Julia
Call Me By My Rightful Number
TV Flash files “Call Me By My Rightful Number” as a desk essential hour — Julia (1968–1971) on NBC, season 2, episode 21, aired 1970-02-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E21: listed hour 51 of 86 in the Julia guide, hour 21 of 30 in season 2. It aired 1970-02-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Father of the Bribe” (S02E20). Next is “Gone with the Whim” (S02E22).
Essential hour: “Call Me By My Rightful Number”. Call Me By My Rightful Number — mid-run title as a name-and-dignity hour, integrationist sitcom still arguing in a soft register.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Cory and his friend accidentally connect with a sick boy and his mother, leading to a lengthy conversation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Call Me By My Rightful Number sit in the Julia guide?
S02E21 is listed hour 51 of 86 — hour 21 of 30 in season 2, season 2 episode 21.
When did Julia S02E21 air?
Call Me By My Rightful Number aired 1970-02-17 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Carroll's Julia Baker at work and at home with Corey is the landmark: nurse, widow, lead. The workplace-and-apartment hours are the whole assignment — competence as comedy, not a special.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Diahann Carroll's Julia Baker — widowed nurse, devoted mother — stepped into NBC prime time as a Black woman lead in a professional role, not a servant stereotype. Landmark casting, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, and a debate about integrationist mildness that still orbits the series. Historically essential; often charming.
The living room changes silhouette in 1968. Diahann Carroll's Julia Baker — widowed nurse, devoted mother, unflappable grace — steps into NBC prime time as a Black woman lead in a professional role, not a servant stereotype. Hal Kanter's *Julia* (1968–1971; 86 episodes, three seasons) puts competence and middle-class life on screen in an apartment-and-nurse's-station key. Marc Copage plays son Corey. Lloyd Nolan's Dr. Chegley holds the workplace. **This was not a soft launch of representation. This was a hard…
Filed against
- Diahann Carroll as Julia Baker
Diahann Carroll’s Julia Baker stepped into NBC prime time as a Black woman lead in a professional role — widowed nurse, devoted mother, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, not a servant stereotype. Landmark casting, a debate about…
- Lloyd Nolan as Dr. Morton Chegley
Lloyd Nolan held the clinic as Dr. Morton Chegley on Julia — Diahann Carroll’s landmark as a Black nurse-lead in NBC prime time, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, and a debate about integrationist mildness that still orbits the show.…
- Marc Copage as Corey Baker
Marc Copage was the kid in the landmark as Corey Baker on Julia — Diahann Carroll’s widowed nurse in NBC prime time, a Black woman lead in a professional role, gentle workplace-and-apartment comedy, a debate about integrationist mildness…