Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny's every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny's nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.
Penny thinks she's made the cheerleading squad, but arch rival LaCienega Boulevardez shows up and ruins everything, so Penny enlists the thuggish Gross sisters to help--but they ma…
S01E02
Strike
⭐ 1.0
Sep 21, 200122 min
Penny leads her peers in a strike against their parents. The kids refuse to do their chores until they receive a cost-of-living raise.
S01E03
Rumors
⭐ 6.0
Sep 21, 200122 min
While Oscar and Trudy are away at an awards banquet, Penny throws a giant party complete with loud music and boys.
S01E04
Tiger Whisperer
Sep 28, 200122 min
Penny befriends a magician's pet tiger when she begrudgingly takes part in Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
S01E05
EZ Jackster
⭐ 1.0
Oct 5, 200122 min
Penny's crush on a new boy at school has repercussions beyond her wildest dreams when she helps promote his music-sharing Web site.
S01E06
Spelling Bee
Oct 12, 200122 min
Oscar pushes Penny to enter a spelling bee so that he can vicariously relive his own glory days; and Suga Mama goes shopping with the twins.
S01E07
She's Got Game
Oct 19, 200122 min
Penny's efforts to impress a boy at school land her on the football team; and Oscar develops a new snack food called jelly poppers.
S01E08
Forbidden Date
Nov 2, 200122 min
Penny breaks her father's no-dating rule when she goes to the amusement park and pairs up with a boy named Carlos. Elsewhere, her parents go on a double date to a day spa.
S01E09
Teacher's Pet
Nov 9, 200122 min
Penny's grades fall victim to a long-time grudge held between her teacher Ms. Dinkins and Suga Mama; Oscar and Trudy enroll the twins in a private preschool.
S01E10
Don't Leave Home Without It
Nov 16, 200122 min
Penny is entrusted with her very own credit card, which she plans on using responsibly, but it seems to have a mind of its own. Oscar, meanwhile, nearly spends his family out of ho…
S01E11
Seven Days of Kwanzaa
Dec 7, 200122 min
The Prouds celebrate Christmas by inviting a homeless family to their holiday dinner, where the guests share with their hosts the rituals of Kwanzaa.
S01E12
Makeover
Dec 14, 200122 min
The Gross Sisters split up when Olei gets a makeover and joins the ranks of the popular kids. Also, the Proud twins star in a commercial.
S01E13
The Party
Jan 4, 200222 min
Penny is the pooper at her own party until singer Lou Rawls drops by to liven things up.
S01E14
Love Thy Neighbor
⭐ 1.0
Jan 18, 200222 min
The Boulevardez family moves in with the Prouds after Oscar sets fire to their home. Then, Lacienega's ego suffers a blow, courtesy of Penny. Also, the twins take to calling Felix …
S01E15
I Had a Dream
⭐ 1.0
Feb 1, 200222 min
Penny is swept back in time to February 1955 to learn the importance of black history, a subject she once found boring. In the past, she finds that her school relegates black stude…
S01E16
I Love You Penny Proud
Feb 8, 200222 min
Penny has a change of heart about Valentine's Day after a secret admirer spray paints her name across town; and Trudy plans a romantic dinner for Oscar with help from the creepy Ch…
S01E17
Puff's Magic Adventure
Mar 1, 200222 min
Suga Mama is heartbroken when her poodle, Puff, goes missing. To ease her sorrow she spends more time with Penny. Meanwhile, Oscar and Trudy worry that it is their fault the dog ha…
S01E18
Enter the Bullies
Mar 15, 200222 min
The Gross sisters call Penny out after she clues the school principal in on their bullying ways; BeBe and CeCe visit Dr. Payne for their shots.
S01E19
The Altos
Apr 12, 200222 min
Disheartened over his parents' divorce, Sticky turns to a gang for solace until a worried Penny steers the boy under Oscar's fatherly guidance.
S01E20
Hip-Hop Helicopter
Apr 26, 200222 min
Penny and her friends become local celebrities after appearing on a TV dance show, but Oscar threatens to pull the plug on their fame if they don't abide by his dress code. Also, a…
S01E21
Romeo Must Wed
⭐ 1.0
May 24, 200222 min
Penny's uneasy about her starring role in the school play, because her leading man is betrothed to an arranged marriage. Meanwhile, Trudy's sister--a theater actress--oversteps her…