Melissa and Joey Premiere announced!

The premiere date for the ABC Family new hit series Melissa and Joey has been set for August 17th 8pm/7pm CT!

Melissa & Joey, a half-hour multi-cam comedy with Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence executive producing and starring, finds Hart portraying Mel, the grown-up former wild child of a political family who is now a local politician herself. When her sister ends up in prison and brother-in-law flees after a scandal hits, Mel must take responsibility for her teenaged niece Lennox (Taylor) and pre-adolescent nephew Ryder. Spread too thin to manage by herself, help comes in the unlikely form of Joe (Lawrence) who, desperate for a job, moves in and becomes the family’s “manny.” David Kendall & Bob Young are executive producers and writers; Paula Hart also serves as executive producer.

About

Taylor Spreitler was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After winning a statewide talent and beauty contest at the age of six, she went on to compete at the national level in Pennsylvania. Taylor won the competition and afterwards she and her mom were approached by several agents from New York who happened to be judging that very week. The following summer Taylor, her mom, and big sister “Sam” hit the big city of New York. Their first venture was into the world of print work. She ended up booking ads for Sak’s, Macy’s, Lands End, Avon, McAlls Brides, Parents and Junior magazine. Taylor also landed the coveted Child Magazine cover.