) Phyllis (1975–77) The Tony Randall Show (1976–78) Lou Grant (1977–82) The Betty White Show (1977–78) We've Got Each Other (1977–78) The White Shadow (1978–81) WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82) Mary (1978) The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979) The Last Resort (1979–80) Paris (1979–80) Hill Street Blues (1981–87) Remington Steele (1982–87) St. Elsewhere (1982–88) Newhart (1982–90) Bay City Blues (1983–84) The Duck Factory (1984) Mary (1985–86) Fresno (1986) The Popcorn Kid (1987) Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–88) Eisenhower and Lutz (1988) Annie McGuire (1988) Tattingers (1988–89) City (1990) Capital News (1990) Evening Shade (1990–94) The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–92) You Take the Kids (1990–91) The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991–93) Xuxa (1993) Boogies Diner (1994–95) Wild Animal Games (1995–96) Family Challenge (1995–97) Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996) Shopping Spree (1996–97) Sparks (1996–98) The Pretender (1996–2000) It Takes Two (1997) Good News (1997–98)
Films	Something for Joey (1977) The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980) A Little Sex (1982) Just Between Friends (1986) Clara's Heart (1988) Night of the Twisters (1996) Christmas Every Day (1996)

UPN

Programs

Main	UPN Kids Disney's One Too Television films
1990s	Breaker High (1997–98) The Burning Zone (1996–97) Clueless (1997–99) Deadly Games (1995–96) Dilbert (1999–2000) DiResta (1998–99) Family Rules (1999) Goode Behavior (1996–97) Good News (1997–98) Grown Ups (1999–2000) Guys Like Us (1998) Head over Heels (1997–98) Hitz (1997–98) Home Movies (1999) Homeboys in Outer Space (1996–97) In the House (1996–99) Legacy (1998–99) Legend (1995) Live Shot (1995) Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998–99) Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000) Marker (1995) Mercy Point (1998–99) Moesha (1996–2001) Nowhere Man (1995–96) The Parkers (1999–2004) Pig Sty (1995) Platypus Man (1995) Power Play (1999) Reunited (1998) The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998) The Sentinel (1996–99) Seven Days (1998–2001) Shasta McNasty (1999–2000) Social Studies (1996–97) Sparks (1996–98) Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) The Strip (1999–2000) Swift Justice (1996) The Watcher (1995) WWE SmackDown (1999–2006)
2000s	Abby (2003) All of Us (2003–06) All Souls (2001) America's Next Top Model (2003–06) Amish in the City (2004) As If (2002) The Bad Girl's Guide (2005) The Beat (2000) Britney and Kevin: Chaotic (2005) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2001–03) Chains of Love (2001) Cuts (2005–06) Eve (2003–06) Everybody Hates Chris (2005–06) Freedom (2000) Game Over (2004) Gary & Mike (2001) Get This Party Started (2006) Girlfriends (2000–06) Half & Half (2002–06) Haunted (2002) The Hughleys (2000–02) I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge (2000) Iron Chef USA (2001) Jake 2.0 (2003–04) Kevin Hill (2004–05) Level 9 (2000–01) Love, Inc. (2005–06) Manhunt (2001) The Mullets (2003-04) One on One (2001–06) Platinum (2003) The Player (2004) R U the Girl (2005) The Random Years (2002) The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott (2005) Rock Me Baby (2003–04) Roswell (2001–02) Second Time Around (2004–05) Secret Agent Man (2000) Sex, Love & Secrets (2005) South Beach (2006) Special Unit 2 (2001–02) Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–05) The Twilight Zone (2002–03) Under One Roof (2002) Veronica Mars (2004–06) WWE Tough Enough (2004) WWE Tribute to the Troops (2003–04) XFL (2001)