The streaming service, UrbanflixTV, has tapped actor-director Kim Fields to executive produce and direct the new series “Vicious,” which hails from an all-female, Black producing team, Variety has learned exclusively.
A half-hour dramatic comedy, “Vicious” will follow a fashion designer, Chantel, whose success is overshadowed by her deep denial about the cycle of abuse she internally endures. With the assistance of her secret weapon, the publicist to her Vicious Empire, Chantel works to rise through the ranks, but her husband’s narcissistic behavior threatens to tear down the house she built.
The cast of “Vicious” will be announced closer to the series premiere.
Originally a short film digital series, “Vicious” was created by Jill E. Ramsey, CEO of Jilly Thunda Productions, and written by authors Amaleka McCall-Braithwaite and Tu-Shonda Whitaker. Ramsey will serve as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Fields, Tami Roman and Kimberly Ogletree, CEO of Karat Entertainment.
“Bringing...
A half-hour dramatic comedy, “Vicious” will follow a fashion designer, Chantel, whose success is overshadowed by her deep denial about the cycle of abuse she internally endures. With the assistance of her secret weapon, the publicist to her Vicious Empire, Chantel works to rise through the ranks, but her husband’s narcissistic behavior threatens to tear down the house she built.
The cast of “Vicious” will be announced closer to the series premiere.
Originally a short film digital series, “Vicious” was created by Jill E. Ramsey, CEO of Jilly Thunda Productions, and written by authors Amaleka McCall-Braithwaite and Tu-Shonda Whitaker. Ramsey will serve as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Fields, Tami Roman and Kimberly Ogletree, CEO of Karat Entertainment.
“Bringing...
- 5/5/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Kim Fields, who is known for her roles in classic sitcoms like “Facts of Life” and “Living Single,” has joined Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps in a new Netflix multi-cam comedy titled “The Upshaws.”
The series, which was ordered by the streamer in August 2019, centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without the blueprints to do it.
Fields will star as Regina Upshaw, Lucretia’s (Sykes) sister and Bennie’s (Epps) high school sweetheart, now wife, and the mother of his three children. Regina works in medical billing at a local hospital and struggles to stay upbeat and keep her family happy and her husband in check while pursuing goals of her own.
Epps’ Bennie Upshaw is described as the lovable, charming, thug-adjacent head of the Upshaw family. Sykes’ Lucretia is someone who collects disability after falling from a jetway at the airport.
The series, which was ordered by the streamer in August 2019, centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without the blueprints to do it.
Fields will star as Regina Upshaw, Lucretia’s (Sykes) sister and Bennie’s (Epps) high school sweetheart, now wife, and the mother of his three children. Regina works in medical billing at a local hospital and struggles to stay upbeat and keep her family happy and her husband in check while pursuing goals of her own.
Epps’ Bennie Upshaw is described as the lovable, charming, thug-adjacent head of the Upshaw family. Sykes’ Lucretia is someone who collects disability after falling from a jetway at the airport.
- 3/4/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Living Single and Facts of Life alumna Kim Fields is set as a lead opposite Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps in Netflix’s multi-camera family comedy series The Upshaws.
The series centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.
Fields will play Regina Upshaw, Lucretia’s (Sykes) sister and Bennie’s (Epps) high school sweetheart, now wife, and the mother of his three children. Regina works in medical billing at a local hospital and struggles to stay upbeat and keep her family happy — and her husband in check — while pursuing goals of her own.
As previously announced, Epps’ Bennie Upshaw is the lovable, charming, thug-adjacent head of the Upshaw family. He runs a garage in Indianapolis, and is constantly butting heads with his sister-in-law, Lucretia, who believes her sister could have and do better. As a husband and father of four children,...
The series centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.
Fields will play Regina Upshaw, Lucretia’s (Sykes) sister and Bennie’s (Epps) high school sweetheart, now wife, and the mother of his three children. Regina works in medical billing at a local hospital and struggles to stay upbeat and keep her family happy — and her husband in check — while pursuing goals of her own.
As previously announced, Epps’ Bennie Upshaw is the lovable, charming, thug-adjacent head of the Upshaw family. He runs a garage in Indianapolis, and is constantly butting heads with his sister-in-law, Lucretia, who believes her sister could have and do better. As a husband and father of four children,...
- 3/4/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tootie, Natalie, Blair and Jo are together again for the holidays. Lifetime on Wednesday rolled out the trailer for You Light Up My Christmas, an upcoming movie that features The Facts of Life‘s core four — Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Lisa Whelchel and Nancy McKeon — back in action. The film premieres Sunday, Dec. 1 at 8/7c.
Although McKeon doesn’t appear in this trailer, you can rest assured that she does make a cameo in the movie. The actress “had a really difficult, unexpected family emergency she had to work through, and she still stayed committed,” Fields, who also executive-produced the film,...
Although McKeon doesn’t appear in this trailer, you can rest assured that she does make a cameo in the movie. The actress “had a really difficult, unexpected family emergency she had to work through, and she still stayed committed,” Fields, who also executive-produced the film,...
- 11/27/2019
- TVLine.com
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