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Rob Friedman’s Ascendant Entertainment is developing a drama series about female high school basketball with former player Melanie Page and Kellie R. Griffin, Variety has earned exclusively.

The series is titled “On the Line.” The official description states it will follow “the on- and off-court stories of female high school basketball players.” Page is developing the series with Griffin, who will serve as showrunner. Alison Lani Genest, Ascendant’s vice president of development, is overseeing on behalf of the company. News of the series comes as women’s basketball has seen a rapid rise in popularity of late.

“As the proud father of four young women and a basketball dad myself, I know this is an arena full of captivating stories and co-viewing opportunities,” Friedman said. “Our focus is not on the coaches, but on the players — the young women and all the pressure and drama they face in their day-to-day lives,...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has joined the cast of the hit ABC procedural series 9-1-1. The popular television star will play a nurse named Amir in the series, and the synopsis says he has a “complicated past.” The network has released a first-look sneak peek at his role on the show and what fans can expect.

Here is a look at the first look at Malcolm-Jamal Warner on 9-1-1.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Joins 9-1-1 Cast

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has a long history as a popular television star. Most fans got to know him when he played Theodore Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. That was one of the most-watched sitcoms of the 1990s and it helped make the young man a star, although he mostly stuck with television after that.

Thanks to his breakout on The Cosby Show, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Theo.

Karen Ceesay, known for recurring roles in The Walking Dead and Stranger Things, has signed with The Green Room Talent for management.

Ceesay appeared in Season 2 of Netflix’s Stranger Things in the role of Lucas’ mom Sue Sinclair, later reprising the character in a couple of episodes of Season 4. Prior to that, Ceesay played Bertie on AMC’s The Walking Dead, appearing between Season 6 and Season 10 for a total of 14 episodes.

Other acting credits include Hulu miniseries The Girl from Plainville, the NBC sitcom Young Rock, the Fox series Deputy, the CW show Black Lightning, the OWN series Greenleaf and the Fox series The Gifted.

Ceesay has also appeared in Clairvoyance the Ellis Files, Satisfaction, Resurrection, Army Wives, Reed Between the Lines, One Tree Hill, Drop Dead Diva and Somebodies.

As a co-producer and writer, Ceesay has worked on the digital series Intersection, a dark comedy written in a diverse,...

Fox Entertainment has launched the digital docuseries “Making History in Hollywood,” featuring some of the network’s top Black stars as they discuss who and what inspires them in entertainment, and their experiences.

The first episode, which launches on Friday, Feb. 26, features Malcolm-Jamal Warner from Fox’s “The Resident.” First known for his role as Theo on “The Cosby Show,” and later for his Upn sitcom “Malcolm & Eddie,” Warner discusses the positive impact of watching Black representation on television during his childhood.

Other Fox stars who will participate in “Making History in Hollywood” include Dulcé Sloan (“The Great North”), Aurora Perrineau (“Prodigal Son”), Brian Michael Smith (“9-1-1: Lone Star”), Frank Harts (“Prodigal Son”) and others. The series will run on Fox’s YouTube channel, as well as on its Instagram feed and also on Hulu. There’s no set pattern to the release, but new episodes are expected to post regularly,...

Make way for another new streaming service.

Bet Plus, a joint venture between Viacom’s Bet Networks and Tyler Perry Studios, will launch domestically on Thursday, Sept. 19. The ad-free subscription video-on-demand service, priced at $9.99 a month, will kick off with more than 1,000 hours of shows, movies and stand-up specials, including content from Tyler Perry, Tracy Oliver, Will Packer and other African American content creators.

“We are thrilled to offer a streaming experience of content curated for the underserved African American audience with Bet [Plus],” said Bet Networks president Scott Mills. “African Americans have a higher Svod adoption rate than any other consumer base on the market, which is why Bet [Plus] is a natural complement of Bet’s linear network, which has been and continues to be the leading home of black culture for decades.”

Bet Plus’ general manager Devin Griffin added, via release, that the service will launch a Bet Plus...

Hey, Big Brother Fans. First, we just want to apologize. We previously ran a supposed leak list of 6 houseguests from a source on Twitter, and it turns out that none of those houseguests are actually any of the people that will be participating in the upcoming Celebrity Big Brother edition. It was a shock to us. The good news is the real cast actually looks a whole lot better than any of these fake leaked houseguests. As promised, CBS and the Big Brother producers finally revealed who will officially be participating on the first ever Celebrity Big Brother edition when it finally debuts on Wednesday night, February 7, 2018 at approximately 7 pm central standard time. They revealed it during the huge 2018 Grammy Awards tonight. There's a total of 11 houseguests to go over here. So, get comfortable. With no further ado, let's get right into this pretty ok sounding houseguest list. The first...

I've been waiting and debating for oh-so-long for a comedy show that is actually funny; and when I say funny I mean leg-slapping, foot-stomping, my-head-is-hurting funny! Well, to my surprise, ABC has delivered a new side-splitting comedy called "Black-ish," about a successful, black family man who struggles to find some cultural identity while raising his family in a predominately white, upper-middle class neighborhood. It stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, and newcomers Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, and others. Here are six reasons why you should watch:

1. Anthony Anderson Is Executive Producer

Anthony Anderson was born in Compton and is the current host of Food Network's "Eating America," and formerly a member of NBC's Emmy Award-winning drama "Law & Order." Anderson played Detective Kevin Bernard opposite Jeremy Sisto's Detective Cyrus Lupo. He's also appeared in more than 20 films, including the comedy blockbuster "Barbershop." Now, he's starring in and executive producing "Black-ish,...

Jill Scott and Eve Jeffers Cooper co-star in this Lifetime original movie about three friends who vow to tie the knot within a year

After breakout roles in the “Scary Movie,” “Think Like a Man” and “The Best Man” franchises, Regina Hall is stepping into her first lead role in the Lifetime original movie “With This Ring.”

The romantic comedy centers on three single friends who vow to find Mr. Right within a year, after attending their best friend’s wedding without dates. It co-stars Grammy Award winners Jill Scott (“Get on Up” ), rapper-turned-actress Eve Jeffers Cooper (“Whip It”), Brooklyn Sudano...

Committing any crime no matter how heinous during a designated 12-hour period is an American citizen’s right in The Purge: Anarchy, but those prowling the streets will encounter a group of strangers who will exercise their right to fiercely fight back to survive the night. From Universal Studios Home Entertainment, The Purge: Anarchy is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this Halloween season.

The Purge: Anarchy hits home media on October 21st with the following bonus features:

Bonus Features Exclusive to Blu-Ray

Deleted Scenes Digital HD UltraViolet Digital Copy

Bonus Features on Blu-Ray and DVD

Behind the Anarchy: Take a front row seat for the action and adrenaline of The Purge as you join the cast and crew on the streets during the madness of the annual ritual.

James Monaco, who wrote, produced, and directed the first movie, returns with a new cast that includes Frank Grillo, Michael K. Williams,...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has landed a role in what will be the 7th and final season of FX's motorcycle club drama "Sons of Anarchy," which returns to the network on September 9. Warner will play a character named Sticky, who happens to be a member of the Grim Bastards and right-hand man to T.O. Cross (Michael Beach). I assume all of that will make sense to fans of the series will (I'm not a member of that club unfortunately).,  Season 7 of "Sons of Anarchy" returns to the network on September 9, at 10pm. Warner most recently appeared on the small screen in "Reed Between the Lines," "Major Crimes," and...

How do you have a meaningful conversation about race and culture in a network television comedy? Calling your show "Black-ish" is one way to start. The ABC comedy starring Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne follows "Modern Family" this fall and provides a rare (for network TV) look at an affluent black family -- complete with four kids and a live-in grandpa played by Fishburne. And while race is right there in the title, both creator Kenya Barris ("The Game") and executive producer Larry Wilmore ("The Bernie Mac Show," "The Daily Show") promise the "family" element is even more important, as they explained during the show's presentation at the 2014 TCA summer press tour. "I know race is a big part of it and we're not running from it, but this is a show about culture," Barris said. "It's a show about what it's like to raise a family during a different time.

Though we still know very little about what to expect from the sequel to The Purge, we do know that it's coming and we also know that the cast is quickly filling out. Who's next to partake in another night of penalty-free violence? Read on!

Deadline reports that actress and singer Zoe Soul has just been cast in the film. Soul is an alumna of Bet’s "Reed Between the Lines," and she most recently appeared in Prisoners alongside Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Soul joins the previously announced Frank Grillo, Michael K. Williams ("Boardwalk Empire," "The Wire"), Carmen Ejogo (Sparkle), Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights"), and Kiele Sanchez (A Perfect Getaway).

James DeMonaco is returning to write and direct the sequel to his hit film The Purge for Universal and Blumhouse. Jason Blum of Blumhouse will produce through his first-look deal with Universal. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and...

But can he play chess?

As TNT’s Major Crimes winds down its second season this winter, Malcolm-Jamal Warner will guest-star in a two-episode arc, TVLine has learned.

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Appearing in the Dec. 30 and Jan. 6 episodes, the onetime Cosby kid will play Lt. Chuck Cooper, a Sis (Special Investigation Section) supervisor brought in to help protect Raydor’s ward Rusty from his stalker, at all costs.

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Warner’s recent TV credits include a visit to Key & Peele,...

Côte Ouest, one of Africa's largest content distributors, has entered a 5-year agreement with Viacom for the exclusive rights to distribute Viacom content across the continent, excluding South Africa. The deal includes rights to titles those in the USA will recognize, like Real Husbands of Hollywood, Let's Stay Together and Reed Between the Lines - all Bet series (Bet is owned by Viacom in case you didn't know).  This new content distribution deal is one of a handful Côte Ouest has signed with Us companies; it already has TV and film content distribution deals with Disney, CBS and Time Warner. The company also has an exclusive partnership with Brazil's Globo TV for a portfolio...

According to Deadline, Bet has quietly cancelled Reed Between the Lines after two seasons, one of which has yet to air.

The sitcom revolves around Doctor Carla Reed (Tracee Ellis Ross), a psychologist, wife and mother who tries to find the secret of balancing her professional and personal responsibilities. The sitcom also stars Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Melissa De Sousa, Nadji A. Jeter, Zoe Soul, Zoé Hendrix, and Anna Maria Horsford.

Reed Between the Lines debuted in October 2011. The show did well enough in its first season to score a second season renewal in April 2012. But a few months later, Ross announced she was leaving the show which resulted in the series having to be revamped. Charles Robinson, Michole White, and Tony Rock joined the cast.

The second season was supposed to start running in 2012 but, to date, Bet hasn't announced...

Maybe it shouldn't be a huge surprise, after a star of and key player in the series, Tracee Ellis Ross, suddenly exited from Bet's Reed Between The Lines, over a year ago.  At the time, Bet said that the series would continue on without her, as Tony Rock, Charlie Robinson and Michole White were added to the series' cast as regulars, with star Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Ellis Ross did hint that there was a chance that she might return, and that we shouldn't be surprised if her character does. As she said, "I love Reed Between the Lines, I believe in it. There is a chance I'll go back, always. There's nothing weird about it." We can...

Bet‘s drama Being Mary Jane is not slated to debut as a regular series until early next year but I hear the network has already quietly ordered a second season, following the 90-minute pilot’s big premiere in July when it drew 4 million viewers and a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating. Being Mary Jane, starring Gabrielle Union as a successful TV news anchor, hails from Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the duo behind Bet’s flagship comedy The Game, which is in production on Season 7. Meanwhile, I hear Bet has pulled the plug on comedy Reed Between The Lines. The show, got off to a solid start with Tracee Ellis Ross starring as Dr. Carla Reed, a successful psychologist trying to balance her family and career, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner as her husbad. It was renewed for a second season in April 2012 but underwent a revamp later that year when Ross departed.

**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...

It was a "Cosby Show" reunion on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" Friday when Bill Cosby and Tempestt Bledsoe, who played Vanessa Huxtable on the series, sat down on Fallon's couch.

The late night host explained that the "Cosby Show" reunion was a happy coincidence since both guests happened to be booked on the same night. "This is truly surreal for me," Bledsoe said about sitting next to her TV dad after a clip from her show "Guys with Kids" played that featured her talking about sex.

Fallon asked Cosby if it's fun to watch his TV daughter grow up and he replied emphatically, "No!" "When she turns out to be stunning, then you have problems," he explained.

Bledsoe said the two get together often, but Cosby told her not to lie and joked, "Sometimes my checks are late and that's when I see Tempestt."

The entire cast of "The Cosby Show...

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Question: We haven’t heard much about NCIS’ Christmas episode on Dec. 18, other than Robert Wagner comes back as Tony’s dad. Got anything else? —Lonnie

Ausiello: Well, if the elder Dinozzo is coming to visit his son for the holiday, that can only mean one thing. For the very first time, “We see Tony’s apartment,” Cote de Pablo tells us. And what if anything is surprising about the bachelor’s pad and/or its decor…...

Despite the heavily reported backstage fight between Young Jeezy and Rick Ross (and will somebody Please tell him to stop pulling up his shirt) the ratings for Bet's Hip-Hop Awards show on Tuesday night took a serious drop in ratings and viewership. This Tuesday's show was down 1 million viewers from last year's show, pulling in just slightly over 3 million viewers, as compared to 4.1 millions viewers a year ago. As a result, the network's new reality show, Keyshia and Dainel: Family First, got lower ratings and viewership than the sit-com Reed Between the Lines, which premiered after last year's awards show, though by a slimmer margin...

There was no brawl bounce last night for the Bet Hip Hop Awards. Despite the attention a backstage shoving match between rappers Rick Ross and Young Jeezy received last month during the taping of the annual Bet show, the 2012 edition was down 1 million viewers from last year’s all-time high. Tuesday’s show pulled in 3.1 million total viewers and a 2.3 rating, compared with 4.1 million viewers a year ago. The seventh annual awards show was taped September 29 and hosted for a third time by actor-comedian Mike Epps. Bet premiered its new reality series Keyshia & Daniel: Family First after the Hip Hop Awards, pulling in 2.9 million total viewers and a 2.2 rating. That’s down from the 3.3 million who watched the premiere of Reed Between The Lines after last year’s awards show.

Veteran star of stage and screen, Jenifer Lewis (most recently seen as the over-protective mother in Think Like A Man), is starring in a new comedy web series, along with Shangela (the breakout star from the TV series RuPaul’s Drag Race), titled Jenifer Lewis and Shangela. The scripted series is directed by Emmy-winning producer, writer and director Mary Lou Belli (she's helmed episodes of Girlfriends, The Game and Reed Between The Lines), from scripts by the writing team of Mark Alton Brown & Dee Laduke (Girlfriends, Designing Women), as well as Deborah Dean Davis (It Takes Two) and Margaret Oberman (Saturday Night Live). ...

"It was that Bet hadn't decided if they were picking up the show yet or not [...] During that time when they didn't know, I was offered a really amazing pilot for NBC, and Bet graciously allowed me to go and do it [...] Then the timing got complicated and there was a need to move forward. [Bet] had to figure out how to deal without me because I wasn't available. But it's not because I wanted to leave." Words from Tracee Ellis Ross addressing her sudden exit from Bet's Reed Between The Lines, in an exclusive with Essence magazine. It was exactly 1 week ago when we confirmed that Ms Ross had left Bet's freshman scripted series. ...

Confirming what yesterday's casting additions already suggested (read that post Here), it's now official that Tracee Ellis Ross has left Bet's freshman scripted series Reed Between The Lines. Specific reasons weren't given, but, in a released statement, Ms Ross expressed her love for the series and its cast, calling it one that "I believe in and care about." I'd guess that her casting in the in the new NBC women's prison drama Bad Girls, adapted from the UK ITV series of the same name, might have something to do with it. Although I couldn't confirm that NBC has even picked up the series, or when the pilot might air. I...

Chris Klein is joining the Raising Hope family… kinda.

The American Pie vet has booked a guest spot in the upcoming third season of the Fox comedy, TVLine has confirmed.

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Klein — who currently recurs on FX’s Wilfred — will play a local celeb (aka a not-so-famous realtor) who is apparently an “almost” long-lost Chance family member. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the casting news.

Raising Hope kicks off Season 3 Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 8/7c.

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Another well-known face is headed to Seattle Grace!

According to TV Guide, "True Blood" and "Veronica Mars" alum Tina Majorino will guest star on "Grey's Anatomy," with creator Shonda Rhimes staying mum on the details of her character.

"We hired some really lovely guest stars who are doing some really lovely guest-star stuff," Rhimes told TV Guide. "It boils down to the fact that all our doctors are attendings and one of the things that I want to see our attendings doing is teach, so that's what we're seeing."

In addition to "True Blood" and "Veronica Mars," Majorino has also appeared on "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Big Love."

In other casting news...

Jeffrey Nordling will appear on "Necessary Roughness." The "24" vet has been cast as media relations guru Glen Purlman on the USA drama. [TVLine]

"Reed Between The Lines" has cast new regulars. Tony Rock, Charlie Robinson and Michole White have landed...

Returning for a second season, Bet's comedy series Reed Between The Lines (starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Tracee Ellis Ross) has added Tony Rock, Charlie Robinson and Michole White to the cast, as series regulars. Those who watched the first season of the series will know that it ended with  As THR notes... The second season finds Alex's (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) life in turmoil now that he's faced with an unplanned separation. He'll turn to his family and oldest friends as he looks to adjust to life as a single father without his wife as he ponders how long Carla (Girlfriends' Tracee Ellis Ross) will be gone -- and if she's even coming back....

Geoff Pierson (Boardwalk Empire) is set to co-star opposite Josh Cooke and Jay Mohr in TV Land’s multi-camera comedy pilot Brothers-In-Law. Written and executive produced by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Brothers-In-Law revolves around the family dynamic between a husband (Cooke) and the eccentric new boyfriend (Mohr) of his wife’s fraternal twin sister (Ellen Woglom), who have nothing in common but the sisters constantly force them to bond. Pierson, repped by the Stone Manners Salners Agency and attorney Tom Hoberman, will play Tom, sisters Cheska and Maddie’s (Woglom) father. He’s overtly antagonistic towards Cheska’s husband Neil (Cooke) but instantly hits it off with Maddie’s new boyfriend Van (Mohr) and thinks he is twice the man Neil is. Charlie Robinson (Night Court) booked a new series regular role on the next season of Bet comedy series Reed Between The Lines, playing star Malcolm Jamal Warner’s father,...

Bet's Malcolm-Jamal Warner comedy series is adding to its cast. Reed Between the Lines' second season finds Alex's (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) life in turmoil now that he's faced with an unplanned separation. He'll turn to his family and oldest friends as he looks to adjust to life as a single father without his wife as he ponders how long Carla (Girlfriends' Tracee Ellis Ross) will be gone -- and if she's even coming back. To that end, Apollo Live's Tony Rock (brother of Chris Rock), Night Court's Charlie Robinson and Michole White (Living Single) have boarded the series as regulars,

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"New Girl," the buzziest debut show of the 2011-2012 television season, may also have been the whitest. Starring Zooey Deschanel, in bangs and big glasses and being "adorkable," the sitcom could be an avatar for the still-preponderantly white casts of major network shows. Less blogged and written about were two new series on Bet, "Let's Stay Together" and "Reed Between the Lines," both featuring mostly African-American casts. During Bet's April 19 upfront presentation, executives announced that both shows, as well as flagship series "The Game," had been renewed, while "House Husbands" and "Second Generation Wayans" were given the green light.Robi Reed, Bet's vice president of talent and casting for original programming, sees the network's reaffirmed dedication to scripted programming as an important contribution to television. "At Bet, there are roles now where they don't exist in mainstream TV, where African-American actors get to play leads," Reed said. "We've been waiting.

Bet has renewed The Game for a sixth season. The formerly cancelled TV series has been extremely successful for the cable channel since they resurrected it in 2011. It's currently averaging a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.77 million viewers.

In addition to announcing new shows like Don't Sleep, House Husbands, The Mathis Project and Second Generation Wayans, Bet has renewed Let's Stay Together and Reed Between the Lines for third seasons. The latter's second season is expected later this year. Let's Stay Together and The Game are expected to wrap their respective seasons on June 5th.

The gospel competition series, Sunday Best, has been renewed for season five.

Here's the Bet press release with additional information about their new shows and movies:

Bet Networks Unveils New Programming at 2012 Upfront Presentation

Coming off...

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.

Exclusive: Bet has assembled the cast of Y.M.O.C. aka Young Man On Campus, a comedy pilot starring Jacob Latimore as a 15-year-old college prodigy Jacob Matthews who is the youngest man on campus, sharing a dorm at Mt. Pleasant University with his basketball star cousin Marco. The main characters from Y.M.O.C., Latimore’s Jacob Matthews, his mother and his cousin Marco, were introduced in an episode of Bet’s comedy series Reed Between The Lines, which aired in December. Latimore and Eric D. Hill, Jr., who played Marco, will reprise their roles in the pilot, while the role of Jacob’s widow mom Trishelle is being recast. The Steve Harvey Show alumna Terri Vaughn has been tapped for the part, described as an earthy mama bear who truly wants Jacob to have every advantage in life that she didn’t. She got a second...

New York, NY (March 20, 2012) – Fuse, the national music television network of The Madison Square Garden Company, today announced its development slate featuring a variety of comedy, documentary, animated and scripted series all rooted in music. The slate reflects Fuse’s robust development pipeline, with many more deals to come, as the network furthers its commitment to adding original programming to the existing music-focused lineup. In Development (all titles listed are working titles) “Ambassadors of Rock” “Ambassadors of Rock,” is a reality show which explores the world of music fans who are so devoted, they invite touring bands that they don’t know to crash in their homes, sleep in their beds, drink their beer and eat all of their food. “Ambassadors of Rock” is executive produced by Donita Sparks & Robert Fagan of 2 Way Mirror and Bobby Pura (“Jackass: The Movie,” “The Fabulous Life Presents”). “Blaze Studios” This half-hour scripted musical comedy,...

Tracee Ellis Ross has joined NBC's remake of the UK drama Bad Girls. The CSI actress will play a corrupt businesswoman, according to Deadline. Her character Rachel is jailed after being caught selling phoney mortgages. Despite her new situation, Rachel is desperate to become pregnant. Ross previously appeared on the Upn / CW series Girlfriends from 2000 to 2008 and currently stars in and produces Bet sitcom Reed Between the Lines. Other stars attached to NBC's Bad Girls include Jurnee Smollett (Friday Night Lights), (more)...

Exclusive: Bonnie Somerville is set for the female lead opposite Theo James in CBS’ drama pilot Golden Boy, from Nick Wootton and Greg Berlanti. The project, produced by Warner Bros TV and Berlanti Prods. and directed by Richard Shepard, centers on cop Walter Clark (James) and chronicles his meteoric rise from officer to detective and ultimately police commissioner. Somerville, repped by UTA and McKeon Myones Entertainment, will play Detective Deborah McKenzie, a Long Island native and third-generation cop who is the only female detective on the homicide squad. Girlfriends alumna 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. Ross will play Rachel, a high-powered business woman who is now serving time for selling phony mortgages.

Shave your Twitter beards and get ready to go back to school because "Community" is finally returning this week (Thurs., Mar. 15, 8 p.m. Et on NBC)!

I was on set while they shot this week's big, romantic episode, "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts," which features a Boyz II Men-soundtracked proposal, a possible wedding, a potential new business partnership and the return of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a.k.a. Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) baby daddy and former ex Andre.

Brown, Warner, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs teased drunken breakdowns, wedding planning, surprising new sides of certain characters and what Troy and Abed's idea of "normal" actually looks like.

So Andre proposes again? We haven't seen him in quite a while.

Yvette Nicole Brown: "Mmhmmm. Yeah, it's been a while -- Shirley's referenced baby Ben a few times, and life is going on, but...

Shave your Twitter beards and get ready to go back to school because "Community" is finally returning this week (Thurs., Mar. 15, 8 p.m. Et on NBC)!

I was on set while they shot this week's big, romantic episode, "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts," which features a Boyz II Men-soundtracked proposal, a possible wedding, a potential new business partnership and the return of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a.k.a. Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) baby daddy and former ex Andre.

Brown, Warner, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs teased drunken breakdowns, wedding planning, surprising new sides of certain characters and what Troy and Abed's idea of "normal" actually looks like.

So Andre proposes again? We haven't seen him in quite a while.

Yvette Nicole Brown: "Mmhmmm. Yeah, it's been a while -- Shirley's referenced baby Ben a few times, and life is going on, but...

Now that "Community" is finally back on NBC's schedule (Thurs., Mar. 15, 8 p.m. Est on NBC), it's time for Malcolm-Jamal Warner's triumphant return to the show as Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) baby daddy, Andre.

I caught up with Warner on the "Community" set while shooting "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" -- the episode finds Andre proposing that he and Shirley get remarried, and we'll have more scoop on that next week from all the cast. But I couldn't hang out with my first TV crush ever -- who now stars on Bet's "Reed Between the Lines" -- and not talk about "The Cosby Show." (Yes, I told him he was my first crush; yes, I'm a dork; and yes, he noted that I'm about the same age as Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy, and that it's weird that I crushed on him when I was that young.

Now that "Community" is finally back on NBC's schedule (Thurs., Mar. 15, 8 p.m. Est on NBC), it's time for Malcolm-Jamal Warner's triumphant return to the show as Shirley's (Yvette Nicole Brown) baby daddy, Andre.

I caught up with Warner on the "Community" set while shooting "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" -- the episode finds Andre proposing that he and Shirley get remarried, and we'll have more scoop on that next week from all the cast. But I couldn't hang out with my first TV crush ever -- who now stars on Bet's "Reed Between the Lines" -- and not talk about "The Cosby Show." (Yes, I told him he was my first crush; yes, I'm a dork; and yes, he noted that I'm about the same age as Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy, and that it's weird that I crushed on him when I was that young.

The mood was a somber one at the 43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles last night. Much of the ceremony was colored by Whitney Houston’s memory, which was honored in the form of numerous tributes.

Yolanda Adams delivered a stirring rendition of “I Love the Lord, He Made Me Cry,” which she ended with “We love you, Nip.” (“Nip” is Houston’s nickname.)

Also highlighted during the evening was footage from the 1994 Image Awards, which depicted the late singer accepting an Image Award for outstanding female artist. In the clip, Denzel Washington is tasked with presenting the prize,...

The Fall TV season is right around the corner folks, so some tough viewing choices are coming. Let’s get thinking about them, shall we?

Each day this week — during “the calm before the storm” — we’re showing you the grid for that night’s fall line-up, including the broadcast nets’ wares and select cable listings. You then vote for what you plan to watch Live during each time slot (since live/live-ish viewership is still the creme de la creme when it comes to ratings, whether we like it or not).

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Coming off of the success of its best year ever in 2010 and best quarter ever for 1Q'11, Bet Networks announced that it will unveil a brand new slate of programming for Bet and Centric at its 2011 Upfront presentation at the Best Buy Theater in New York. During the event, Bet plans to announce that it will continue its focus on original scripted content with a new sitcom, Reed Between The Lines, starring Tracee Ellis Ross and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. The Network will also unveil new scripted web originals, Lenox Avenue and The Come Up, and also its first ever sci-fi thriller web series, Odessa and Asylum, all of which will run across all Bet Digital platforms -- Bet.com, Bet Mobile and Bet On Demand. Bet will also announce another season of The Game and a second season of Let's Stay Together. In addition to scripted programming, Bet will also introduce a new music docu-series,...