Sister, Sister
Summer Bummer
TV Flash files “Summer Bummer” as hour 50 of 119 in the TV Flash guide — Sister, Sister (1994–1999) on ABC/The WB, season 3, episode 19, aired 1996-03-13, 25 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E19: listed hour 50 of 119 in the Sister, Sister guide, hour 19 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1996-03-13 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “The Piano Lesson” (S03E18). Next is “The Candidate” (S03E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The girls trade places with Tia taking Tamera's place in summer school to be near a boy and Tamera working at a summer camp.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Summer Bummer sit in the Sister, Sister guide?
S03E19 is listed hour 50 of 119 — hour 19 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 19.
When did Sister, Sister S03E19 air?
Summer Bummer aired 1996-03-13 and is listed at 25 minutes.
ABC or The WB?
ABC 1994–1995, then The WB through 1999. TGIF-to-WB pipeline in one package, twin chemistry intact.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tia and Tamera as twin sitcom voltage: switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, hopping from TGIF to the WB without losing the bit. Reunion-premise comfort with sibling rhythm — silly on purpose, identical energy that still feels like a whole friend group.
The work, first: Tia and Tamera as twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households colliding — separated-at-birth twins reuniting and forcing their single parents into one chaotic house. ABC 1994–1995, then The WB through 1999. Kim Bass, Gary Gilbert, and Fred Shafferman in the creator file. Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Jackée Harry's scene-stealing Lisa, Tim Reid, Marques Houston. Catchphrase-friendly family comedy with sibling rhythm at the center. Black twin leads as mainstream youth multi-cam, hopping from TGIF…
Filed against
- Tia Mowry as Tia Landry
Tia Mowry sparked Sister, Sister as Tia Landry — twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, TGIF to the WB without losing the bit. TV Flash…
- Tamera Mowry as Tamera Campbell
Tamera Mowry sparkled Sister, Sister as Tamera Campbell — twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, TGIF to the WB without losing the bit.…
- Jackée Harry as Lisa Landry
Jackée Harry’s Lisa Landry kept Sister, Sister’s twin voltage housed — two households, switch gags, 1990s youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Tia and Tamera as the bit; Lisa as the adult who would not play furniture. TV Flash files her as…
- Tim Reid as Ray Campbell
Tim Reid’s Venus Flytrap made WKRP in Cincinnati a playlist with a soul — Johnny Fever, turkeys away, sales pirates, Hugh Wilson workplace zoo — then fathered Sister, Sister’s twin-sitcom sparkle. Cult-to-classic radio comedy; TGIF-to-WB…
- Marques Houston as Roger Evans
Marques Houston needled the twins as Roger Evans on Sister, Sister — Tia and Tamera as twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, TGIF to…