Cedric the Entertainer to Star in New TV Land Series

According to published reports, Cedric the Entertainer will star in a new TV Land series, in which he will portray his guest starring 'Hot in Cleveland' minister character. The series is currently untitled.

Cedric the Entertainer is perhaps best known as the co-star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, as Eddie in the Barbershop films, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy.

He was recently seen in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo," the story of three small-time crooks that come to blows during a plot to steal a valuable coin collection.

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