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Upfront Fall TV
lineup includes LL Cool J, Michael Straham, Wanda Sykes
By Tanya Kersey BlackTalentNews.com (May 26, 2009) The annual ritual of the networks unveiling their primetime fall lineups is in full bloom. LL Cool J, Michael Straham, Wanda Sykes and Sherri Shepherd are among the names on the fall primetime TV lineup. LL Cool J is among the stars who have landed new series on CBS' schedule next season. LL will star in a spin off "NCIS" alongside Chris O'Donnell. The pilot recently aired as a two-part episode of "NCIS." Shane Brennan is executive producing. Fox will try to do so with "The Cleveland Show," a new animated series that is a spinoff of the popular "Family Guy." "Cleveland" follows Peter Griffin's friend Cleveland Brown (voiced by Mike Henry) as he and son Cleveland Jr. move to Virginia to live with Cleveland's high school sweetheart ( Sanaa Lathan). The cast also includes Nia Long, Kevin Michael Richardson and Arianna Huffington "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel and Henry co-created the series and are executive producing. Fox's "Brothers" stars former NFL star Michael Strahan as a former NFL star player who returns home to Houston to live with his parents and to help his brother, injured in a car accident, run a restaurant. His brother will be played by Daryl "Chill" Mitchell ("Veronica's Closet"). CCH Pounder ("The Shield") also stars in the series. "You'll see a real chemistry there," Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said yesterday. Fox also announced "The Wanda Sykes Show," a late night Saturday show hosted by comedian Wanda Sykes. Lifetime has picked up "Sherri," a comedy pilot starring "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd. The network has ordered 12 episodes of the multi-camera comedy series. Shepherd will continue her work on "View" while starring on the Lifetime series. The sitcom, loosely based on Shepherd's experiences, centers on a woman who deals with her husband's infidelity by allowing her husband's girlfriend and their child to move in with them. The cast also includes Tammy Townsend ("Lincoln Heights"), Kali Rocha ("Grey's Anatomy"), Elizabeth Regen ("The Black Donnellys") and Kate Reinders ("Ugly Betty"). Shepherd will produce alongside Terri Minsky, Nina Wass and Gene Stein. Go to Target Market News homepage |
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