The Royal Family (TV series)

The Royal Family
Redd Foxx and Della Reese, stars of The Royal Family
Also known as	Chest Pains
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Eddie Murphy
Developed by	Greg Antonacci
Written by	Greg Antonacci Mark E. Corry Rob Dames David Garber Mark McClafferty Mike Milligan Jay Moriarty Eddie Murphy Leonard Ripps B. Mark Seabrooks Clint Smith
Directed by	Shelley Jensen Jack Shea
Starring	Redd Foxx Della Reese Mariann Aalda Sylver Gregory Larenz Tate Naya Rivera Jackée Harry Barry Shabaka Henley
Theme music composer	David Allen Jones
Composer	Dan Foliart
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Eddie Murphy Mark McClafferty Greg Antonacci
Producers	David Garber Shelley Jensen Deborah Leschin Leslie Ray David Steven Simon
Cinematography	Mikel Neiers
Editor	Richard Russel
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	Eddie Murphy Television Paramount Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 18, 1991 (1991-09-18) – May 13, 1992 (1992-05-13)
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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 executive producer Eddie Murphy, as part of a development deal Murphy had with CBS,^[1] and produced by David Garber, Shelley Jensen, Deborah Leschin, Leslie Ray, and David Steven Simon. Other executive producers alongside Eddie Murphy are Mark McClafferty and Greg Antonacci. It was presented by Eddie Murphy Television in association with Paramount Television, the television arm of Paramount Pictures, a Paramount Communications Company, with which Murphy had long been associated. The series starred Redd Foxx and Della Reese.

Murphy had previously worked with Foxx and Reese in the 1989 film Harlem Nights, which Murphy wrote and directed. The working title for the series was Chest Pains.^[2]