Trina's Sitcom 'With Friends Like These' To Debut
By Nolan Strong
Date: 11/5/2005 2:23 pm
courtesy of ahh.com
Trina will make her television acting debut in the new sitcom “With Friends Like These” on The Black Family Channel on Wednesday (Nov. 9) at 8:30 pm EST.
The rapper/actress also co-produced the sitcom and plays a character named “Cleo Taylor” who owns a modeling agency that runs into tax trouble.
Taylor then inherits her deceased aunt’s beauty salon, Hair We Are and her aunt's arch nemesis as well.
The sitcom will debut on The Black Family Channel, which airs in 25 of the top African-American TV markets in the United States, reaching 14 million households.
The Black Family Channel is the United States’ only minority owned and operated cable network and focuses on family oriented programming.
Veteran actor, producer and director Robert Townsend is President and CEO of Productions for the network.
“With Friends Like These” was co-created and produced with Ty Johnston of T.Y. Entertainment, a South Florida based film and television production company.
The series is directed by Melvin James and also stars Ki Toy Johnson (Outkast’s “I Like the Way You Move video), Luz Whitney (“Bamboozled”), Prince Markie Dee (The Fat Boys, 103.5, Miami)
Repeat dates are as followed:
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 @ 12:00am
Thursday, November 10, 2005 @ 9:30pm
Saturday, November 12, 2005 @ 9:00 pm