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* [[Lila Garrett]]

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'''''Baby, I'm Back''''' (stylized onscreen as '''''Baby... I'm Back!''''') is an American [[sitcom]] television series that aired on [[CBS]] in early 1978. The series stars [[Demond Wilson]], [[Denise Nicholas]], [[Helen Martin]] and [[Kim Fields]].

==Synopsis==

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The pilot was videotaped in September 1977. CBS picked the pilot up as a [[mid-season replacement]], going into production at the [[CBS Studio Center]] lot in November 1977, for airing from January to April 1978.

In the book ''Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers'' by Scott Lewellen, Lila Garrett created the show to address the social issue of the time of black males not being able to get jobs to provide for their families. Many had abandoned their families because of it and in this case, the lead character did abandon his family, but once he found work and got his act together, he came back, hence the name of the show. In the show, the mother had a great government job at the Pentagon and lived in a nice apartment. At the time of casting Wilson had just completed ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' and Nicholas was a hot commodity. Garrett saw the chemistry between the two. Nicholas said in a summer 1978 edition of ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet Magazine]]'' that she was surprised at the cancellation of the series despite decent ratings.

Garrett stated the show was cancelled due to [[Norman Lear]] wanting ''[[Good Times]]'' to come back for another season and told CBS that he would create them another show in exchange for it.

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{{Episode list

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|Title = Pilot

|DirectedBy =Bill Persky

|WrittenBy =Lila Garrett & Mort Lachman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1977|10|22}}

|ShortSummary=In this [[Television pilot|pilot episode]] of this series, Ray briefs the viewing audience in a voiceover about how Olivia and Wallace tried to get married and had him declared legally dead. He of course foiled the attempt, but Olivia and Wallace attempt again to get married causing Ray to try to get himself declared legally alive so she will not be able to marry another person. Olivia surprises him by moving up the time of the wedding so that Ray will not have enough time to spoil the ceremony.

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|WrittenBy = Richard Powell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|02|13}}

|ShortSummary=It is Ray and Olivia's 15th wedding anniversary. Ray has romantic plans for the evening but Olivia would rather spend a nice quiet evening with her fiancee'fiance Wallace. Unlucky with his plans, Ray goes to the local bar and runs into Racine Parks, a woman he and Olivia went to high school with. Since Ray could not have Olivia, he decides to take Racine to his place for a rendezvous but not without stopping by Olivia's first to see Olivia and then up to his place causing Olivia to be jealous. Ray and Racine's fun comes to an end when Ray gets a phone call from someone that knows what he and Racine have been up to.

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[[Category:1978 American television series endings]]

[[Category:1970s American black sitcoms]]

[[Category:1970s American multi-camera sitcoms]]

[[Category:American English-language television shows]]

[[Category:Television shows set in Washington, D.C.]]

[[Category:Television series by MGM Television]]