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The Ms. Pat Show
''The Ms. Pat Show'' is an American television sitcom created by Jordan E. Cooper and Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams that premiered on the streaming service BET+ on August 12, 2021. The show is based on the comedy and life story of comedian Ms. Pat as a convicted felon from the streets of Atlanta turned reluctant suburban mother. On September 2, 2021, BET+ renewed the series for a second season which premiered on August 11, 2022. On July 6, 2022, BET+ renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on February 23, 2023. The show was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2022. Premise The show is set in Ms. Pat's real-life hometown of Plainfield, Indiana. It follows Ms. Pat's fictional family, the Carsons: Pat (Ms. Pat); her husband (J. Bernard Calloway); her sister (Tami Roman); and Pat's children (Brittany Inge, Vince Swann, Briyana Guadalupe, and Theodore Barnes). A modern day "Roseanne", Pat sometimes struggl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom, a Portmanteau, portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plainfield, Indiana
Plainfield is a town in Guilford, Liberty, and Washington townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 27,631 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 35,287. History In 1822 a tract of land which included the area now known as Plainfield was obtained by Jeremiah Hadley of Preble County, Ohio. Ten years later he sold it to his son, Elias Hadley. Levi Jessup and Elias Hadley laid out the town in 1839. Plainfield was incorporated as a town in 1839. The town got its name from the early Friends (Quakers) who settled around the area and established several meetinghouses throughout the county, including the important Western Yearly Meeting of Friends in Plainfield. The Friends were "plain" people, and thus the name "Plainfield". The high school continues to honor the Quakers, using the name for the school's mascot. Plainfield has long been associated with the National Road, U.S. Route 40, which goes through town as Main Street. One in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard R
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin ''Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len (English) * :hu:Lénárd (Hungarian) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lou Belli
Mary Lou Belli is an American television director and author. Career Belli attended Penn State where she received a Bachelor's degree. For many years she acted in musical theatre and soap operas in New York City, followed by a Los Angeles career producing and directing theatre with over 75 play productions to her name. Belli made her television directorial debut on episode of ''Charles in Charge'' in 1988. Her other television credits include, ''Major Dad'', '' USA High'', '' Sister, Sister'', ''One World'', '' The Hughleys'', '' One on One'', '' Abby'', '' Eve'', '' Girlfriends'', '' Monk'', '' Living with Fran'', ''The Game'', '' Reed Between the Lines'' and '' Wizards of Waverly Place''. Belli has co-authored of two books: ''The Sitcom Career Book'' (2004) with director Phil Ramuno and foreword by actor Henry Winkler and ''The Sitcom Career Book and Acting for Young Actors'' (2006) with actress Dinah Lenney and foreword by actor Jason Ritter. She has also been a judge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Countryman
Robert "Robbie" Countryman (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American television director. He began his career as a stage manager on the sitcom ''Growing Pains''. His other stage managing credits include ''Martin'', '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' and ''So Little Time''. While working on ''Mr. Cooper'', he also became an assistant director, working on the series ''Suddenly Susan''. As well as '' Women's Murder Club'', ''The Unit'', '' Brothers'' and ''Melissa & Joey''. In 2004, he made his head directorial debut on '' Reba''. His other directing credits include ''Just Jordan'', '' Surviving Suburbia'', '' The Wannabes'', ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''Pair of Kings'', '' Let's Stay Together'' and '' Reed Between the Lines''. Countryman is a graduate of University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showbuzz Daily
Mitch Metcalf (born ) is an American television analyst and former scheduling executive for NBC. He studied politics and economics at Princeton University. He worked for Frank N. Magid Associates and Research Communications before joining ABC in 1990. The network promoted him to director of West Coast research in January 1995, and later senior vice president of research. NBC hired Metcalf in September 1999 as senior vice president of program research on the West Coast. He became program planning and scheduling chief in November 2000. Metcalf was promoted to executive vice president of programming planning and scheduling in 2005. He left the company in March 2011 after Robert Greenblatt became NBC chairman. Later that year, together with Mitch Salem, he cofounded the website ''Showbuzz Daily'', dedicated to box office A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Allen
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award (winning five), two Tony Awards, and has also won a Golden Globe Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. Allen is best known for her work in the musical-drama television series ''Fame'' (1982-1987), where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. For this role in 1983 she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Allen later began working as director and producer, most notably producing and directing 83 of 144 episodes of NBC comedy series ''A Different Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Programming
Broadcast programming is the practice of organizing or ordering (scheduling) of broadcast media shows, typically radio and television, in a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or season-long schedule. Modern broadcasters use broadcast automation to regularly change the scheduling of their shows to build an audience for a new show, retain that audience, or compete with other broadcasters' shows. Most broadcast television shows are presented weekly in prime time or daily in other dayparts, though exceptions are not rare. At a micro level, scheduling is the minute planning of the transmission; what to broadcast and when, ensuring an adequate or maximum utilization of airtime. Television scheduling strategies are employed to give shows the best possible chance of attracting and retaining an audience. They are used to deliver shows to audiences when they are most likely to want to watch them and deliver audiences to advertisers in the composition that makes their advertising most like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Hubert
Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from its first season in 1990 until the end of its third season in 1993. Hubert was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in 1991. Her performance as Mignon on the digital series ''King Ester'' garnered her first Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2020. Early life Hubert was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent her early days growing up on Chicago's South Side. At the age of nine she moved with her family to rural Chicago. She won a scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City, but did not complete her studies. Career After performing in the national tour of ''Dancin''', Hubert made her Broadway debut in 1981, in the ensemble of ''The First'', a short-lived musical about Jackie Robinson. Hubert created the role of Tantomil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lawson (actor)
Richard Lee Lawson (born March 7, 1947) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is perhaps best known for his roles in genre films; he portrayed Ryan in the 1982 film ''Poltergeist'', and Dr. Ben Taylor in the 1983 NBC miniseries '' V''. Life and career Born Rickey Lee Lawson in Loma Linda, California, Lawson was drafted into the United States Army and became a medic. He served 21 months in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and was wounded in action. After completing his military duty, he embarked on an acting career. His first feature film role (uncredited) was that of a gay man targeted for murder in the classic 1971 movie ''Dirty Harry''. In 1973, he played Willis in ''Scream Blacula Scream''. His other well known roles include the 1979 movie ''The Main Event'', and the 1984 drama '' Streets of Fire'', where he played Officer Ed Price. Lawson's first ongoing starring role in a television series was in Australian drama '' Hotel Story'' in 1977, however, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Harrison (actor)
Shawn Harrison (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor best known for his role as Waldo Faldo, the dim-witted but lovable chef-in-training on the ABC sitcom ''Family Matters'' from 1990 to 1996. Before sixth grade, he appeared in seven commercials such as Fruity Pebbles and Burger King. In 1986, Harrison made an appearance in the Kidsongs video "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" in the role of Mike. His mother died when he was 17. Harrison has also made occasional appearances as the hairstylist Peaches on the UPN sitcom '' Girlfriends'', and made several guest appearances on other series prior to that, including ''Moesha''. He provided the voice of Timber Wolf on the animated series '' Legion of Super Heroes'', which premiered in the fall of 2006. He was also in an episode of ''Punky Brewster''. He also played William K in two episodes ''The Ms. Pat Show ''The Ms. Pat Show'' is an American television sitcom created by Jordan E. Cooper and Patricia "Ms. Pat" Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Pearlman
Lindsey Erin Pearlman (October 5, 1978 – February 18, 2022) was an American actress and voice actress known for her roles on ''General Hospital'' and '' Chicago Justice''. She was also active in radio commercials. Personal life Pearlman was born on October 5, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois and started her acting career at a young age. She was married to Vance Smith, a TV producer. She was a staunch animal rights activist who helped to abolish the use of wild animals in Ringling Brothers Circus. Pearlman devoted a great deal of time and effort to rescuing, fostering, and finding permanent homes for animals. Career Pearlman trained at The Second City Conservatory. She recurred in '' Chicago Justice'', in the role of Joy Fletcher, for five episodes. She also had guest roles in '' Sneaky Pete'', '' American Housewife'', '' The Purge'', ''General Hospital,'' and countless television commercials. In 2021, she recurred as Martha on '' The Ms. Pat Show'', and as Karen in ''Haus of Viciou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
