> The former "Real People" host turned man behind those off-hour syndicated
> shows you would never admit to watching has sold a two-hour block of
> sitcoms (consisting of 2 eps each of two series:  "The First Family" and
> :"Mr. Box Office") to 85% of the nation for this fall--following the Tyler
> Perry model, each series has a 104-ep order, meaning that if they're not
> repeating, they could go into strip in fall 2013:

> http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/byron-allens-entertainment-studios-cl...

> For the record, "The First Family" is about a black President (how
> original!) and stars Gladys Knight, scenery chewers Jackee Harry and Marla
> Gibbs and surprisingly, John Witherspoon, long one of the most admired of
> black standups.  "Mr. Box Office" is about a movie star forced into
> teaching English at a South Central high school as community service and
> stars teabagger Jon Lovitz, Bill Bellamy, Vivica A. Fox, Keisha "Rudy
> Cosby" Knight-Pulliam, Tmi Meadows and--Gary Busey?