Series synopsis
Barbershop is an American comedy drama television series that premiered on Showtime on August 14, 2005. It ended on October 16, 2005. It stars Omar Gooding, Barry Shabaka Henley, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Toni Trucks.
Calvin Palmer is the owner of a barbershop on the Southside of Chicago. Reluctantly inheriting the neighborhood establishment and popular hangout from his father, he juggles his responsibilities to his clients, his family, and his community as a cast of unique characters regularly bring their hopes, dreams and problems with them into the shop.
Premise
Calvin Palmer is the owner of a barbershop on the Southside of Chicago. Reluctantly inheriting the neighborhood establishment and popular hangout from his father, he juggles his responsibilities to his clients, his family, and his community as a cast of unique characters regularly bring their hopes, dreams and problems with them into the shop.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Omar Gooding as Calvin
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Eddie
- Gbenga Akinnagbe as Yinka
- Toni Trucks as Terri
- Wes Chatham as Isaac
- Leslie Elliard as Jimmy
- Dan White as Romadal
- Anna Brown as Jen
Guest cast
- Maya Days as Det. Moya Caliente
- Rhomeyn Johnson as Jeremiah
- Yun Choi as Michael
- Camille Chen as Michelle
- Gerald Emerick as Dr. Gitwell
- David Joseph Keller as Seth
- Nahtasha Budhi as Trisha
- Ryan O'Neil DeSouza as Gordon
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Claire
- Page Kennedy as Big Trickey
- Phil LaMarr as Derrick
- Roz Ryan as Mae
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | August 14, 2005 | October 16, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
This is My Bullsh*t...And You're Welcome to It (a.k.a. Get Your Hand Out of My Womb) Jen convinces Calvin to hire her distant relative Romadal Dupree, who has just been released from prison. Calvin teaches Yinka how to talk dirty to a woman during sex. Terri is forced to confront her anger issues after her identity is stolen. Jimmy tries to use his nonexistent political clout to do a favor for Jen. |
August 14, 2005 |
| 2 |
"N" Lovers "Niggaz", an urban fashion chain store owned by African-Americans, opens a franchise in the neighborhood. But when the owner of the new store turns out to be Korean-American, some residents are outraged by the use of the N-word . . . and Jimmy takes full advantage of the situation. Terri is attracted to the son of the new store owner. Big Tricky (Page Kennedy) wants his cousin Romadal to be the spokesman for his new hip-hop CD, but he needs Calvin's approval first. |
August 21, 2005 |
| 3 |
Madonna is a Ho (And Dana's F***ing Blind) Calvin and Jen have dinner with David and Dana Kang (Kipp Shiotani, Lauren Tom), who are constantly cursing at each other in public. Michael Kang (Yun Choi) breaks up with Terri, while Isaac begins seeing Michael's sister Michelle (Camille Chen). Eddie picks up a gorgeous woman (Sheryl Lee Ralph) in a bar. |
August 28, 2005 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Showtime |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 14, 2005 |
| Last aired | October 16, 2005 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:00:00 |