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Exclusive: AllBlk’s À La Carte has added Kandi Burruss (Real Housewives of Atlanta), Robinne Lee (Being Mary Jane) Kelly Price and Dorien Wilson (The Parkers) to its supporting cast. They will join stars Pauline Dyer, Jessie Woo, Kendall Kyndall, Jenna Nolen and Courtney Burrell. The series hails from Breanna Hogan and executive producers Dijon Talton and Meagan Good.

Created by Hogan, the series follows Mahogany Rose (Dyer), an overachiever in her 20’s who’s had high moral standards her entire life…until now. After adopting a more “liberal” approach to sex and dating, she finally lands the man of her dreams, Kaleb (Burrell). There’s just one problem. He’s already spoken for. Accustomed to being number one, Mahogany must decide if she will stick to her preference of being the one and only – or step out of her comfort zone and learn to play number two.

Burruss joins the cast as Nicole,...

Exclusive: Allblk’s upcoming dating dramedy À La Carte has tapped Pauline Dyer (A Stone Cod Christmas), Jessie Woo (Wild N’ Out), Kendall Kyndall (Games People Play), Jenna Nolen (Animal Kingdom) and Courtney Burrell (Tyler Perry’s Too Close to Home) as its lead cast. The series hails from Breanna Hogan and executive producers Dijon Talton and Meagan Good.

The six-episode show centers on one girl’s journey to the last place she ever thought she would end up…on the side. It’s been described as a cross between Sex & The City, Girlfriends and Insecure.

Dyer stars as Mahogany Rose, a gorgeous, young go-getter who is the epitome of perfection. The type who usually makes the right decisions, Mahogany has always had somewhat of a whimsical idea of how her love life would turn out. But when she meets Kaleb Myles (Burrell), a charming and charismatic man who...

I must open this review by simply stating the obvious that some critics might be overlooking: we may not be the audience for Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral. I know this because I saw the theater on a Saturday night in a multiplex and a good time was had by many. I’ve been a follower of Perry’s since 2005’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman, the first appearance by Madea in a theatrical release, and I truly believe the ex-stripper peaked around 2009’s Madea Goes To Jail, a work that highlights the racial injustice around mandatory minimum sentences.

In the latest outing, there is one scene that speaks to a very contemporary issue–police use of excessive force–that’s played rather disturbingly for laughs as an aggressive white cop with presumably extensive training expects Tyler Perry’s straight-laced and mild attorney Brian Simmons to follow...

It’s lights out for Madea, the battle-ax sass queen with a criminal background created three decades ago and portrayed by Tyler Perry. That’s right. Perry, 49, says he will no longer put on a gray wig and wiggle his 6-foot-5 frame into the floral print dresses of the geriatric black woman who righteously goes whupass on any fool who gets in her way. A Madea Family Funeral is the 11th and final film to star the character most associated with Perry in a series of films, plays and books.

“A Madea Family Funeral” is the eleventh Tyler Perry film to showcase Perry in the role of the fire-breathing battle-axe-in-flowered-print-dresses inner-city drag matriarch Madea. Since Perry has said that it will be the last, it seems reasonable to assume that the funeral the movie pivots around might be Madea’s own. Is there anyone left for her to terrorize? Have no fear, though: Madea is alive and well (even if it seems a borderline spoiler to reveal that she doesn’t die). And I’m not convinced that her retirement will be any more permanent than a typical rock star’s. Also still kicking, I’m pleased to report, is her posse — the loose-cannon trio of geriatric relatives who’ve become her backup chorus in cussed infamy, though having been through more than a few Perry films themselves, their voices now come through just as loudly and riotously as Madea’s.

Vulture WatchWill Happy, Alabama ever live up to its name? Has the Too Close to Home TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on TLC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Too Close to Home season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?On Too Close to Home, a small town woman moves to Washington DC to start a new life and join the political scene. Following a major scandal, she retreats to the community and family that she’d been hoping to leave behind. The regular TLC TV series cast includes Danielle Savre, Kelly Sullivan, Brock O’Hurn, Brad Benedict, and Brooke Anne Smith. Courtney Burrell, Azur-De, Nelson Estevez, Angela Rigsby, James...

TV viewers often have to wait nearly a year between seasons of their favorite cable TV shows. Well, fans of the Too Close to Home TV show don't have that problem. The first season of the TLC series just finished airing in October 2016. Could this quick return help bolster ratings or, is it too soon? Will Too Close to Home be cancelled or will it be renewed for a third season? Stay tuned. On Too Close to Home, a woman from small town Alabama moves to Washington DC to start a new life and join the political scene. Following a major scandal, she retreats to the community and family that she'd been hoping to leave behind. The regular cast includes Danielle Savre, Kelly Sullivan, Brock O'Hurn, Brad Benedict, and Brooke Anne Smith. Recurring actors are Courtney Burrell, Azur-De, Nelson Estevez, Angela Rigsby, James Shanklin, Kd...

Vulture WatchWill Happy, Alabama ever live up to its name? Has the Too Close to Home TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on TLC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Too Close to Home season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?On Too Close to Home, a small town woman moves to Washington DC to start a new life and join the political scene. Following a major scandal, she retreats to the community and family that she’d been hoping to leave behind. The regular TLC TV series cast includes Danielle Savre, Kelly Sullivan, Brock O’Hurn, Brad Benedict, and Brooke Anne Smith. Courtney Burrell, Azur-De, Nelson Estevez, Angela Rigsby, James Shanklin, Kd...

TLC, known for reality shows and docu-series, finally dipped a toe into the scripted end of the pool with Tyler Perry's Too Close to Home TV show. It follows a woman who, after a major political scandal, retreats to the small town and family she tried to leave behind.Too Close to Home stars Danielle Savre, Kelly Sullivan, Brock O’Hurn, Brad Benedict, and Brooke Anne Smith. Courtney Burrell, Azur-De, Nelson Estevez, Angela Rigsby, James Shanklin, Kd Aubert, and Crystle Stewart recur. Heather Locklear guest stars. Read More…...

TV viewers often have to wait nearly a year between seasons of their favorite cable TV shows. Well, fans of the Too Close to Home TV show don't have that problem. The first season of the TLC series just finished airing in October 2016. Could this quick return help bolster ratings or, is it too soon? Will Too Close to Home be cancelled or will it be renewed for a third season? Stay tuned.On Too Close to Home, a woman from small town Alabama moves to Washington DC to start a new life and join the political scene. Following a major scandal, she retreats to the community and family that she'd been hoping to leave behind. The regular cast includes Danielle Savre, Kelly Sullivan, Brock O'Hurn, Brad Benedict, and Brooke Anne Smith. Recurring actors are Courtney Burrell, Azur-De, Nelson Estevez, Angela Rigsby, James Shanklin, Kd Aubert,...