Hallelujah! The Soul Man Returns for Season 5

FEBRUARY 2016
Hallelujah! The Soul Man Returns for Season 5
By Taylor Friedman
Thursday night, before a taping of TV
Land’s The Soul Man gets under way on
Stage 19, series star Cedric the Entertainer
leads the entire Season Five cast and crew
in a prayer circle. As everyone clasps hands,
he reminds them how fortunate they are to
be part of such a fun loving, hardworking
and inclusive production. It’s a fitting scene,
since many episodes of The Soul Man begin
with his character, world-famous R&B artistturned-pastor Boyce Ballentine, addressing
his congregants — and the audience —
straight on.
Then, it’s 5:00 p.m. Show time! The cast,
Cedric, Niecy Nash, Wesley Jonathan, John
Beasley and Missi Pyle, dance between takes,
improvise their lines, and crack jokes. The
live studio audience feeds off this energy;
in fact, a few brave souls show off their own
singing and dancing skills. Created by Suzanne Martin and Cedric
the Entertainer and produced by Hazy
Mills and Bird and A Bear Entertainment,
The Soul Man follows Boyce, his loving,
glamorous wife Lolli (Nash), carefree
younger brother Stamps (Jonathan) and
pious father (Beasley) as they adapt to a
more modest lifestyle in St. Louis, out of the
Las Vegas spotlight. The show has filmed at
CBS Radford ever since its pilot episode, and
interestingly, the character Boyce Ballentine
was first introduced in Martin’s Hot in
Cleveland, another series that filmed on the
lot through 2015.
Cedric the Entertainer and Niecy Nash of THE SOUL MAN
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Anything with a circuit board, ie TVs,
Monitors, Recorders, Keyboards and
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Pens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . interoffice to
TVC RECORD CENTER, RM. 73
(Eye Productions/CBS)
The Great Indoors Pilot
(CBS TV Studios/CBS}
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Winners
Entertainment Tonight
(CBS TV Distribution/CBS)
The Insider
Favorite Actor in a New TV Series
John Stamos - Grandfathered
(CBS TV Distribution/CBS)
Last Man Standing
(20th Century Fox Television/ABC)
Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team
The Talk
Sebastian Pilot
(CBS TV Studios/NBC}
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
(Universal Television/FOX)
(And kudos to the ladies for the way they handled
that obnoxious stage crasher!)
2016 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
Nominees
My Time Your Time Pilot
(Woodbridge Productions/CBS)
Grandfathered
(Touchstone Television Productions/FOX)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Superior Donuts Pilot
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine Nine
I’m Not Your Friend Pilot
(CBS TV Studios/CBS)
The Talk
(CBS TV Studios/CBS)
Baby Daddy
(Prodco/Freeform)
The Soul Man
(Hudson Street Productions/TV Land)
Toast Pilot
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Young & Hungry
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The Biggest Loser Finale
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You the Jury
S afety
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America’s Got Talent: Middle Rounds
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Terry Crews, Brooklyn Nine Nine
Outstanding Talk Series
The Talk
“Top Talker” Ellen K. (“KOST 103.5 FM”) visits “The
Talk Monday, January 25, 2016, on the CBS Television
Network. From left, Sara Gilbert, Sheryl Underwood,
Ellen K., Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, and Aisha Tyler.
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Celebrity Name Game
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CBS Studio Center lot. To that end, the
use of alternate modes of transportation
B L A C K H I S T O R Y M O N T H
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Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
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studio lot.
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Valentine’s Day
Presidents’ Day
Washington’s Birthday
Vilma Campos, Accounting Clerk
Vilma will split her time between Accounts
Payable and Payroll operations.
She has over 15 years of accounting
experience within manufacturing and
construction industries.
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SOUL MAN
RETURNS...
FEBRUARY 2016
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Needless to say, it is a family affair
at The Soul Man, on and off stage. Director
Stan Lathan and Executive Producer Jeff
Melnick have been with the show since day
one. Nearly the entire Season Four writing
staff, led by showrunners Mike Schiff and
Bill Martin, is also back this year. This season, Boyce sets his sights on
becoming mayor after he discovers that
several people close to him have fallen
victim to St. Louis’ flawed, cash-strapped city
government. Pyle joins the cast as Boyce’s
intense, workaholic campaign manager.
Guest stars Kevin Nealon, David Koechner,
Paula Marshall and Don Lake, to name a
few, play characters who muddy the road to
public office. Familiar faces such as Cedric
Yarbrough and Yvette Nicole Brown return
as well.
The fifth season of The Soul Man
premieres on TV Land in the spring.
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