The PJs

– The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmor..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
30 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
The PJs (1999)

The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross and Lily Tomlin. The series starred Eddie Murphy, and was produced by Imagine Entertainment by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, The Murphy Company & Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone Television and Warner Bros. Television.

The original run of the series debuted on Fox on Sunday, January 10, 1999 in the time slot, following a divisional conference football playoff game. Two days later, the second episode aired in its regular Tuesday night time slot, following King of the Hill.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Editor's Pick for:
Release Date:

10 Jan 1999

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-14 – For Age 14 and Above

This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. Programs rated TV-14 contains material that parents or adult guardians may find unsuitable for children under the age of 14. The FCC warns that "Parents are cautioned to exercise some care in monitoring this program and are cautioned against letting children under the age of 14 watch unattended." Programs with this rating contain crude humor, drug/alcohol use, inappropriate language, strong violence (may include some amounts of blood and gore), and moderate suggestive themes or dialogue.

Writer:

Eddie Murphy, Steve Tompkins, Larry Wilmore

Main Actors:

Loretta Devine, Ja'net DuBois, Michele Morgan, Pepe Serna

Plot:

Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife Muriel in the housing project where he is the chief superintendent. The show, created by Eddie Murphy (who provides Stubbs' voice), follows the adventures of the Stubbs family and the others in the building, animated through a process called 'Foamation.'

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10