Buddies (television) Series, debuting on ABC on March 5, 1996 and ending March 27, 1996 after four episodes. An interracial friendship, with its accompanying high jinks, between two young male filmmakers in Chicago, Illinois. Stars Dave Chappelle (Dave Carlisle), Christopher Gartin (John Bailey), Paula Cale (Lorraine Bailey), Tanya Wright (Phyllis Brooks), Richard Roundtree (Henry Carlisle), Judith Ivey (Maureen).
