On This Day: April 5, 1988 - The Robert Guillaume Show Premiered on ABC

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On This Day: April 5, 1988 - The Robert Guillaume Show Premiered on ABC.

On this day April 5, 1988, The Robert Guillaume Show premiered on ABC, featuring the talented Robert Guillaume in a lead role that aimed to break new ground in network television. The sitcom followed Edward Sawyer, a single father and political speechwriter who begins a relationship with a white woman, tackling topics of race and family with both humor and heart.

The show ran for just one season with 13 episodes, but it took on subjects that most sitcoms of the time avoided. It offered a...
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