June 19, 2013

Tracee Ellis Ross Tells Why She Left ‘Reed Between the Lines’

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*BET’s family comedy “Reed Between the Lines” just got the death sentence when Tracee Ellis Ross broke the news about leaving the show last week. She didn’t divulge the juicy details until now. In an interview with Essence.com, the actress revealed being on the show was not necessarily something on her timeline of long-term jobs. [...]




Tracee Ellis Ross Leaves BET Show ‘Reed Between the Lines’

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*Tracee Ellis Ross is tired of pretending she likes the show, “Reed Between the Lines.” Ok, that’s not what she said, but she is leaving the terribly scripted so-called BET comedy. Her departure comes shortly after joining the cast of NBC’s fall pilot, “Bad Girls,” a show about women in federal prison. The show wasn’t [...]




Charlie Robinson Joins BET’s ‘Reed Between the Lines’

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*Charlie Robinson, perhaps best known for his run on the 80s sitcom “Night Court,” has been added to the cast of BET’s “Reed Between the Lines’ as a series regular. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The veteran actor will play Monroe Reed, the father of Malcolm Jamal Warner’s character  Dr. Alex Reed, according to Deadline.com. [...]




BET Brings Back ‘The Game’ for Another Season of Drama

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*Since “The Game” came back, fans can’t get enough of the drama. So BET is heeding to the call of the people and has renewed the modern soap opera for the sixth season. The details about the new episodes haven’t yet been revealed, but today, Thursday, at the annual “upfront” sessions,  BET will officially make [...]




Tracee Ellis Ross Joins NBC Pilot ‘Bad Girls’

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*“Girlfriends” veteran Tracee Ellis Ross has been cast as one of the leads in NBC’s drama pilot “Bad Girls.” Adapted from the long-running UK series, the project, from John Wells Prods. and WBTV, follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison, reports Deadline.com. Ross will play Rachel, a [...]




‘Reed Between the Lines’ Finale Tonight Features Anthony Anderson

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*In its first season, BET’s “Reed Between the Lines” has proven successful. So as a thank you to the show’s faithful audience, the season will be ending with three back-to-back episodes beginning tonight, Dec. 20. The first episode focuses on Carla (Tracee Ellis Ross) who is confused when she receives a “Save-the-Date” for her ex-husband’s [...]




Save for ‘Reed Between the Lines’ Black and Ethnic Sitcoms have all but Disappeared

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*The LA Times‘ Greg Braxton has written an interesting piece on the disappearance of black family sitcoms from network TV since ‘The Cosby Show” back in the eighties. One of the few exceptions is BET’s “Reed Between the Lines.” Braxton points out that despite hundreds of new TV channels and the popularity of “The Cosby [...]




Video: Affion Crockett Guests on Tuesday’s ‘Reed Between the Lines’

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*This Tuesday, November 22, BET’s newest sitcom “Reed Between the Lines” premieres two new back to back episodes beginning at 10pm Eastern/Pacific. Funny man and impersonator Affion Crockett guest stars as Warren, leader of a silent meditation group that kicks Carla (Tracee Ellis Ross), Gabby (Melissa DeSousa), and Ms. Helen (Anna Maria Horsford) out of [...]




Anna Maria Horsford Says Blacks Should Not Fear Therapy

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*She plays zany Helen Wilson, the outspoken receptionist who works for a psychotherapist (played by Tracee Ellis Ross) in BET’s “Reed Between the Lines,” but Anna Maria Horsford recently told Sister to Sister magazine that the show is doing the Black community a huge public service–by addressing the issue of psychotherapy. The actress said that [...]




Malcolm-Jamal Warner is Now the Daddy Mr. Huxtable was to Him

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*It’s really ironic that Malcolm-Jamal Warner went from being the son, Theodore Huxtable, on one of the most watched television shows in America, “The Cosby Show,” to portraying a stay-at-home daddy, Dr. Alex Reed on new sitcom, “Reed Between the Lines.” “It’s all been very surreal. Because I was 14 when Cosby first aired and [...]




‘Reed Between the Lines’ Books Guests London, Rochon, Leon

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*Lauren London, Lela Rochon and Leon Robinson have filmed guest turns on BET’s “Reed Between the Lines,” which premieres two new episodes back-to-back on Tuesday (Nov. 1) beginning at 10 p.m. London guest stars as Carla’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) newest patient Jentry, who seeks Carla’s help as she deals with her mother, Valencia’s (Vernee Watson) [...]




Tatyana Ali on Cable’s Embrace of Black Sitcoms

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*TV One’s “Love That Girl” returned this week for its third season with Tatyana Ali as that girl, a young divorcee who returns to southern California while trying to figure out her next move. The show is among a healthy crop of African American sitcoms that have found a warm embrace on cable. In fact, [...]




Tracee Ellis Ross Proposes ‘Girlfriends’ Movie – Are You Surprised?

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*When “Girlfriends” ended, it was like good Black television died for many women. And as the reruns show up randomly on various Black television networks, some of us bask in the memories of the drama filled, yet somehow relational series. While promoting her new show, “Reed Between the Lines,” Tracee Ellis Ross reminisced to Essence [...]




‘BET Hip Hop Awards’ Most Watched Since 2006 Debut

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*The BET Hip Hop Awards earned landmark ratings Tuesday night, drawing 4.1 million viewers to become the award ceremony’s most-watched telecast since it premiered in 2006. As previously reported, Chris Brown took home four trophies at the annual show, which was taped Oct. 1 at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. The night’s other big winners [...]




The Pulse of Entertainment: TV One’s ‘Life After’ Highlights Ginuwine on October 19

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*“I said, ‘Hold up, I’m not done,’” said multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter Ginuwine when ask what his first thought was when approached by TV One to be apart of its 3rd season of “Life After.” The series explores some ofAmerica’s most intriguing celebrities from their brake-out point to “life after.” “They explained it to me, and [...]