“Belles” debuts Feb. 1 on TV One


Posted December 4, 2012 by Melissa Hayer Comment on this article Leave a comment
TV One’s latest original scripted series “Belles,” co-created by Emmy Award-winning producer Ed. Weinberger (“Taxi,” “The Cosby Show”), premieres at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1.

The half-hour comedy stars Keith David (“The Cape,” “Crash”), Elise Neal (“All of Us,” “The Hughleys), Tami Roman (Vh-1′s “Basketball Wives”), Ella Joyce (“Roc”) and Miguel Núñez (Juwanna Man), and introduces young actress Nadja Alaya.

“Belles” features David as William “Big Bill” Cooper, a widower and owner/operator of his family’s upscale soul food restaurant.

More details on the show, provided in a news release, are as follows:

In addition to running the restaurant, Bill (Keith David) must deal with his two headstrong daughters:  Jill (Neal), the sensible hardworking manager of Belle’s who also juggles being a single mom; and Loreta (Roman), a stylish, self-absorbed prima donna whose ambitions alternate between a career in the music business and finding a rich husband. And if working with his daughters isn’t challenging enough, Bill must deal with the temperamental chef at Belle’s who also happens to be his – thorn-in-the-side sister-in-law, Gladys (Joyce). Rounding out the family is cousin Maurice (Núñez), the irresponsible bartender and self-proclaimed ladies’ man who is always in hot water;  and Jill’s savvy tween daughter Pam (Alaya), who seems to be the only one who has a handle on everyone and everything that happens in the family, and at Belle’s.  

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