Vida Spears
Vida Spears (born April 8, 1956) is an American television producer and writer. She is best known as the co-creator, with Ralph Farquhar and Sara Finney-Johnson, of the UPN sitcoms "Moesha", starring Brandy, and "The Parkers", starring Countess Vaughn and Mo'Nique.

Before "Moesha", Spears and Finney-Johnson had been a long-term writing team, the first African-American female writing team in the television industry. A native of Baldwin, New York and a graduate of Michigan State University, Spears also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Writers Guild of America.

Her other credits as a writer include "The Jeffersons", "227", and "The Parent 'Hood". Along with Finney-Johnson, she served as a writer and story editor on "The Facts of Life" and "Family Matters", where they also later served as producers.

Spears and Finney-Johnson departed "Family Matters" in 1996 to create "Moesha" with Ralph Farquhar, where they served as showrunners. When "Moesha" series regular Countess Vaughn was spun off into her own series, "The Parkers", Spears remained with "Moesha" while Finney was in charge of "The Parkers". Following an alleged dispute with Brandy and her manager, her mother Sonya Norwood, Spears was dismissed from "Moesha" in 2001 and joined Farquhar and Finney-Johnson on "The Parkers" instead.
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