To be honest, Getting By should've attracted more attention than it did when it bowed on NBC in March 1993. It marked the return to series television of Cindy Williams (ex-Laverne & Shirley), working once again with producer Thomas Miller, who now had a successful partnership with Robert Boyett (i.e. Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters) through Lorimar, later Warner Bros..
That would've all been great if Getting By landed at ABC. Instead, it turned up at NBC, which didn't insert it into its Thursday block. If my memory is correct, it aired on Tuesdays, which, of course, was home to Laverne & Shirley for most of its run.
Williams plays a single mom sharing space with a widowed co-worker (Telma Hopkins moved over from Family Matters) in a Chicago suburb. Co-starring Deon Richmond (ex-The Cosby Show) and Merlin Santana, later of The Steve Harvey Show, Getting By got 2 seasons, nothing more.
Let's take a look at a sample episode, with special guest star Lark Voorhies (Saved by The Bell):
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