When Living Single premiered in August 1993, the seminal yet undersung sitcom changed television forever. The five-season series made historic gains for creators of color working behind the scenes in Hollywood, and it originated a trend of “friends making it in the big city” stories that continues to this day. This year, stars Erika Alexander and Kim Coles continued the show’s legacy when they announced “ReLiving Single," the "official unofficial Living Single rewatch podcast,” and immediately became trailblazers in the podcasting industry.
“ReLiving Single” marks the first open-ended celebrity-hosted podcast that rewatches and reminisces on a previously aired show led by Black people in front of and behind the camera. Similar celebrity-hosted podcasts, which offer fans much-treasured nostalgia and behind-the-scenes gossip and give actors the platform to capitalize on the legacy of their best-known roles, have grown in popularity over the past tumultuous decade in Hollywood. But they’ve reflected the dynamics of Hollywood as a whole: They’re all for shows in the “mainstream,” with majority-white casts and writer’s rooms.
