"Half & Half" (2002)TV series 2002-2006

Creator:

Jeffrey Klarik

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

23 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Mona and Dee Dee are half-sisters who share the same father. They are completely unlike each other, but they live in the same apartment building, so disagreements are common.

Awards:

1 win & 18 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 9	4:00 PM	MyNetwork	The Big Forbidden Fruit Episode	#2.8
Thur. July 10	4:00 PM	MyNetwork	The Big College Admission Episode	#2.9

Cast

Rachel True	...	Mona Thorne (19 episodes, 2002-2006)
Essence Atkins	...	Dee Dee Thorne (19 episodes, 2002-2006)
Alec Mapa	...	Adam / ... (19 episodes, 2003-2006)
Valarie Pettiford	...	Big Dee Dee Thorne / ... (18 episodes, 2002-2006)
Chico Benymon	...	Andre Spencer Williams (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Telma Hopkins	...	Phyllis Thorne (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
MC Lyte	...	Kai Owens (14 episodes, 2004-2006)
Obba Babatundé	...	Charles Thorne (12 episodes, 2002-2006)
Penny Bae Bridges	...	Young Mona (11 episodes, 2002-2004)
Christopher Boyd	...	Dave (11 episodes, 2003-2006)
Al Whiting	...	Graduate (11 episodes, 2005)
Suzy Nakamura	...	Tina (10 episodes, 2002-2006)
Joseph Lawrence	...	Brett Mahoney / ... (9 episodes, 2005-2006)
Gabby Soleil	...	Young Dee Dee (8 episodes, 2002-2006)
Lamman Rucker	...	Chase (8 episodes, 2005-2006)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

SisterLee Productions

Trivia:

The 4th season finale was originally billed as a season finale but then The CW announced three days after the initial broadcast of this episode that it was canceled leaving a nasty cliffhanger of Mona choosing between Chase and Lorenzo.

Quotes:

Big Dee Dee Thorne: [after Dee Dee's new jacuzzi leaks into Mona's apartment and floods it] Oh, my. Is that mildew I smell or Phyllis's wet hair?
Phyllis Thorne: If you don't want me to use that cheap wig as a mop, I suggest you shut your trap.

I can't even be lighthearted about this one

What is there to say?Anyone with the intelligence of a Mexican computer can figure out this is comedy straight from a manual.Obviously,every sitcom uses roughly the same devices,but it should not be this obvious.You have the two contrasting main characters,Mona,who's smart and down-to-earth and Dee Dee(yes,Dee Dee)who is the exact opposite.You also have their two mothers,Phyllis and Big Dee Dee(yes,Big Dee Dee),who keep making painfully non-caustic remarks about one another.Then you have the comic relief character Spencer,who is the typical womanizing bachelor and nothing else really.The joke behind the whole show is that everyone exaggerates their character.It's simply that unfunny(you'd think there would be a better word for not funny than unfunny).As a last cry for help the writers actually brought in a homosexual stereotype.Listen up TV writers,it's not because you're a man who likes men that you have to talk or act like that.These cases are pretty rare,and frankly they overstayed their welcome.Let's not forget to mention that the episode titles are totally ripped of from Friends.And the moral lessons,ugh,the moral lessons.This is getting dangerously close to "Family Matters".A painful,painful show that had its cancellation coming from the first minute.