Julia
Ready, Aim, Fired
TV Flash files “Ready, Aim, Fired” as a desk essential hour — Julia (1968–1971) on NBC, season 3, episode 1, aired 1970-09-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 61 of 86 in the Julia guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1970-09-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bunny Hug” (S02E30). Next is “Half Past Sick” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “Ready, Aim, Fired”. Ready, Aim, Fired is a late-run workplace door: nurse comedy that never dropped the professional frame.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ready, Aim, Fired sit in the Julia guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 61 of 86 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did Julia S03E01 air?
Ready, Aim, Fired aired 1970-09-15 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…
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- 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…