I am an unashamed fan of all thing Melissa Joan Hart which means not only am I excited about the new Sabrina The Teenage Witch movie and the imminent return of the best show on telly -'Melissa & Joey', but I am also thrilled about the news that Melissa and her husband are pregnant with their third child. Massive congrats to them . (and how cute are those boys!)
There's no question that Joey Lawrence has, uh, Blossomed since his days as a '90s TV star. Of course this is absolutely not the reason I watch the show, (Melissa & Joey) but it doesn't hurt either.
Just watched the pilot and apart from the fact that the dubbing was out on my download, I loved it. It was a little stilted at first but about a third of the way in it really warmed up and I giggled through the rest of the episode. Melissa and Joey have a great rapport on screen and they are both as appealing as they were back in the day. There is a reason they were both insanely popular with their audiences and that skill is still very much in evidence today. I will absolutely be tuning in again.
Anyone who has spent any time with my family knows that one of our family favourites is Sabrina The Teenage Witch - well I have very exciting news.... Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina) is back doing sitcom and not only that... she's doing it with Joey Lawrence! Just in case you were asleep or not born in the 90's, Joey starred as Joey Russo, the guy with the luxurious mullet who said "Whoa!" a lot when he was on "Blossom." Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence were teen sitcom stars in the 1990s. They were huge -- huge!
In a retro TV dream Joey and Melissa have teamed up to star in the new sitcom - "Melissa & Joey" Here's the deal - Melissa plays a harried city council member who finds herself taking care of her teenage niece and nephew. She has to do this because her sister is in federal prison and her brother-in-law has vanished after a dodgey scheme has imploded.
Joey plays one of the people who lost all his money to the missing brother-in-law. Now he's living in his Porsche, which is about to be repo'd. He hunts down Melissa at a city hall news conference, thinking she'll know where her brother-in-law is hiding.
Melissa is so busy and scatterbrained that she's failing to connect with her niece and nephew and therefore needs a manny: someone to whip the kids into shape, lend structure, cook dinner etc. And Joe needs a house to live in and a job. There you go!
It turns out that this is actually a pretty good show - It is the ABC's biggest comedy debut on record EVER
I know what I'll be downloading tonight!!! (plus a few eps of Blossom)
