The New Odd Couple

The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982-83, and was an updated version of the 1970-75 television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast. The first was Barefoot in the Park (which also premiered on September 24, 1970, the same day the original Odd Couple series did). In this series, Felix and Oscar were both... more

The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982-83, and was an updated version of the 1970-75 television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast. The first was Barefoot in the Park (which also premiered on September 24, 1970, the same day the original Odd Couple series did). In this series, Felix and Oscar were both African-American. Felix was portrayed by Ron Glass and Oscar was portrayed by Demond Wilson. The characterizations were still the same, as Felix was a prissy neatfreak and Oscar was a fun loving and sloppy character. John Schuck also appeared as Murray the Cop, who was still kept Caucasian, as was the character of Roy, who was played by Bart Braverman. The show ran for 16 episodes; eight of the episodes used recycled scripts from the original series. By the time the writers began producing new scripts, it was too late, as the show never found... less