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 artist- turned-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 Continued on page 3 1 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE CSI: Cyber ADR...... 5091 (Eye Productions/CBS) Backlot Services...... 5667 Carla’s Café Commissary...... 5692 The Great Indoors Pilot (CBS TV Studios/CBS} Car Wash...... 5042 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS Client Services...... 5099 Entertainment Tonight Winners CPR & First Aid Training (monthly) . . .5256 (CBS TV Distribution/CBS) Emergency Line...... 5555 The Insider Favorite Actor in a New TV Series Graphics...... 5395 (CBS TV Distribution/CBS) Grip Dept...... 5711 John Stamos - Grandfathered Hair Salon ...... 6000 Last Man Standing (20th Century Fox Television/ABC) Health on Wheels...... 818.876.4755 Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team House Internet Access...... 5218 Sebastian Pilot The Talk Janitorial ...... 5966 (CBS TV Studios/NBC} (And kudos to the ladies for the way they handled Joe’s Gym ...... 5099 Brooklyn Nine-Nine that obnoxious stage crasher!) Lighting ...... 5349 (Universal Television/FOX) Medical ...... 5341 Notary...... 5837 My Time Your Time Pilot 2016 NAACP IMAGE AWARDS (Woodbridge Productions/CBS) Parking...... 5165 Nominees Parking Place Signs...... 5670 Grandfathered Paint Dept...... 5396/5858 (Touchstone Television Productions/FOX) Safety & Environmental Concerns. . .4444 Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Superior Donuts Pilot Safety Hotline (anonymous reporting). . .6078 (CBS TV Studios/CBS} Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine Nine Sign Shop ...... 5395 Special Effects...... 5671 I’m Not Your Friend Pilot (CBS TV Studios/CBS) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Supply Station...... 5001 Series Take 5 Coffee Shop ...... 5979 The Talk Terry Crews, Brooklyn Nine Nine Telephones...... 4800 (CBS TV Studios/CBS) RECYCLING Baby Daddy Stage and Media ...... 5661 (Prodco/Freeform) Outstanding Talk Series Paint, Solvents, Spray Cans, Rags, Brush The Talk Wash, Batteries,Videotape, CDs, DVDs The Soul Man (Hudson Street Productions/TV Land) Office Recycling...... 5966 Toner Cartridges, Paper, Cans Toast Pilot E-Waste Recycling...... 5396 (Touchstone TV Productions/ ABC) Anything with a circuit board, ie TVs, Young & Hungry Monitors, Recorders, Keyboards and (Prodco/Freeform) Florescent Lights Pens...... interoffice to The Biggest Loser Finale (BL4 Productions/NBC) TVC RECORD CENTER, RM. 73 You the Jury (Detail Productions/Fox Television) All Rights Reserved Monty Brinton ©2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. PHOTO: “Top Talker” Ellen K. (“KOST 103.5 FM”) visits “The America’s Got Talent: Middle Rounds (Triple Threat Productions/NBC) Talk Monday, January 25, 2016, on the CBS Television Network. From left, Sara Gilbert, Sheryl Underwood, afety Survivor: Kaoh Rong Finale Ellen K., Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, and Aisha Tyler. S ecurity (Eye Productions/CBS) & S n n n Food Network Star NO Skateboards - Hoverboards - Scooters (Triage Entertainment/The Food Network) Celebrity Name Game Safety is always a major priority on the (Marathon Productions/Syndication) CBS Studio Center lot. To that end, the use of alternate modes of transportation FEBRUARY such as skateboards, rollerblades/skates, BLACK HISTORY MONTH scooters, and of course the new popular 9 Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) n Vilma Campos, Accounting Clerk fad - hoverboards is not allowed on the n10 Ash Wednesday Vilma will split her time between Accounts studio lot. n 12 Lincoln’s Birthday Payable and Payroll operations. n 14 Valentine’s Day She has over 15 years of accounting n n n n n n experience within manufacturing and n 15 Presidents’ Day construction industries. Contributing Editor Marsha Gorodkin NewsletterDesign Elizabeth Gulick Staff n 22 Washington’s Birthday n n n 2 FEBRUARY 2016 SOUL MAN RETURNS... Continued from page 1

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 ofThe Soul Man premieres on TV Land in the spring.

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