Living Single
On the Rebound
TV Flash files “On the Rebound” as hour 57 of 118 in the TV Flash guide — Living Single (1993–1998) on Fox, season 3, episode 3, aired 1995-09-14, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E03: listed hour 57 of 118 in the Living Single guide, hour 3 of 27 in season 3. It aired 1995-09-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Ex-File” (S03E02). Next is “Grumpy Old Man” (S03E04).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
NBA star Grant Hill comes to town for a Basketball/Piano Camp, and agrees to an interview for Flavor. While playing a game of one-on-one against Khadijah, he injures his knee in a mid-air collision. Khadijah feels guilty, but the injury is not serious. Grant comes over to the apartment, and he and Khadijah end up kissing (much to Regine's horror). Although Grant sweeps Khadijah off her feet and is interested in a relationship, Khadijah feels that the distance between them and their busy schedules would make this impossible. She breaks up with him, as she doesn't want to get hurt. Synclaire and Max suggest that she still hasn't gotten over Scooter. Kyle and Max are frustrated beyond belief when they cannot beat Overton and Synclaire at a single board game. Overton and Synclaire finally throw a game of Battleship to shut them up. A college-age messenger delivers a package to Flavor and is instantly smitten with Khadijah.Tag:Grant serenades an appreciative Regine.
Viewer FAQ
Where does On the Rebound sit in the Living Single guide?
S03E03 is listed hour 57 of 118 — hour 3 of 27 in season 3, season 3 episode 3.
When did Living Single S03E03 air?
On the Rebound aired 1995-09-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this "the Black Friends"?
That comparison is the discourse, not the origin story. Bowser's brownstone ensemble premiered in 1993 and treated Black professional friendship as default sitcom physics.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Four women, a Brooklyn brownstone, and sitcom chemistry that never needed a Central Perk comparison to land. Queen Latifah’s magazine hustle, Kim Coles’s comic spark, and an ensemble that treated Black urban friendship as default, not special episode. The friend-com with better clothes, sharper mouths, and a legacy still arguing in group chats.
Flash: four women, a Brooklyn brownstone, and a group chat that still thinks *Friends* stole the furniture. Yvette Lee Bowser's Fox sitcom (1993–1998) put Queen Latifah's magazine hustle at the center of a Black professional twenty-something ensemble and treated urban friendship as default, not a special episode. Someone's publicist will call the comparison a compliment. **It is the discourse, not the origin story.** Bowser's room premiered in 1993. The other couch can wait in the lobby.
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