Julia (1968 TV series)

Julia
Diahann Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, and Marc Copage.
GenreSitcom
Created byHal Kanter
Directed byDon Ameche
Luther James
Fletcher Markle
Coby Ruskin
Barry Shear
Ezra Stone
Bernard Wiesen
Hollingsworth Morse
StarringDiahann Carroll
Lloyd Nolan
Marc Copage
Michael Link
Betty Beaird
Lurene Tuttle
Theme music composerElmer Bernstein
ComposersJeff Alexander
Elmer Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes86 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerHal Kanter
ProducerHal Kanter
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time24 minutes
Production companiesHanncarr Productions
Savannah Productions
20th Century-Fox Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 17, 1968 (1968-09-17) 
March 23, 1971 (1971-03-23)

Julia is an American television sitcom that debuted in 1968. The show starred actress and singer Diahann Carroll in the first American television series to star an African American woman playing a character who was not a servant or slave, and ran for 86 episodes on NBC from September 17, 1968, to March 23, 1971. The series was produced by Savannah Productions, Inc., Hanncarr Productions, Inc., and 20th Century-Fox Television.

During pre-production, the proposed series title was Mama's Man. The series was among the few situation comedies in the late 1960s that did not use a laugh track; however, 20th Century-Fox Television added one when the series was reissued for syndication and cable rebroadcasts in the late 1980s.

Julia was among the first acquisitions made by ASPiRE for its inaugural season in 2012.