CULTURETECHLENS227
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Combined Graph record U-03181 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1312. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
227 is a television series (tv_series): Christine Houston's play 'Two Twenty Seven' became the NBC sitcom 227 in 1985, per the Chicago Sun-Times article (republished at 103news) Christine Houston received the 'created by' credit for the prime-time series, the first Black woman to do so, per the same article The series starred Marla Gibbs; her character name Mary Jenkins carried over from Houston's play
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227 is a television series (tv_series): Christine Houston's play 'Two Twenty Seven' became the NBC sitcom 227 in 1985, per the Chicago Sun-Times article (republished at 103news) Christine Houston received the 'created by' credit for the prime-time series, the first Black woman to do so, per the same article The series starred Marla Gibbs; her character name Mary Jenkins carried over from Houston's play
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- Year: 1985
- Work type: tv_series
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- Christine Houston — authored by
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- Mary Jenkins — featured in → this record
- Rose Holloway — featured in → this record
- Sandra Clark — featured in → this record
Sources
- https://103news.com/english/327494116/ (verification source · master store)
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227 is a television series (tv_series): Christine Houston's play 'Two Twenty Seven' became the NBC sitcom 227 in 1985, per the Chicago Sun-Times article (republished at 103news) Christine Houston received the 'created by' credit for the prime-time series, the first Black woman to do so, per the same article The series starred Marla Gibbs; her character name Mary Jenkins carried over from Houston's play
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