I stumbled across this movie on cable recently and immediately fell in love with it. I loves me some Rosalind Cash and Diahann Carroll. They were both so gorgeous in this movie. I've loved Rosalind since she was on Good Times and adored her on Different World as the bohemian dean. She died way too soon.

Anyway the movie co-stars Irene Cara, the perpetual baby sister, Paul Winfield and a really young Kristoff St. John.

It's on again right now.

Filmed in 1979, but didn't air until 1982. The story starts out with Caroline Lovejoy (Carroll) singing in the church choir at the local church. It is later revealed that she is having an intense affair with the church's reverend. She later comes home to find her younger sister, Sissy (Cara), with her boyfriend, Johnny. It is expressed that Sissy is an aspiring ice skater, but Caroline wants her to follow in her footsteps and become a schoolteacher. Their battle goes on throughout the movie. Later their estranged sister, Frieda (Cash) shows up with her 12 year-old son, Danny (Kristoff St. John). They decide to stay for a while because Danny has had some trouble with the law and Frieda wants to give him a fresh start in a new environment. While there, the sisters' lives turn up-side down.

Here are the first 2 parts, you can find the rest on Youtube

Yea I saw this on cable as well...beautiful ladies cast.....I saw it about 6 or 7 years ago though so I only remember bits and parts of it but they show it every now again...probably even have it on demand.