The Ms. Pat Show

The Ms. Pat Show
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jordan E. Cooper Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams
Based on	Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams
Starring	Ms. Pat J. Bernard Calloway Tami Roman Vince Swann Briyana Guadalupe Theodore John Barnes
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	38
Production
Producers	Jordan E. Cooper Patricia Williams Lee Daniels Brian Grazer Deborah Evans Anthony Hill Samie Kim Falvey Jon Radler Marc Velez Pam Williams Mary Lou Belli (S3-)
Production locations	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Production companies	Imagine Television Lee Daniels Entertainment DAE Light Media BET Original Productions
Original release
Network	BET+
Release	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12) – present (present)

The Ms. Pat Show is an American television sitcom created by Jordan E. Cooper and Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams that premiered on the streaming service BET+ on August 12, 2021. The show is based on the comedy and life story ^[1] of comedian Ms. Pat as a convicted felon from the streets of Atlanta turned reluctant suburban mother. ^[2] On September 2, 2021, BET+ renewed the series for a second season which premiered on August 11, 2022. ^{[3] [4]} On July 6, 2022, BET+ renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on February 23, 2023. ^{[5] [6]} On May 30, 2023, BET+ renewed the series for a fourth season ^[7] that premiered on May 23, 2024. ^[8]

The show was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2022 and the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2023.

Premise

Set in Plainfield, Indiana, the series follows Ms. Pat's fictional family, the Carsons: Pat (Ms. Pat); her husband (J. Bernard Calloway); her sister (Tami Roman); and Pat's children (Brittany Inge, Vince Swann, Briyana Guadalupe and Theodore Barnes). ^[9]

A modern day Roseanne , ^[10] Pat sometimes struggles to adjust with the changing times and ways of her conservative Indiana town after moving there from her Atlanta, Georgia, hometown. Although blunt and sometimes hardheaded, Pat loves her family and her open-mindedness helps her succeed as a Black woman in a suburban white neighborhood.

Cast

Main

• Ms. Pat as Patricia "Pat" Ford Carson, the matriarch of the Carson household. She, like Ms. Pat in real life, grew up in rough conditions in Atlanta, had two children when she was a teenager, and moved to Plainfield with her husband with whom she has two more children. While her older kids' father abused her and provided her with little to no support, her husband Terry loves her and acts as the loving partner she never had with her older kids' father. Patricia has four children: Ashley and Brandon, from her first relationship with Lloyd; and Janelle and Junebug, from her marriage to Terry.
• J. Bernard Calloway as Terry Carson, Patricia's well-meaning husband. He is based on Ms. Pat's husband, Garrett. Though his wife grew up with a lack of a strong support system, he provides her with the real love and stability that she never had during her turbulent childhood.
• Tami Roman as Denise Ford, Patricia's free-loading sister who lives with the family. Often a source of comedic tension between Ms. Pat and Terry, she struggles to keep a job.
• Vince Swann as Brandon James, Patricia's sweet, but dimwitted son from a previous relationship with Patricia's ex-boyfriend from Atlanta. He is based on Ms. Pat's son, Nikia.
• Briyana Guadalupe as Janelle Carson, Terry and Patricia's sour and intellectual daughter who is almost 17 years old. She is based on Ms. Pat's daughter, Garrianna.
• Theodore John Barnes ^[11] as Junebug Carson, Terry and Patricia's cheerful youngest child, who is 14 years old and obsessed with social media. He is based on Ms. Pat's son Garrett "Junebug," Jr.

Recurring

• Brittany Inge as Ashley James, Patricia's eldest child from her previous relationship as a teenager who is a therapist. She and her mother have a rocky relationship toward the beginning of the show due to their disagreement over Ashley being a lesbian, but Pat grows to accept her identity. She is based on Ms. Pat's daughter Ashley.
• Reagan Pasternak as Elizabeth Patterson, the PTO chair and best friend to Pat and Denise. Well-to-do with a past of her own, she is also Ryan’s mom. Elizabeth is initially portrayed as the straight-laced opposite of her new neighbor Pat, but she soon becomes Pat and Denise's closest friend in the neighborhood and enthusiastically helps them in a few schemes.
• Robert Curtis Brown as Principal Horner, the principal at Ridgewood High School. He becomes at odds with Pat and Janelle when he makes racist assumptions during a meeting with them. Denise recognizes him at a PTO meeting from when he offered her a threesome on Christian Mingle.
• Lindsey Pearlman as Martha, Principal Horner's assistant at Ridgewood High School. She struggles to adapt to black culture and mistakes Janelle's name as "Janeesha" and "Janiqua." At a PTO meeting, fellow participant Elizabeth reveals that Martha has a criminal record. Martha was one of actress Lindsey Pearlman's last roles before her death in 2022.
• Gavin Bedell as Ryan Patterson, one of Junebug's friends. He is the son of the PTO chair and first appears on the scene when enlisted to help Junebug with one of Ms. Pat’s schemes.
• Nicholas Ryan Hernandez as Sergio, another of Junebug's friends. He learns a very important lesson about using the n-word.
• Josh Dunn as Jesse, Janelle's non-binary friend from the debate team who butts heads with their religious and unaccepting mother, Jackie. Jesse helps Pat to learn how to address people with more political correctness.
• Jonathan Horne as Lee Grazer, Janelle's debate teacher. Denise and Lee develop an unexpected mutual attraction for each other after Denise’s frustrations attempting to use dating apps.
• Shawn Harrison as William K., manager of the comedy club where Pat performs. At first, he tries to stop Pat from performing because he doesn't like her rough style of humor. After seeing how much the crowd loves her act, William K has a change of heart and decides to make her the club's headliner.
• Miya Golden as Tanika, Ashley's girlfriend, a chef who shares an apartment with Ashley in Chicago.
• Ebony Marshall-Oliver as Mildred Ford, Pat and Denise's mother. After Mildred's death in the first episode of season two, Pat reflects on the toxic relationship that she had with her mother. Pat imagines at Mildred's funeral that she has a spirited discussion with her when Mildred pops out of her coffin. Pat later flashes back to a traumatic incident when her mother verbally abused her for having "nappy" hair, unlike Denise.
• Richard Lawson as Major Carson, Terry's non-biological father. He and Terry struggle to fix their relationship because of Major's history of cheating on Terry's mother. In season two, he reveals a family secret to Terry that severely damages the relationship between Terry and Terry's mother.
• Janet Hubert as Jewell Carson, Terry's mother who looks down on Pat for her past as a drug dealer.

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)
2	10		August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)
3	10		February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	November 23, 2023 (2023-11-23)

Season 1 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	BET air date	U.S. linear viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot: Duck"	Debbie Allen	Teleplay by : Jordan E. Cooper Story by : Jordan E. Cooper & Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	March 23, 2022	0.65 [12]
Pat worries about her children after a school shooting occurs, Junebug posts a Snapchat that concerns Pat and Terry, Denise tries to find a job, Brandon spends too much time gaming and is not worried about a job, and Janelle gets a fight, which lands her in hot water.
2	2	"Slangin' Coupons"	Robbie Countryman	Randi Barnes	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	March 30, 2022	0.52 [13]
3	3	"Surprise!"	Mary Lou Belli	Jordan E. Cooper	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	April 6, 2022	0.57 [14]
4	4	"Sticks and Stones"	Mary Lou Belli	Garrianna P. Lee & Tom Simmons	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	April 13, 2022	0.55 [15]
5	5	"Baby Daddy Groundhog Day"	Mary Lou Belli	Anthony C. Hill	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	April 20, 2022	0.47 [16]
6	6	"Bitch... I'm Funny"	Mary Lou Belli	Desia Gore	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	April 27, 2022	0.48 [17]
7	7	"Lights Out"	Leonard R. Garner Jr.	Loy A. Webb	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	May 4, 2022	0.53 [18]
8	8	"Brotha Poppins"	Leonard R. Garner Jr.	Vincent B. Bryant Jr.	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	May 11, 2022	0.38 [19]
9	9	"Girls Night Out"	Kim Fields	Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams & Jordan E. Cooper	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	May 18, 2022	0.50 [20]
10	10	"Don't Eat That Shit"	Kim Fields	Farhan Arshad	August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	May 25, 2022	0.53 [21]
When Janelle eats a brownie and gets high, Pat and Denise have a fallout, which ends with Pat putting Denise out on the street.

Season 2 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	BET air date  [22]	U.S. linear viewers (millions)
11	1	"Ding-Dong, The Bitch is Dead"	Tasha Smith	Jordan E. Cooper & Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	March 22, 2023	0.57 [23]
After several months, Pat and Denise still have not resolved their fight over the pot brownie. Meanwhile, the family gets a call that Pat and Denise's mother, Mildred, has died, leading the Carsons to travel to Atlanta for the funeral.
12	2	"Judge Miss Sophia"	Mary Lou Belli	Brian Rubenstein	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	March 29, 2023	0.48 [24]
Denise, still upset at Pat for kicking her out of the house, tries to sue her for damages on a courtroom show run by a drag queen.
13	3	"Don't Touch My Hair"	Mary Lou Belli	Desia Gore	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	April 5, 2023	0.45 [25]
Terry makes an insensitive remark about Pat's hair, bringing up painful memories from her childhood about her mother's abuse. Denise's latest entrepreneurial venture making hair care products goes awry when she tests the substance on Janelle live on social media.
14	4	"Gots To Be More Careful"	Mary Lou Belli	Larry Powell & Stevie Walker-Webb	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	April 12, 2023	0.46 [26]
When Terry is suspected of burglarizing several houses in the neighborhood, Pat, Denise, and Elizabeth hatch an absurd scheme to prove that the neighborhood watch committee has their eyes set on the wrong person.
15	5	"Parents Just Don't Understand"	Debbie Allen	Antonia March & Jacqueline McKinley	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	April 19, 2023	0.44 [27]
Terry's parents, Major and Jewell, come to visit the Carsons. Jewell disapproves of Pat's profession, so Pat and Denise bring Jewell to one of Pat's standup shows to change her mind. Terry is angry that his father has continued to cheat on his mother, so Terry and Major try to work out their father-son relationship with the help of Terry's therapist, Cheryl. Major reveals that Terry is the product of Jewell's affair with another man, tarnishing Terry's trust in his mother.
16	6	"Rent-A-N!gg@"	Henry Chan	Vincent B. Bryant Jr.	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	April 26, 2023	0.47 [28]
Since Janelle doesn't have a date for the prom, Pat sets up a dating app profile for her and finds her a comparatively intellectual date named Trey'Quan. Meanwhile, Junebug's high school is overjoyed to have a black player on their basketball team... until they find out he plays terribly.
17	7	"Trigger Warning"	Henry Chan	Teleplay by : Brian Rubenstein & Patrick Walsh Story by : Jordan E. Cooper	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	May 3, 2023	0.45 [29]
The family becomes alarmed when Pat tries to make a comedic bit out of Mr. John, the man who sexually abused her and Denise as children. Janelle and Junebug find a mystery thong in the laundry and become convinced that Terry has a mistress. Denise's past trauma with Mr. John leads her to a breaking point in her relationship with Lee, and then to a strip club where Brandon happens to be one of the dancers.
18	8	"The Roommate"	Mary Lou Belli	Garrianna P. Lee	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	May 10, 2023	0.39 [30]
While in Chicago for her biggest comedy gig yet, Pat stays with Ashley and her girlfriend, Tanika. Just as she is getting adjusted to the idea of her daughter living with another woman, Pat discovers that Tanika has been cheating on Ashley, causing a huge fight that sends Pat and Tanika to jail. Back in Indiana, Terry keeps a watchful eye on Denise and her drinking habits at home and on a hunting trip.
19	9	"Teach Me"	Mary Lou Belli	Gary Anderson	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	May 17, 2023	0.42 [31]
Pat and Terry check out a "rage kintsugi" class that Denise is taking as a fun way to treat her mental health. Janelle and Brandon have opposing reactions when they find out that 15-year-old Junebug is seeing a 29-year-old woman who works at the mall.
20	10	"Stormy Weather"	Mary Lou Belli	Teleplay by : Jordan E. Cooper & Brian Rubenstein & Patrick Walsh Story by : Jordan E. Cooper	August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	May 24, 2023	0.55 [32]
A casual trip to the doctor's office leads to Pat finding out that she is pregnant. Ashley comes home after breaking up with Tanika and finds out that someone in the house is pregnant after answering a call from an abortion clinic. She and her siblings think that Denise is the pregnant one, so Denise covers for Pat until everyone eventually finds out the truth. When Terry hears the news, he is thrilled until Pat reveals that she wants to have an abortion. After she gets the abortion, the couple has a dramatic fight and cliffhanger for the beginning of season three.

Season 3 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by  [33]	Original release date	BET air date  [22]	U.S. linear viewers (millions)
21	1	"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"	Jordan E. Cooper	Brian Rubenstein	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	February 22, 2023	0.63 [34]
Three days after her abortion revelation, tension has strengthened between Pat and Terry, but both are forced to put their separation aside as Janelle's college rep comes over for dinner, but their reunion quickly backfires.
22	2	"Pat On Tour"	Mary Lou Belli	Patrick Walsh	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	February 22, 2023	0.55 [34]
23	3	"Down With The King"	Mary Lou Belli	Loy A. Webb	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	August 30, 2023	0.44 [35]
24	4	"Ain't No Party..."	Mary Lou Belli	Devon Shepard	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	September 6, 2023	0.49 [36]
25	5	"Da Baddest Trip"	Jordan E. Cooper & Kelly Park	Larry Powell	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	September 13, 2023	0.39 [37]
26	6	"Nudes & Dudes"	Mary Lou Belli	Vincent B. Bryant Jr.	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	September 20, 2023	0.40 [38]
27	7	"Body Aches and Booty Shakes"	Mary Lou Belli	Garrianna P. Lee	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	September 27, 2023	0.35 [37]
28	8	"Twenty Seven Side Pieces"	Kelly Park	Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams & Tom Simmons	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	October 4, 2023	0.45 [37]
29	9	"Pills & Chills"	Jordan E. Cooper	Allison Bosma & Jon DeWalt	February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	November 17, 2023	N/A
30	10	"Father Christmas"	Debbie Allen	Patrick Walsh	November 23, 2023 (2023-11-23)	TBA	N/A

Accolades

Award	Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards	2022	Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Episode: "Baby Daddy Groundhog Day")	Mary Lou Belli	Nominated	[39] [40]
	2023	Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Episode: "Don't Touch My Hair")		Nominated

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External links

• The Ms. Pat Show at IMDb