• Air date: 25 Aug '96 21 episodes
      The Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was created by Winifred Hervey and directed by Stan Lathan.
  • List of Episodes (21)
    • 1. Back to School

      25 Aug '96
      Out-of-work musician Steve Hightower becomes an inner-city music teacher, and soon discovers someone from his past is also at the school. - - - With his career as frontman for music group ""Steve Hightower and the Hi Tops"" no longer supporting him, Steve Hightower arrives at Chicago's, Booker T. Washington High School. Steve's best friend, Cedric Jackie Robinson, the school's physical education teacher and coach, has arranged a teaching job for Steve. Steve enters the office and is greete
    • 2. Dead Dog Walking

      15 Sep '96
      Bullethead is at the end of his rope when his dog gets impounded and he doesn't have the cash to bail him out. Meanwhile, Cedric gets the boot from his mama's apartment and looks to Steve for a place to live. - - - When Steve gets his first paycheck, he is shocked and wonders just how he'll be able to live on his teacher's salary. Cedric has problems of his own: living at home with his mother and her new boyfriend is getting very difficult. However, Regina isn't interested in hearing about
    • 3. Mr. Hightower's Opus

      22 Sep '96
      As he and Cedric struggle to work out their differences as roommates, Steve bets Regina he can put together a school band in fewer than five days. - - - After running into the school board president at a local restaurant, Steve promises a performance by the school band at an upcoming banquet. Though excited by the chance to make a good impression, Steve is stunned to learn, due to budget cuts, the school no longer has a band. Steve bets Regina he put a band together before the banquet. If
    • 4. The Rock

      29 Sep '96
      Rumors of an on-going affair sweep the school when Sara and Romeo are caught hiding in a closet while trying to avoid Principal Grier. Meanwhile, Cedric goes way overboard vying for Teacher of the Month honors. - - - After being overlooked for four years running, Cedric is determined to be selected Teacher of the Month. Dressed in a fine suit, Cedric is playing the part, too. Schmoozing Regina, Cedric discusses his new plan for diversified physical education, until he realizes Regina doesn'
    • 5. Brush with Greatness

      06 Oct '96
      Romeo paints himself into a corner by falsely taking credit for the winning entry in a poster contest, for artwork that was actually done by Sophia. Meanwhile, Cedric receives a platinum card and goes on a spending spree, until he gets his bill. - - - Excited, Cedric catches up with Steve in the hallway to show off his new platinum credit card. Steve can't understand how a company would give Cedric the card given his bad credit history. Cedric tells him he's a new man and the bad credit is
    • 6. Loose Lips Sink Friendships

      13 Oct '96
      The homecoming dance is approaching, and no one, including chaperone Steve, is happy with their dates. Romeo and Bullethead turn to Steve for help with the homecoming dance; Cedric joins a video dating service. - - - Steve enters the office to find Cedric attempting to pick the lock to the supply cabinet. Cedric explains he needs to borrow the video camera to record a tape for the new video dating service he has joined. Steve promises he can use the camera the in apartment. Although he's u
    • 7. Papa Don't Take No Mess

      27 Oct '96
      Romeo's old-school father enrolls him in vocational-training classes, much to Romeo's dislike. Meanwhile, Steve and Cedric try to catch a mouse running loose in their apartment. - - - Cedric loses his composure when he discovers a mouse in the kitchen cabinet. Despite his brave front, Steve turns tail from the kitchen when the mouse jumps from the cabinet. To combat the unwelcome guest, Cedric and Steve agree to get a cat to take care of the problem. Cedric heads to his mother's house to p
    • 8. The Play's Not the Thing

      19 Jan '97
      On his way to play the piano at regina's church, Steve gets arrested and thrown in jail with Cedric. - - - Steve lets Regina down by failing to proofread the school's newsletter before it is printed. Remorseful, Steve must find a way to make amends. When her church pianist runs off on the eve of a performance, he offers to fill in. Yet, unwilling to trust him, Regina refuses and continues looking for someone else. Making matters worse, Cedric is angry with Steve because he won't share the
    • 9. Big Brothers

      10 Nov '96
      Cedric volunteers to be a ""big brother"" to a fatherless teenage boy and tries to get Steve involved in the organization. - - - Cedric has volunteered to be a ""big brother"" to a fatherless teenage boy. As Cedric speaks the virtues of opening one's heart to a child in need, Steve makes it clear has no intention of being a big brother. However, when Cedric's ""little brother,"" Junior, arrives with his friend, Vincent, Steve discovers they are both big fans. Cedric and Junior have tickets
    • 10. High Top Reunion

      17 Nov '96
      Steve reunites with his old singing group, ""The Hi-Tops,"" to perform on an awards show. But when a band member gets injured, Cedric is the only available substitute. - - - When Regina gets Romeo a tutor, he refuses. When Nicole, a gorgeous college student, arrives saying she will help Romeo, he jumps on board. A local nightclub schedules a 70's music night and Steve's band, the Hi-Tops, are asked to perform. At their first rehearsal, Steve discovers former bandmate T-Bone still harbors a
    • 11. That's My Mama

      24 Nov '96
      Steve gets Regina to help trick his visiting mother into believing that they are a couple. Meanwhile, Romeo makes two dates for the same night & decides to see them both at the same restaurant at the same time. - - - Bullethead looks on while Romeo charms a classmate, Tomika, into accepting a date for Saturday night. Bullethead criticizes his style, saying he can do better. As Bullethead approaches a beautiful blonde, Steve and Romeo watch him in action. Bullethead is also successful in wi
    • 12. Pool Sharks Get Bit

      15 Dec '96
      A newly-hired office assistant shows an extreme amount of interest in Steve. Meanwhile, Bullethead and Romeo hope to pocket some cash hustling pool, but the tables are turned on them and they wind up holding the short end of the stick. - - - Cedric and Steve can't help but stare at the beautiful, newly-hired office assistant, Juanita. Although Cedric turns on the charm, Juanita makes it clear she is interested in Steve and later she even finds an excuse to drop by their apartment to get Ste
    • 13. Coming to Chicago

      12 Jan '97
      When Steve scores hard-to-get tickets to a concert, Regina agrees to go out with him. Meanwhile, Sara reluctantly agrees to go out on a date with Bullethead. - - - Sara and Sophia are working on some computer data entry for Regina when the computer crashes. Bullethead will fix the problem on one condition - Sara must go on a date with him. Reluctantly, Sara agrees and when Bullethead repairs the problem she is grateful. With Steve's old friend and singing sensation Brian McKnight in town,
    • 14. African-American Me

      02 Feb '97
      The Hi-Tops' ex-manager gets engaged and the group gathers for a bachelor party at Steve's apartment. Meanwhile, the students are assigned the task of creating a short film for a contest. - - - Steve brings his personal video camera to school to give his students lessons on its operation. The kids have been assigned the task of creating a short film for a contest, documenting life at Booker T. Washington High. The school submitting the winning film will win a complete audiovisual system. A
    • 15. When the Funk Bites the Dust

      09 Feb '97
      A 19-year-old woman steals into Steve's life claiming to be his daughter, the outcome of a long-ago romantic liasion. Meanwhile, Bullethead is suddenly popular when everyone learns that he has a pair of floor seat tickets to a Chicago Bulls game. - - - Steve and Cedric's friendly game of dominoes is interrupted when the doorbell rings. A girl introduces herself as Ashley Hawkins…his daughter. Dumbfounded, Steve faints on the spot. Revived, Steve does his best to deny it. However, when sh
    • 16. Big Daddy's Baby Girl

      16 Feb '97
      Snoop Doggy Dogg and producer Sean ""Puffy"" Combs visit the school to talk to Steve's class about the rumored rivlary between East and West Coast rappers. Meanwhile, Regina's parents also visit to renew their wedding vows for their 40th anniversary. - - - As Steve attempts to focus his students on their lessons, they prefer to discuss whether Steve plans to let rapper Sean ""Puffy"" Combs sample his Hi-Tops song ""When the Funk Hits the Fan."" As Steve again tries to re-focus the class, t
    • 17. I Do, I Don't

      23 Feb '97
      Since Regina's sorority sister is visiting from out of town, Regina decides to impress her by lying about having a wealthy handsome boyfriend, and enlists Steve to help her out with her deceit. - - - Steve explains to the students the rules for their upcoming field trip to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Steve is uncomfortable with the trip because the Hi-Tops have received numerous nominations, but have never been inducted. A visit from her college rival, Tiffany, has Regina u
    • 18. Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?

      27 Apr '97
      Steve tries to put some ""sparks"" into Regina's dull party -- and proceeds to set the roof on fire. Then, he offers to let her stay at his place. - - - As Regina invites Steve and Cedric to her annual ""Spring Fling,"" Cedric recalls last year's boring party. Regina hires Sophia, Bullethead, Romeo and Sara to work as servers, but Romeo plans on taking advantage of the situation and turning his friendly relationship with Sara into a romantic one. After hitting it off with Rochelle, a woman
    • 19. The Roof is on Fire

      04 May '97
      A smooth-talking bank officer shows an interest in Regina. Also, Romeo, Sara, Bullethead and Sophia parrot-nap a rival school's mascot. - - - Sophia, Sara, Romeo and Bullethead steal the mascot - a talking parrot - from rival Coolidge High before the big basketball game. Before last years' big game, students from Coolidge stole their mascot. Cedric tells Steve he has decided to go undercover as a janitor at Coolidge so he can watch their basketball practices. Steve replies that scouting th
    • 20. Love with Interest

      11 May '97
      Steve gives a birthday gift to Regina on her birthday, to show her he cares. But Regina also gets a gift from another admirer, an expensive gift, and believes the expensive gift is from Steve. - - - Regina reminds Steve his supervision of two junior high students, participating in a Fine Arts exchange program, begins today. Steve is excited at the prospect of shaping two new minds until he discovers Junior and Vincent, boys whom he and Cedric mentored in the Big Brother program, are the st
    • 21. Can't Buy Me Love

      18 May '97
      Steve gives a birthday gift to Regina on her birthday, to show her he cares. But Regina also gets a gift from another admirer, an expensive gift, and believes the expensive gift is from Steve. - - - Regina reminds Steve his supervision of two junior high students, participating in a Fine Arts exchange program, begins today. Steve is excited at the prospect of shaping two new minds until he discovers Junior and Vincent, boys whom he and Cedric mentored in the Big Brother program, are the students