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First Look: 227 Stars' Southland Reunion

Regina King was just 14 when she started playing Brenda, the smart, sassy daughter of Marla Gibbs' Mary Jenkins on the NBC sitcom 227. Two decades later, King is taking care of 80-year-old Gibbs in the January 24 episode of TNT's Southland.

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Season 2, Episode 13
When Pearl is refused her social security check because the computer lists her as deceased, Mary, Rose and Sandra join in the battle against bureaucracy, only to land themselves in jail
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Season 2, Episode 7
Brenda attempts to win a boy's affection by inviting him to her Saturday night party, but following Sandra's suggestion, she tells him the party's on Friday. The plan backfires and she is alone
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Length: 24:08
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Season 2, Episode 6
Anxious to become an adult, Brenda (Regina King) takes on part-time work, but soon discovers learning how to juggle all her responsibilities is a full-time job
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Length: 24:07
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Season 2, Episode 5
Sandra is worried about her biological clock and sets out to find a perfect husband to father her child. When she strikes out with the available men, she decides to have a baby anyway
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Length: 24:08
Posted: 10/8/2011
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First Look: 227 Stars' Southland Reunion

Regina King was just 14 when she started playing Brenda, the smart, sassy daughter of Marla Gibbs' Mary Jenkins on the NBC sitcom 227. Two decades later, King is taking care of 80-year-old Gibbs in the January 24 episode of TNT's Southland.

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Marla Gibbs to Guest-Star on Southland

It's a 227 reunion! Marla Gibbs will guest-star in an upcoming episode of procedural drama Southland, alongside 227 co-star Regina King. (Now, where's Jackee?)
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Sesame Street's Alaina Reed Hall Dead at 63

Alaina Reed Hall, who portrayed Olivia Robinson on Sesame Street for 12 years, has died.

Reed Hall was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and succumbed Thursday at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital, her husband, Tamim Amini, told the Los Angeles Times.

Sesame Street and Big Bird feel 40 years young

The actress, who turned 63 last month, also starred on Broadway and was one of the original cast members in the off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road. She also appeared in... read more

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Premise: A sitcom about a busybody in a Washington, D.C., tenement, her family and assorted neighbors. The show was based on the play `227,' which featured series star Marla Gibbs.

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