Old TV friends...

Did anyone else catch Half & Half last Monday, February 14?

Well, the show’s creator brought back two of my favorite characters, and actors, from one of my all time favorite shows: Maxine Shaw (Erika Alexander) and Kyle Barker (T.C. Carson) from Living Single (1993-1998). It was so joyous to see them reprise their roles because as much as they acted like they despised each other, their love was so apparent – a classically complicated relationship.

Why are they on Half & Half? Well, regular watchers will know that the character Big Dee Dee is resuming her acting career. Intro Kyle: who moved to the West Coast to assume his acting career and be closer with Maxine and their child, with whom he found out was impregnated with his “samples” on the series finale of Living Single. Max is now a highly respected attorney and lives out in San Francisco as the head of her national law offices. Kyle is Big Dee Dee’s co-star in a local play. Enter (‘Lil) Dee Dee (Essence Atkins) who wants to be mentored by Max, but always gets tongue-tied and intimidated by Max’s, well…presence.

I won’t tell you everything, but it was a pretty good episode. Anything that can get me to turn from 24 (they just put Half & Half back in its old timeslot, replacing Second Time Around which I hope is actually cancelled) has got to be important.

It should be noted the ultimate reason why Max & Kyle appeared on Half & Half: the Executive Producer is Yvette Lee Bowser, who is the Executive Producer/Creator of both shows [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101465/]. To me, these two are her best shows.

Many don’t care too much for Half & Half, but it is one of the better Black shows on the air. It’s funny though how most Black shows don’t really have Black men as the leads. Is it that Black women are viewed as “more accessible” to the white community? Look to me to address this in a future post.

- Curt the Media Man
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