The "227" TV show was a 30 minute African-American comedy series on NBC. Each week, Mary Jenkins and Rose Holloway would sit on the steps of their Washington D.C. apartment building and chit chat. Their conversation would set the tone for that week's storyline. The street number of the building was 227.
Hal Williams (Lester Jenkins), the husband of Marla Gibbs's character, on the NBC sitcom 227 (1985–90)..