He’s back! Martin Lawrence has a new comedy series he’s set to star in titled “Partners.” Also new on television, Tyler Perry has a brand new drama series titled “If Loving You Is Wrong” for the OWN network. Get the deets on the brand new shows inside…
Funnyman Martin Lawrence is returning to primetime television! And he’s starring in a new comedy series on the FX network. And we're here for it.
From the makers of “Girlfriends” and “Living Single” comes a new show titled “Partners” about two Chicago lawyers from completely different backgrounds who unexpectedly meet in court as they each prepare to face a personal crisis.
Martin plays Marcus Jackson, a kind-hearted community activist going through a heartbreaking divorce. He meets Allen Braddock (Kelsey Grammer’s character), an elitist lawyer who has just been fired from his father's firm. The two form a partnership and friendship forcing each other to find the balance between the ethical and immoral in both their professional and personal lives.
Former “Half & Half” starlet Telma Hopkins is also starring in the series as Marcus’ mother Ruth Jackson.
Peep two funny clips from the show below:
"Partners" premieres Monday, August 4th at 9pm ET/PT on FX.
And on another new television series....
All you “The Have And The Have Nots” fans, Tyler Perry has a new show just for you!
A brand new soap opera is coming to the OWN network titled, “If Loving You Is Wrong” and it seems no one on the show wants to be right. It follows a group of middle-class families who on the outside appear to have the ideal happy home. But behind closed doors, there are layers of deceit, lies and heatbreak.
IndieWire gives a synopsis of the upcoming show:
The season premiere opens in the middle of a torrid affair between neighbors Randal (Eltony Williams, "24") and Alex (Amanda Clayton, "John Carter"). Randal's wife Marcie (Heather Hemmens, "Hellcats") desperately wants children, but Randal's attention is focused on the wife of his best friend Brad (Aiden Turner, "All My Children"). Just down the street, divorcee Esperanza (Zulay Henao, "Single Moms Club") is trying to move on with her life, while keeping a budding relationship with Julius (Octavio Pizano, "East Los High") a secret from her vindictive ex-husband Edward (Joel Rush, "Days of Our Lives"). Meanwhile, neighbor Kelly (Edwina Findley, "Treme") longs to marry Travis (Denzel Wells) who is away on a relief mission in Haiti and who has promised to help her raise her 8-year-old son, Justice. Outside of the neighborhood, single mother Natalie (April Parker-Jones, "Jericho") struggles to raise her children in the inner city. Lushion (Charles Malik Whitfield, "Law and Order"), the father of her son Frank, has returned to town and stepped up to the plate to help. In addition, Natalie grapples with the tough decision whether or not to allow her fourth son, Joey (Matt Cook), to return home once he is released from prison.
Check out Tyler Perry breaking down the show below:
And the official trailer:
Tyler Perry’s “If Loving You Is Wrong” premieres Tuesday, September 9th with two back-to-back episodes on OWN.
Will you be tuned in?
