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Tubi has slotted Thursday, February 6 for the premiere of The Z-Suite, its first in-house, live-action comedy series, starring Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls), Nico Santos (Superstore) and Madison Shamoun (The Lake). The eight-episode series will launch with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly each Thursday.

The Z-Suite is set at a boutique New York ad agency where generational divides see the established C-Suite and rising Gen Z employees collide. After a company decision spirals out of control, the agency’s reigning executives are pushed out and the Z-Suite employees are suddenly put in charge, ultimately testing both generations’ skills and patience.

In The Z-Suite, advertising maven Monica Marks (Graham) and her loyal right hand executive Doug Garcia (Santos) have long been at the top of the Madison Avenue world. But after a record scratch blunder, they are suddenly canceled, pushed out and replaced by the agency’s...

Ibram X. Kendi is developing a documentary based on his bestselling book “How to Raise an Antiracist.”

The project is one of seven book-to-screen adaptations in the works at his production company Maroon Visions, which is overseen by head of development and production Michael Lebowitz. The company previously produced Netflix’s “Stamped From the Beginning,” based on Kendi’s book of the same name, and ESPN’s “Skin in the Game.” Kendi and Lebovitz serve as executive producers on each of the adaptations.

“How to Raise an Antiracist” is a follow-up to Kendi’s 2019 book “How to Be an Antiracist.” Published in 2023 via Penguin Random House, the book “guides parents, caregivers and teachers on how to protect children from harmfully racist messages while raising them to come of age and join the efforts to create equity and justice for all.”

Maroon Visions is also developing a scripted series based on...

“The Wonder Years” reboot will not return for a third season at ABC, TheWrap has learned.

The network has chosen to cancel the sitcom starring Elisha “Ej” Williams, Dulé Hill and Saycon Sengbloh, which ran for two seasons. The cancellation comes just over a month after the coming-of-age drama aired the finale for its sophomore season, which saw the Williams family head to Disneyland.

Debuting its first season in September 2021, the reimagining of the ’80s series of the same name similarly centered on the Black middle-class Williams family during the late ’60s in Montgomery, Al. Don Cheadle narrated the series an adult Dean Williams while Elisha “Ej” Williams played 12-year-old Dean onscreen.

In May 2022, controversy came over the show as executive producer and director Fred Savage — who starred in the original series — was fired after multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct. While specifics regarding the misconduct were not revealed at the time,...

The Wonder Years continues to make us laugh in its second season on ABC.

The successful reboot continues tonight with an episode titled "Like a Boss."

TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at one of the many comical scenes ahead, and it features one of the true constants of the series:

Dulé Hill's perfect comedy timing.

We don't want to delve too far into what happens in the clip because then you won't have much incentive to watch.

But we can talk about the episode.

"After Lillian's boss announces budget cuts, she is forced to make a decision and enforce boundaries between her personal and professional life," the description reads. 

"Dean and Cory's friendship hits a few speed bumps as they work together for the boxcar derby."

The clip focuses on the latter, with Dean and Cory preparing for the boxcar derby and the reaction from the...

ABC announced the anticipated release date for the Season 2 premiere of “The Wonder Years,” landing more than a year since executive producer and director Fred Savage — who starred in the original series — was fired from the show after multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct.

The comedy series is set to return with a special one-hour premiere event starting 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 14. Lee Daniels, Saladin K. Patterson, Bob Daily and Jacque Edmonds Cofer serve as executive producers on the series. Patterson also serves as showrunner. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.

Savage was fired from the reboot series following an investigation into charges of inappropriate behavior, a spokesman for 20th Television confirmed to TheWrap in May 2022. Specifics regarding the misconduct were not revealed at the time. In August, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that a group of six women who worked on the show brought...

ABC is shifting the sophomore season of “The Wonder Years” to the summer. The comedy, which had originally been announced to return in midseason, wasn’t included in ABC’s midseason.

Instead, new sitcom “Not Dead Yet” is filling the one available slot on Wednesday’s four-comedy lineup (the only sitcom block currently on the network), launching at 9:30 p.m. Et behind “Abbott Elementary”. With no room for any other half-hour, that necessitated “The Wonder Years” move to summer. A premiere date will be announced later.

Although the show won’t return for a bit, ABC confirmed a list of guest stars for Season 2. Besides previously announced guest Patti Labelle, the show will also welcome Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Donald Faison, Phoebe Robinson and Bradley Whitford, among others.

Brady will play Melvin, described as “Bill’s older brother, a blowhard who is super-successful and insufferably smug about it, including being favored by their father.

**This was originally supposed to post over a week ago, but due to technical difficulties with my S&A account it sadly could not.**  This week we focus on the Bet Network sitcom Let's Stay Together and the return of NBC's Revolution after a long hiatus.  I've ragged a lot on the Jacque Edmonds Cofer (Living Single, Reed Between The Lines) executive produced Let's Stay Together in the past year plus of this column, about how the acting is often stiff, the situations flat-out silly and the comedy inconsistent and non-existent. All that said, there were also traces of quality within, something that the writers and cast seem to have taken a hold of in Season...

Exclusive: I hear that Bet has quietly renewed its flagship comedy series The Game for a sixth season (third on the cable network), and the Queen Latifah-produced sophomore Let’s Stay Together for a third. The pickups, which I hear are for 22 episodes, are not official yet and are expected to be announced at Bet’s upfront presentation on Thursday. Additionally, I hear that Bet is mulling a renewal of freshman comedy Reed Between The Lines. Bet, whose current foray into scripted comedy series started an year and a half ago with the pickup of The Game after it had been canceled by the CW, is quickly expanding its portfolio. In addition to the three existing original series, the network is in pre-production on hourlong pilot Being Mary Jane starring Gabrielle Union and sitcom Young Man On Campus starring Jacob Latimore, which originated as an episode of Reed this past season.

Check out the below previews of an upcoming new scripted series from Bet, a network that isn’t known for crafting its own original scripted content.

It’s a half-hour comedy titled Let’s Stay Together, and is executive produced by Queen Latifah, who developed the series under her Flavor Unit Production company; Jacque Edmonds Cofer (Living Single which Latifah starred in) is its creator.

The show revolves around 5 young African Americans dealing with the complexities of relationships; its cast includes Joyful Drake (Beauty Shop), RonReaco Lee (Moesha) and Erica Hubbard (Lincoln Heights).

“I’m so excited about our foray into scripted television. There have not been a lot of opportunities for African Americans to see themselves on TV in scripted shows. If we want to portray the full breadth of the African American experience, it’s easier to do in the scripted world rather than reality television,” said Loretha Jones,...

Last night, Bet announced a multi-year deal with Queen Latifah and her Flavor Unit Entertainment production company, which will include the production of an original scripted comedy project, Let’s Stay Together.

Written and produced by Jacque Edmonds Cofer, and billed as a romantic comedy, the series will star Malinda Williams and Bert Belasco, and will make its debut in early 2011.

Latifah’s Flavor Unit will also produce the The Cookout 2, a sequel to the feature The Cookout., although it’ll be a made-for-tv movie that will air exclusively on Bet.

Here’s a Cookout reminder:...

We just discovered that Black Entertainment Television is about to enter a multi-year deal with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment, and we also hear that there is an official greenlight of the original episodes of The Game- the former hit show that was formerly on the CW network.

The shocking news about this is that both of these shows are new for Bet in the scripted arena.

Under the deal with Flavor Unit, the company has come on board to produce its first scripted comedy project, titled Let’s Stay Together. The new show is written and exec produced by Jacque Edmonds Cofer, and is a romantic comedy starring Malinda Williams (of Showtime's Soul Food fame) and Bert Belasco. We hear that the show is set for a launch in January 2011.

But that's not it for the Flavor Unit, as we hear they will also produce the new...

A multi-year deal with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment and the official greenlight of original episodes of The Game highlight Bet’s upfront presentation in New York tonight. Both are part of the cable network’s new push in scripted television. Under the deal with Flavor Unit, the company has come on board to produce its first scripted comedy project, Let’s Stay Together. Written and exec produced by Jacque Edmonds Cofer, the romantic comedy starring Malinda Williams and Bert Belasco has been picked up to series to launch in Q1 2011. Flavor Unit will also produce the telefilm The Cookout 2, a sequel to [...]...

Bet has given the greenlight to the relationship comedy "Let's Stay Together," that would serve as a suitable companion for "Game" which is about to get a new season. Malinda Williams ("Soul Food") and Bert Belasco lead the cast of of the romantic comedy which, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is being described as an updated, urban "Mad About You." The story tells of a newly engaged pediatrician Stacy (played by Williams) and contractor Charles (Belasco) who try to blend their independent and successful 21st century lives into a traditional 20th century marriage. Co-starring in the pilot are Joyful Drake, RonReaco Lee and Erica Hubbard. Jacque Edmonds of "Martin" writes and Henry Chan will direct. Drake is in as Stacy's younger sibling and always the more popular one, used to living the high life. Lee plays her lawyer husband who is inspired by Barack Obama and leaves his effort to...

BET is ramping up its efforts in the scripted comedy arena.

As it prepares to announce it is ordering a new season of "The Game," resurrecting the former CW sitcom, the cable network also has greenlighted a pilot for "Let's Stay Together," a relationship comedy that would serve as a suitable companion for "Game."

"Soul Food" alumna Malinda Williams and Bert Belasco lead the cast of "Together," a romantic comedy described as an updated, urban "Mad About You" that centers on the newly engaged pediatrician Stacy (Williams) and contractor Charles (Belasco) who take the absurd step of trying to blend their successful, independent 21st century lives into a traditional 20th century marriage.

Joyful Drake, RonReaco Lee and Erica Hubbard co-star in the pilot, written by Jacque Edmonds Cofer ("Martin") and to be directed by Henry Chan.

Drake will play Stacy's younger sister who has always been the more popular one...

We just discovered from our sources that actress and comedian Kym Whitley is about to have Two new shows, one a sitcom and the other a reality based show.

First up is a show with Malinda Williams (of Showtime’s Soul Food fame) and Erica Hubbard (of Lincoln Heights fame). This new show which is written by Jacque Edmonds-Colfer (a well known writer and producer formerly of Cuts, Moesha, Living Single, just to name a few) is also the creator and Show runner of this new show titled Let’s Stay Together. The show is scheduled to premiere on Bet sometime this year.

The other show Whitley will be starring is a reality based project from the producers of the very popular ABC show Extreme Makeover. This time those same producers tackle schools in the new show titled School Pride, which is being billed as an Extreme School Makeover.