Any Day Now (1998)

Name: Any Day Now
Genre: Drama
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Annie Potts, Lorraine Toussaint, Shari Dyon Perry, Mae Middleton, Olivia Hack

Drama

Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (1,309 votes)
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

8.07 avg 22 episodes 9.0 → 8.1

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Unfinished Symphony	9.0	43
2	Huh?	8.5	19
3	Eve of Destruction	8.3	22
4	It's Called Depression	7.9	18
5	Making Music with the Wrong Man	7.9	21
6	No Comment	8.1	19
7	Please Don't Tell My Mother	8.8	26
8	Courage... It Means Heart	8.4	24
9	You Shoulda Seen My Daddy	7.8	16
10	Call Him Johnny	7.8	18
11	It's Who You Sleep With	7.9	21
12	Salamanders	7.5	17
13	I Feel Awful	8.0	16
14	Quit Bein' Such a Scaredy Cat	8.6	16
15	Blue	8.4	18
16	It's Your Problem, Not Mine	7.6	17
17	Trust Me	7.2	16
18	I Wish You Could Understand	8.0	17
19	Chapter One	7.7	16
20	I'm Not Emotional	8.0	18
21	Music from My Life	8.1	18
22	It's About the Heart	8.1	18

Season 2 (1999)

7.52 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.8

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	You Promise? I Promise	7.5	20
2	You Really Believe in That Stuff?	8.2	20
3	It's a Man's World	6.6	11
4	Don't Say Anything	6.7	14
5	Heads or Tails	7.2	12
6	So This Is Intimacy?	6.4	14
7	It's Not You, It's Me	6.7	14
8	Family Is Family	7.8	15
9	It's Not About the Butter: Part 1	8.9	26
10	It's Not About the Butter: Part 2	8.6	19
11	Elephants in the Room	7.8	14
12	That's Our Son, Bobby	8.2	25
13	Say Something	7.7	16
14	Eyes Wide Open	6.8	14
15	A Parent's Job	7.1	28
16	Homegirl	7.4	15
17	From This Day On	7.5	14
18	Hey, Ugly!	7.5	16
19	Pay Your Dues	7.3	15
20	You Think I Am Lying to You?	7.6	16
21	The Toolshed Behind the Church	8.1	17
22	Who Abandoned Who?	7.8	17

Season 3 (2000)

7.87 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 8.0

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nope	7.6	17
2	It's a Good Thing I'm Not Black	7.9	17
3	Three Hours a Week	7.0	13
4	The Dust of Life	7.8	14
5	Three Lucky Ladies on the Line	9.3	20
6	Nothing Personal	7.1	13
7	Life	7.6	16
8	Love Is Love	8.2	17
9	There Are No Rules	7.9	16
10	The Outsiders	7.0	13
11	It's a Mother-Daughter Thing	8.4	19
12	Lighten Up, Rene	8.6	24
13	Where's the Justice in That?	7.2	13
14	Five Golden Rings	8.3	17
15	Life Isn't Fair	8.1	18
16	10 Days? Are You Crazy?	7.3	17
17	Tick, Tick, Tick	8.5	17
18	Don't Tell Me It's Not About Frankie	8.2	15
19	What If?	6.7	14
20	Children Are the Most Important Thing	8.6	18
22	It's Not Just a Word: Part 2	8.0	14

Season 4 (2001)

7.56 avg 21 episodes 6.7 → 9.4

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Don't Forget to Take Out Your Teeth	6.7	13
2	No More Forever	8.6	16
3	Everyone Deserves to Be Loved	5.6	21
4	Don't Give Up	7.6	14
5	One Hour of Drama	6.9	15
6	No Place in This World	7.4	15
7	Peace of Mind	7.3	14
8	The Contest	7.5	13
9	This Is Not Foreplay, This Is War	7.6	12
10	Blinded by the White	8.0	16
11	Rebel with a Cause	6.8	12
12	Stay of Execution	5.8	13
13	Still My Little Soldier	8.2	16
14	It's Not Karma, It's Life	8.0	13
15	The Real Thing	8.4	15
16	In Too Deep	7.9	13
17	Call Him Macaroni	7.3	12
18	Truth Hurts	8.4	16
19	Boys Will Be Boys	7.8	13
21	Just the Beginning: Part 1	7.6	12
22	Just the Beginning: Part 2	9.4	27