The Royal Family
originally aired on CBS
The Royal Family is an American sitcom television series that ran on CBS between September 18, 1991, and May 13, 1992. The series was created by Eddie Murphy, as part of a development deal Murphy had with CBS, and produced by David Garber, Shelley Jensen, Deborah Leschin, Leslie Ray, and David Steven Simon. It was intended as a comeback vehicle for Redd Foxx, who had not had a successful television series since the cancellation of Sanford and Son in 1977.
The series chronicled the lives of Atlanta mail carrier Alexander Alphonso "Al" Royal (Redd Foxx) and his wife Victoria (Della Reese) They were anticipating peaceful retirement years until marital problems brought an extended visit from their daughter Elizabeth and her three children.