Moesha
All Grown Up
TV Flash files “All Grown Up” as hour 117 of 127 in the TV Flash guide — Moesha (1996–2001) on UPN, season 6, episode 12, aired 2001-01-15.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E12: listed hour 117 of 127 in the Moesha guide, hour 12 of 22 in season 6. It aired 2001-01-15. The listed hour before it is “The Player” (S06E11). Next is “Run, Mo, Run” (S06E13).
Viewer FAQ
Where does All Grown Up sit in the Moesha guide?
S06E12 is listed hour 117 of 127 — hour 12 of 22 in season 6, season 6 episode 12.
When did Moesha S06E12 air?
All Grown Up aired 2001-01-15.
Is it just a singer's sitcom?
Built around Brandy's persona, but the house has realer edges than a pure vehicle: family argument, diary room, a girl lead who isn't a cartoon.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Brandy as a teen with a diary room and a house of realer edges than TGIF usually allowed. UPN sitcom craft around a Black girl lead who can be funny, stubborn, and famous without becoming a cartoon. Coming-of-age with a cliffhanger that still infuriates — start for the voice, stay for a family comedy that actually argued.
So about the diary room: Brandy as a teen who can be funny, stubborn, and famous without becoming a cartoon, and a group chat that still has not forgiven the finale. Ralph Farquhar, Sara V. Finney, and Vida Spears created the UPN sitcom (1996–2001) around Brandy Norwood's star persona. (I said spoiler-free. I lied a little: **the pregnancy cliffhanger is the argument.**) Lana can keep the TGIF gown; this house had realer edges than that fitting usually allowed.
Filed against
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