MEL JACKSON, GUEST STARS ON BET'S "REED BETWEEN THE LINES"

ACTOR, MEL JACKSON, GUEST STARS ON NEXT EPISODE OF BET’S “REED BETWEEN THE LINES” ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT 10:00 PM*

Photo Caption: (L-R) Melissa DeSousa and Mel Jackson
Photo Credit: BET Networks

This Tuesday, November 7^th  BET’s newest sitcom REED BETWEEN THE LINES premieres two new back to back episodes beginning at 10:00 pm*

Actor, Mel Jackson guest stars as Gabriella’s (Melissa DeSousa) new love interest, “James.”  After reluctantly taking Ms. Helen’s (Anna Maria Horsford) advice regarding her love life, Gabriella seeks the attention of James, the water delivery guy.  Unfortunately, that advice backfires and James becomes clingy.

REED BETWEEN THE LINES, BET Network’s new, original scripted comedy series, is a modern day love story that captures the complexity and hilarity of negotiating traditional African-American family values with contemporary ideas of open, honest communication between parents and children.  Deeply in love, Alex (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) and Carla (Tracee Ellis Ross) Reed are an African American power couple trying to keep it sexy as they juggle kids (Nadji Jeter, Zoe Soul, Zoe Hendrix) and outspoken co-workers (Anna Maria Horsford and Melissa De Sousa).

Mel Jackson is most notable for his roles in the movies Soul Food and Deliver Us From Eva.

REED BETWEEN THE LINES is executive produced by Arthur Harris, Jacque Edmonds Cofer and Warren Hutcherson. The series is produced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

For more information, please visit www.bet.com. Also, follow REED BETWEEN THE LINES on Twitter @www.twitter.com/ReedBtwnLines (#ReedBtwnLines) and join the Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/BETReedBtwnLines.

*All times are ET/PT.

About BET Networks

BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to 54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.